Garner soils are moderately well drained and very slowly permeable. Runoff is high. Water enters the soil rapidly when it is dry and cracked. Water moves very slowly when the soil is wet. The soil is seasonally wet and water perches on or near the surface for periods of one to two weeks following extended rains in normal years.
Planting is delayed in most years for periods of a few days to about three weeks.
Used mainly for native pasture with minor areas in improved pasture or cultivation. Native grasses include various bluestems, paspalums, indiangrass, with longleaf uniola and virginia wildrye in shaded areas. Some areas have been invaded by elm, oak, locust, and ash trees with a understory of haw and other thorny shrubs. Improved bermudagrass is an adapted pasture grass. Small grain for grazing, grain sorghum, and hays crops are also produced.