Conclusion

            In the past weeks of our soil lab and blog, I have learned about the extensiveness of soil and its importance. Throughout the lab we discussed the importance of s healthy and fertile soil in many things like the agriculture industry. Soil is influenced by five factors its parent material, climate, time, biota, and topography. All of these factors influence how fertile the soil is. I not only learned that there are many different types of soil, due to the many variations of each factor, but I also learned that some soil types are far better do growing plants than others. For instance, a soil that is loam, or a proper mixture of silt, clay, and sand, will filter water and hold nutrients for a plant better than a sand heaven soil because the sand heaven soil will experience more salinization. I also learned thy soils that are to as fertile can have components added to them to make them more fertile. If a soil does not have enough nutrients a person can add a fertilizer to help the soil support plants life, but the type of fertilizer is significant depending on your soil. I learned many traits of the ideal soil for plant growing, but different plants need their soil to have different traits. For the most part ideal soils are loam and have a neutral pH, they also are rich in nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. Most of all throughout the lab I learned that all soils are different and that they are important to society.

Merrick Howarth