### soil:

Sandy soil
* absorb water quickly and cultivate easily
  - drain quickly
* absorbs more than two inches of water per hour
  - water fast but can lose it just as quick
* allow for plants to take root quicker, but water and nutrients can pass through quickly
  - rapid infiltration of water and leaching of salts
  - septic waste to drain into nearby surface waters
* are able to retain more moisture
  - also poor in nutrients
  - an essential habitat characteristic for hognose snakes
  - best suited to Salpiglossis
  - coarse in texture
  - generally well drained, but can be subject to dryness
  - gritty to the touch, loosely packed, and very porous
  - known to have good infiltration and drainage
* are less suitable for currants because they dry out too fast
  - gooseberries because they dry out too fast
  - susceptible when crusts are moist or wet
  - loose, non-plastic and permeable, and have little capacity to hold water
  - lower in sulfur content due to low organic matter in the soil
* are more likely to allow leaching of chemicals into groundwater and waterways
  - prone to leaching than silt loam or clay loam soils
  - normally very well drained and often lack nutrients due to constant leaching loss
  - one of the worst types of soils to grown any kind of plants in
  - preferred over clay because the heavy clay soils make digging more difficult
* are very much the opposite of clays
  - susceptible to erosion
* can absorb more water so it requires a smaller pit
  - also overlay laterite
  - produce excellent alfalfa yields when properly fertilized and irrigated
* contain large sized soil particles that are loose and easy to work
  - mostly sand
* contains a large proportion of sand in addition to other materials.
* cultivates easily either dry or wet.
* drain quickly, and have good root growth
  - rapidly and thus are susceptible to leaching problems
  - very well but retain little moisture for plant growth
* dries out faster than clay soil
  - more quickly than clay and nutrients leach out faster
* dry out faster and warm up quicker in the spring
  - quickly and hold less nutrients
* has excellent drainage but poor ability to hold nutrients and moisture
  - very coarse grains
* have a coarse texture
  - higher bulk density, but are easier to plow since they have weaker consistence
  - lower storage capacity than silts and clays but have higher infiltration rates
  - much lower capacity to adsorb pesticides
  - good drainage and aeration but retain little water
* have large continuous pores, while clays have small pores which transmit water slowly
  - pore spaces between individual particles
* have large pores and a higher porosity than clays and other fine-grained soils
  - low surface areas, allowing water to drain rapidly
  - soil particles and feel gritty
  - little ability to stop sulphur leaching, so that they often contain little sulphur
  - more micropores than clayey soils
  - mostly large pores, while loams and clays have a wide distribution of pore sizes
  - problems retaining moisture and nutrients
  - very large pore spaces
* have very little capacity to hold moisture and dry out quickly between waterings
* hold only a little water.
* holds much less water than clay soils.
* intake surface water rapidly and therefore offer less protection than silts or clays.
* is the least dense soil
  - opposite of clay soil
* leach more heavily than clay or high organic matter soils.
* lose nutrients quickly and become acidic when nitrogen is added.
* lose water because they drain quickly, and clay soils lose water to runoff
  - too quickly and are low in nutrients
* make more foliage and less blooms.
* needs help retaining moisture
  - more water than soil with high deposits of clay
  - watering more often and for shorter periods of time
* offer poor growth conditions because of low levels of moisture and nutrients.
* pass water through very quickly.
* pose other difficulties for vegetation.
* require a lot more nutrients.
* require frequent applications of nitrogen and potash during the life of the crop
  - fertilizing and watering
* require more fertilizer than loam or clay
  - frequent applications of nitrogen and other nutrients than clay-type soils
  - irrigation to insure adequate root zone moisture
  - water to maintain good plant growth than heavy loam or clay soils
* requires more watering to maintain the moisture.
* retain much more water longer, clay soils have better drainage and tilth
  - the least amount of water, while silt loam and clay loam soils hold the most
* support different vegetation and wildlife.
* tend to be droughty and low in nutrients
  - more acidic than the more fertile loams and clays
* tend to drain better and are thus somewhat drier, warmer, and more sparsely vegetated
  - rapidly making the soil drier than silt loam soils
* works best for mixing with bentonite because it compacts better.