Question

Write a chart showing the different types of soil

Answer 1

There are six main soil types:

1) Sandy soil

2) clay soil

3) silt soil

4) peat soil

5) peat soil

6) loam soil

Sandy soil:-

Sandy Soil is light, warm, dry and tend to be acidic and low in nutrients. Sandy soils are often known as light soils due to their high proportion of sand and little clay (clay weighs more than sand).

Clay Soil:-

Clay Soil is a heavy soil type that benefits from high nutrients. Clay soils remain wet and cold in winter and dry out in summer.

Clay Soil is a heavy soil type that benefits from high nutrients. Clay soils remain wet and cold in winter and dry out in summer.These soils are made of over 25 percent clay, and because of the spaces found between clay particles, clay soils hold a high amount of water.

Silt Soil:-

Silt Soil is a light and moisture retentive soil type with a high fertility rating.

Silt Soil is a light and moisture retentive soil type with a high fertility rating.As silt soils compromise of medium sized particles they are well drained and hold moisture well.

Peat Soil:-

Peat soil is high in organic matter and retains a large amount of moisture.

Peat soil is high in organic matter and retains a large amount of moisture.This type of soil is very rarely found in a garden and often imported into a garden to provide an optimum soil base for planting.

Peat soil is high in organic matter and retains a large amount of moisture.This type of soil is very rarely found in a garden and often imported into a garden to provide an optimum soil base for planting. Chalk Soil:-

Chalk soil can be either light or heavy but always highly alkaline due to the calcium carbonate or lime within its structure.

Chalk soil can be either light or heavy but always highly alkaline due to the calcium carbonate or lime within its structure.As these soils are alkaline they will not support the growth of ericaceous plants that require acidic soils to grow.

Loam Soil:-

Loam soil is a mixture of sand, silt and clay that are combined to avoid the negative effects of each type.

Loam soil is a mixture of sand, silt and clay that are combined to avoid the negative effects of each type.These soils are fertile, easy to work with and provide good drainage. Depending on their predominant composition they can be either sandy or clay loam.