As you would imagine, coarse textured sandy soils with larger pores allow water to enter the soil more rapidly than fine textured clay soils with smaller pores. Water also drains more quickly from ...

When soils become waterlogged, soil organisms take the oxygen they need from nitrates, leaving the nitrogen in a gaseous form which escapes into the air. This is known as denitrification and is the ...

After a heavy rain, the soil would become very sticky, as the fine texture didn’t allow much room for drainage. Today, the soil is dark and full of large clumps, with bigger gaps between the ...