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Restoring Soil Fertility
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Three 6” pots
Three garden plants(do seasonal plants)
Organic soil
Regular soil
Organic mix(your choice)
Non-organic mix(your choice)
Water
Three water jugs
Sun/shade(depends on what the plant calls for)
Procedure:
Take three pots and label them Organic, Non-organic, and Regular. Fill each pot with
either the organic soil or the regular soil. Next plant each plant into each different pot and cover
the edges with a little bit of soil to establish the plant. To water, you must have three separate
water jugs, one for the organic mix, for the non-organic mix, and just regular water. Depending
on the mixture you choose, the measurements to how many teaspoons per gallon may be
different. Add the organic mixture to the organic plant, add the non-organic mixture to the
regular plant, and last add regular water to the normal plant.
When finished with this process put each plant in the sun or shade and water every other
day. Every two weeks to a month, you want to add the organic mixtures or non-organic mixtures
to the plants when watering them.
Observations:
This process may take a while to show results but it is amazing what each plant looks like
after taken care of with each different mixture. Be careful to not over water the plants, that has a
lot of effects on them when using the mixtures.
Conclusion:
When taking care of plants and the soils we use, it helps to learn what we are doing to the
environment around us. In this process of gardening, it is best to know what you are putting into
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the ground and what you might be taking out of it. So before you dig up the soil, be sure you are
putting back the nutrients that it needs to help establish the trees and plants on this earth. In the
end, gardening is a great stress reliever and it gets people out doors.
Other similar experiments that could have been done could have been planting trees in
the community and watch them grow. You could also use this to test other organic products that
say are great for the earth’s environment.