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The colors can vary depending on the amount of organic matter in the soil but a good rich sandy loam should be dark if not black. It will also have a good structure and drain well holding together when dug up but still be friable and crumble well.
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What are the types of soil found in West Bengal?
Riverine alluvium Terai soils Lateritic soils Red-yellow loams Red sandy soils
What is the color of hydro?
clay soils, loamy soils and sandy soils
What soil is good for growing turmeric?
Soils for Turmeric cultivation should be rich and friable. Soils with a little higher sand content (Loams and sandy loams) are well suited.It is grown in different types of soils from light black, sandy loam and red soils to clay loams.It grows on light black, ashy loam and red soils to stiff loams in irrigated and rainfed areas.It thrives well in a well-drained sandy loam soil rich in humus content or clayey-loam soil.The crop cannot stand water logging or alkalinity.Gravelly, stony and heavy clay soils are unsuitable for the development of rhizomes.In Andhra Pradesh Turmeric cultivation is largely confined to five Agro Climatic zones,
Do clay soils have more permeability than sandy soils?
Sandy soils are much more permeable that clay soils.
How do clay soils differ from sandy soils?
The sandy soils let the water pass through but the clay soils hold the water
What are soils that are prone to liquefy?
sandy soils
In what type of soil is jowar grown?
It is grown in red soil.
Why are sandy soils generally less fertile than clayey soil?
Sandy soils are generally less fertile than clay soils because they do not hold water as well as clay soils. Clay soils are usually fertile and hold more nutrients than sandy soils.
Why do clay and organic soils hold nutrient better then sandy soils?
Clay and organic soils hold nutrients better then sandy soils because the sandy soils as the water drains away, the water will carry the nutrients with it. This is called leaching and the nutrients will not be available for the plants to use.
Why sandy soils are drier than the clayey soil?
Water can easily move through sandy soils, wheras clay-rich soil is much harder for water to penetrate, so sandy soils are drier.
Why are soils generally less fertile than clayey soils?
Sandy soils are generally less fertile than clay soils because they do not hold water as well as clay soils. Clay soils are usually fertile and hold more nutrients than sandy soils.
Where in the UK are sandy soils found?
no where
