HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
Question
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Which characteristics of sandy textured soils?
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small packed together soil particles
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high moisture-holding capacity
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high nutrients-holding capacity
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low moisture-holding capacity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sandy soils contain less amount of silt so they hold less amount of water when compared to other types of soils.
Detailed explanation-2: -It does this by soil particles holding water molecules by the force of cohesion. As an example, a sandier soil has much less water holding capacity than a silt loam soil. Due to the size of the soil particles, the cohesive properties are much different between a sand particle and a clay or silt particle.
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