diff --git a/botany/soil.wiki b/botany/soil.wiki index 6f6aaa5..78a4d6d 100644 --- a/botany/soil.wiki +++ b/botany/soil.wiki @@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ === Clay === +* must be drained correctly +* wheat +* oak trees +* field beans +* potatoes +* Referred to as "strong land" + +This soil can easily liquefy due to alkalinity, and become useless for farming. +When more clumped, plants penetrate it well. Acidity and working while wet +causes it to puddle. It must be worked when humidity is exactly correct + === Loam === +Intermediate between clay and sand. Medium loam is the most ideal soil + === Sand === + +* light soil +* well drained +* deficient in potash/phosphates +* early soil, produces early in the year +* dry fast + +=== Peat === + +* Manure soils +* made when rotting plant matter does not rot away underwater and instead + stays, creating the best soil possible + +== Also see == + +* [[humus]]