Why sandy soil does not have capacity to hold water? Share with your friends Share 0 Ayush Yesankar answered this It is so light in weight and does not have capacity to hold anything 1 View Full Answer Vidit Singla answered this Its particles are loosely packed 0 Khushi Tiwary answered this Sandy soil so light buy that reason they can't hold water they easily flow with air. 0 Bradley Torcato answered this Sandy soil has high concentration of rocks and have small pockets of air between them so that's why sandy soil does not have capacity to hold water 0