Surveillance footage shows a farmer closing the gate seconds before the charging tiger rams itself into the barrier and ...

Leaves can transform poor soil as they decompose into humus. Humus increases the soil's CEC allowing it to retain fertilizer ...

Dear Tom I moved to a new home this year which has a sloping garden with heavy clay soil. I would like to introduce some ...

As soil dries, plants limit water loss by closing tiny apertures called stomata in their leaves. A global analysis reveals ...

Simply put, the soil is made up of stuff and not stuff. The stuff consists of the mineral fraction (sand, silt, and clay) ...

Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic matter. Both the clay and organic matter particles have a net negative charge. Thus, these negatively-charged soil particles will ...

Soil is a living, diverse, and complex ecosystem that contains nutrients for plant growth. Dirt is a mix of sand, silt, and ...

Are you sick of the messes that potted soil can often leave behind? Then, you may want to try growing indoor plants with LECA ...

Chalky soils are always alkaline, which restricts the number of plants that can grow on them. Planting may also be difficult as spades frequently hit lumps of hard chalk or flint Clay soil - this ...

Ideal soils for agriculture are balanced in contributions from mineral components (sand: 0.05–2 mm, silt: 0.002–0.05 mm, clay: 0.002 mm), soil organic matter (SOM), air, and water. The ...