Yet in winter, it can be constantly wet and waterlogging is common. It is hard to dig at most times of the year Silty soil - is made up of fine grains, originally deposited by a river. The tiny ...

With a particle size between sand and clay, silty soil is slippery (not sticky) when wet. It gives a good balance between retaining moisture and nutrients, while also draining well. “The Fertile ...

The relative ability of soils to store one particular group of nutrients, the cations, is referred to as cation exchange capacity or CEC. Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and ...

BENGALURU: With construction activities commercial, residential, and civil increasing across the state, particularly in and ...

With construction activities — commercial, residential and civil — increasing across the state, more so in and around Bengaluru, geologists and experts suggest ...