Among the different soil types, sandy soil has the largest particles. It feels gritty and dry when touched, and this is due to the enormous spaces present between the particles, and it will not be able to hold water. Rapidly, water drains directly to the places where the roots, especially to those seedlings cannot reach. Since the runoff carries them away, plants don’t have a chance to use the nutrients present in this soil efficiently. During the spring season, the top side of the sandy soil is light to work with and warms quickly.
Moistening the soil and rolling it into a ball to check the predominating soil particles are used to test the soil type. When wet sandy soil is moved on our palms, there should be no ball formation, and it will easily crumble through our fingers. Sandy soil is made up of tiny particles weathered from rocks. It’s also deficient in nutrients and water retention, making it one of the worst sorts of soil for farming.
Author(s) Details:
Rajarathinam, A.,
Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India.
Ramji, M.,
Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India.
