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How do plants get their nutrients

WEBcarbon, hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur are plant macronutrients. Plants take up carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from air and water. …

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Additional Educational Resources Soil Health

WEBNathan Shoaf. Diversified Farming and Food Systems Program Leader &. Urban Agriculture Specialist. [email protected]. 615 W State Street. West Lafayette, IN 47907. (765) …

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Soil and Water Science

WEBSOIL HEALTH WORKSHEET . Read the publication, On-Farm Soil Monitoring for Water Resource Protection (WQ-43), and answer the following questions.

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Economics of Soil Health

WEBSoil health builds on the tradition of soil conser-vation by encouraging farmers to manage soil as a living ecosystem. As world population and food production demands rise, …

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Soil and Water Science, Level 3

WEBDIG DEEPER • Visit the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) website, www.nrcs.usda. gov, and enter Soil Health Fact Sheets in the search box.

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Soil Health Soil Health

WEBNathan Shoaf. Diversified Farming and Food Systems Program Leader &. Urban Agriculture Specialist. [email protected]. 615 W State Street. West Lafayette, IN 47907. (765) …

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How Should a Healthy Soil Look and Smell

WEB3. Dig a small hole, about the size of a gallon jug. – Place a cup of soil in one of the plastic bags. – Label the bag with the site, date, and time you collected the sample. 4. Examine …

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How to do the slake test

WEBInsert the wire meshes into each jar. Fill the jars with water. At the same time, submerge the tilled sample in one jar, and the untilled sample in the other. Watch to see which soil …

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REUSING POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED LANDSCAPES: …

WEBSpring 2011. 9. Choosing Crops. In general, plants that produce fruiting bodies (for example, tomatoes, squash, apple and pear trees, and berries) are most appropriate for …

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Additional Educational Resources Soil Health

WEBSection: Activity Topics: Soil Basics: Soil origins, profiles, components, texture, and soil formation are introduced through hands-on activities. Soil moisture

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Give it the Slake Test! “SOFT AND CRUMBLY.” “LIKE COTTAGE …

WEB“SOFT AND CRUMBLY.” “LIKE COTTAGE CHEESE.” “LIKE A SPONGE.” “LOOSE AND FULL OF HOLES.” Those and other common descriptions of what healthy soil looks and …

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WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT MY SOIL

WEBNative vegetation – Some soil and topography problems have solutions, which are shown below. Discuss how the solution shown can help solve each problem.

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Soil and Water Science

WEBOM is a small part of soil, just 2–5 percent, and is mainly on the soil surface. Contact with water over long periods of time cre ates waterlogged soil that becomes gley (rhymes …

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