Black Soils

Economic

• Suitable Crops of Black Soils – The black soils moisture very well hence it’s excellent for growing cotton. This is also popularly known as black cotton soil.
• However, there are many other crops which can be grown in these soils are; Rice and sugarcane, wheat, jowar, linseed, sunflower, cereal crops, citrus fruits, vegetables, tobacco, groundnut, any oilseed crops and millets.
• Because of their high fertility and retentivity of moisture, the black soils are widely used for producing several important crops.
• Some of the major crops grown on the black soils are cotton, wheat, jowar, linseed, Virginia tobacco, castor, sunflower ....