Hi , I have a question. I did a scratch test and made a little brick with my soil and it's hard as rock so I thought it would be perfect for adobe or cob. I then did the jar soil test and waited over 24 hours. It doesn't look like the soil separated at all. What does this mean? Both soils samples were from the same area on my land.

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