Red soil is good for field or lawn gardening to provide the necessary amount of iron your plants need for growth. It has good drainage properties, which can help ease in irrigation of your lawn.
Red soil is the fine soil that holds a large amount of water than other soil.
They are very well suitable for dry farming.
The soil has loose gravel.
Low water holding capacity.
Red soil is acidic which is best for acid loving plants such as rose, camellia, rhododendron, gardenia, marigolds, begonia, caladium, potatoes, parsley, blueberries, amaryllis, jasmine, etc.
Note that red soil should serves as soil amendments or additives to your soilmix to increase acidity.
