Soil is complex and INCREDIBLE!
There is so much to write and investigate and think about. I'm particulary excited about how similiar soil and plant nutrition is to human physiological and nutritive processes!
A few notes of
things I learnt today
* Snow is really rich in nitrogen and minerals, so that is part of the reason why soil in NZ is so good.
* There are nutrients in the atmosphere, rain, snow, and sunshine
* if the plant is getting what it needs you will have good yeild, it will taste good and you shouldn't have pests and disease
* sick plants send out signals for insects to come and destroy them so that they don't reproduce a genetically inferior version of themselves
* when the soil is more acidic heavy metals become more available
* Calcium opens up the soil, makes it easier to work, more pore space, activates enzymes and is really good for cell structure
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