They are both TINY little rocks. Sand soil has the largest of the size of grains of soil in the soil triad; Sand, Silt, Clay. Clay is the tiniest. All soils are a combination of the three.
Sand has large pores between the grains and clay sometimes has none. Sand will leach the fertilizer and drain the water too quickly. Clay is opposite. Clay is very very tiny FLAT pieces of rock. Very electrostatic surfaces. Holds onto fertilizer and water very well.
The only similarity is that they are both eroded bedrock and form a medium plants need to grow. All types of soil are ONLY amended by dumping DECOMPOSED organic matter on the surface of the soil. The organic matter in the top soil where 95% of all plant roots reside slows leaching of chemistry, holds onto water without reducing drainage and air replacement in the soil, causes the electrostatic property of clay particles to chill and produces great T I L T H for the soil. No matter what soil one has, that soil is a great soil. The human just needs to understand the basics of soil.
Compost is not soil (or fertilizer).
The recipe for concrete; Water, rotation!, gravels, gypsum, lime and CLAY. Never rototill clay soils when they are the least bit moist.
Another basic to know is that soil in pots or planters HAS to be sterilized potting soil. Never ever soil from the garden proper.
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They are both TINY little rocks. Sand soil has the largest of the size of grains of soil in the soil triad; Sand, Silt, Clay. Clay is the tiniest. All soils are a combination of the three.
Sand has large pores between the grains and clay sometimes has none. Sand will leach the fertilizer and drain the water too quickly. Clay is opposite. Clay is very very tiny FLAT pieces of rock. Very electrostatic surfaces. Holds onto fertilizer and water very well.
The only similarity is that they are both eroded bedrock and form a medium plants need to grow. All types of soil are ONLY amended by dumping DECOMPOSED organic matter on the surface of the soil. The organic matter in the top soil where 95% of all plant roots reside slows leaching of chemistry, holds onto water without reducing drainage and air replacement in the soil, causes the electrostatic property of clay particles to chill and produces great T I L T H for the soil. No matter what soil one has, that soil is a great soil. The human just needs to understand the basics of soil.
Compost is not soil (or fertilizer).
The recipe for concrete; Water, rotation!, gravels, gypsum, lime and CLAY. Never rototill clay soils when they are the least bit moist.
Another basic to know is that soil in pots or planters HAS to be sterilized potting soil. Never ever soil from the garden proper.
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