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*TOPIC:-
SOIL….
PRESENTED BY:-
-ROHIT PRAKASH GHARATE
-VISHNU NAMDEV NIMANGRE
*INTRODUCTION OF
SOIL*
*…..What is soil ?….. *
Soil is a natural powder of rocks which may contain air, water, and any other
substance laying there and which are used for construction and plantation
purpose.
*TYPES OF SOIL*
-Clay Soil is a heavy soil type that benefits -Sandy Soil is light, warm, dry and
from high nutrients. Clay soils remain wet tend to be acidic and low in nutrients.
and cold in winter and dry out in summer. Sandy soils are often known as light
-These soils are made of over 25 percent soils due to their high proportion of
clay, and because of the spaces found sand and little clay (clay weighs more
between clay particles, clay soils hold a than sand).
high amount of water. -These soils have quick water drainage
and are easy to work with.
SILTY SOIL LOAMY SOIL
-Peat soil is high in organic matter and -Chalk soil can be either light or heavy but
retains a large amount of moisture. always highly alkaline due to the calcium
-This type of soil is very rarely found in a carbonate or lime within its structure.
garden and often imported into a garden to -As these soils are alkaline they will not support
provide an optimum soil base for planting. the growth of ericaceous plants that require
acidic soils to grow.
USES OF SOIL
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