not really because clay has particles close together
to me it sounds like it does because uasly it does.
no
well, it would take a while but when the water eventually liquidises the clay (depending on the copacity of the water to the clay) then the water would of turned the water a greyish brown colour and may have some chunks of clay still floating in it does this help :-)
it absorb 6.7
Tulips need soil that drains well - you don't want them soaking in water and turning to mush. Dig down a foot or more to make sure they won't be trapped in any clay soil which will retain water and destroy the bulbs. If there is a lot of clay in the soil, remove it from the enlarged planting hole and replace it with store-bought top soil (it's inexpensive).
If water is mixed with loam, its texture will become moist. Also, the water will go on top of the loam. Itcan drain the water well and absorb it.
There are various types of soil. These include sandy, loamy, as well as clay. The squeeze test is often used to identify the soil type. There are hundreds of thousands of different soil types. The USDA recognizes 12 different soil textures, which is often what people mean when they say "soil type." Soil textures are different mixtures of sand, silt and clay.
There are three basic types of soil, sandy soil, clay soil and garden soil. Clay soil is full of clay hence the name of the soil is clay soil. This type of soil is thick and it can hold water well but it is hard for plants to absorb nutrients because the soil is too thick. Sandy soil is full of sand . It is very easy for plants to absorb nutrients form this soil but it doesn't hold water well. Garden soil combines the two different kinds of other soil. It can hold water well as well as it gives the plants more nutrients too.
Water is held between soil particles by capillary forces. Coarse sandy soils have large pores and water drains through it quickly. Clay soils have smaller pores and are able to hold more water.
Compactness with the free space of the soil differs the water that it can hold.For example: in Sand, it has free space but there is no compactness so it just does not get stored in the sandy soil but in a Clay, it has compactness but no good free space so, it takes time to intake water while Lacustrine and other loamy soil can absorb the water and store it very fast manner with compactness to hold the water as well as the free space for the water to be placed.
In clay soils are very small gaps between the rock particles, and so clay soils do not drain well. In sandy soils there are bigger gaps between the particles, allowing the soil to drain well and contain enough air.
In order for soil to increase its ability to hold water it must have a higher amount of clay present in it. The more clay present in the soil, the more water it will hold. The opposite to this is how sandy or grainy the soil is, if it is too sandy then it will not hold water very well.
they are different because caly soil can hold water extremley well but sandy soil holds water poorly
I have red clay soil and I don't think anything grows well in it unless you dig most of the clay out and put top soil in it.
Clay soil is sticky and drains well and loam soil drains but also holds nutrients well.
If the plant can get established on the clay soil, it usually does very well. The problem is getting it established, as clay soil makes root penetration very difficult for the plant.
There are four main types of soil: sand, loam, silt, and clay. Each one has a different granule size, and different water retention rates. Granule size is important when referring to gardening because the larger the granule size, the more air can get to the roots. Air is a very important factor in eliminating root-rot.Sandy soil consists of comparatively large granules, causing it to not hold water very well. However, on the other side of the spectrum, clay soil has minuscule granules, which makes it very hard for it to absorb water in the first place, but once it does, it will hold it for an extremely long time. Loam is considered the "ideal" soil because it balances water retention with granule size providing the optimum medium for bacteria and plants to grow. But clay soil remains the soil type with the finest grain and highest water retention rate.
There are four main types of soil: sand, loam, silt, and clay. Each one has a different granule size, and different water retention rates. Granule size is important when referring to gardening because the larger the granule size, the more air can get to the roots. Air is a very important factor in eliminating root-rot.Sandy soil consists of comparatively large granules, causing it to not hold water very well. However, on the other side of the spectrum, clay soil has minuscule granules, which makes it very hard for it to absorb water in the first place, but once it does, it will hold it for an extremely long time. Loam is considered the "ideal" soil because it balances water retention with granule size providing the optimum medium for bacteria and plants to grow. But clay soil remains the soil type with the finest grain and highest water retention rate.
Well soil can only absorb so much water, so if its moist it wont absorb rain so much, making it stay on top and eventually flood.