Which soil is suitable for groundnut cultivation?

Groundnut does well in the well-drained, light textured, loose, friable and sandy and sandy loam soils which helps in easy penetration of pegs and their development and also harvesting. Clay or heavy soils are not suitable for this crop as they interfere in penetration of pegs and make harvesting quite difficult. Groundnut is sensitive to soil salinity. It gives good yields in the soil having the pH between 6.0 to 7.5, well supplies with calcium and a moderate amount of organic matter.