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Kind of related... I lived in South Florida for a couple years and I wondered why the soil was so poor there. It was very sandy, with not much organic matter. Rainfall wasn't retained well by the soil for use by plants. The high sand content seemed to make the water drain though and evaporate...

Just off the top of my head, I'll say it may have to do with the physical properties of clay and sand, and a little to do with the chemical properties of clay also. I'm not an expert in this, so maybe someone can provide better input, but I have been messing with plants (and therefore with soil...

Of course you can change soil texture and structure, by adding stuff or treating it in some way, such as high heat (which may change the soil physically for the better or worse or not at all). As mentioned above, the problem is cost. Unless you're growing very intensive crops (high profit per...