Table 3: Soil water retention parameters of Immokalee and Candler fine sand estimated using CAS software developed by Bloom (2009) [24].

Soil Depth (cm) α (cm-1) n m l
Immokalee 0-15 0.03 1.87 0.47 0.5
Immokalee 15-30 0.04 1.29 0.23 0.5
Immokalee 30-45 0.03 2.06 0.52 0.5
Immokalee 45-60 0.03 1.71 0.42 0.5
Candler 0-15 0.03 2.22 0.55 0.5
Candler 15-30 0.04 1.70 0.41 0.5
Candler 30-45 0.02 2.50 0.60 0.5
Candler 45-60 0.02 1.82 0.45 0.5

Pore connectivity parameter (estimated to be an average of 0.5 for many soils [18].