Understanding and Improving Soils

Name: Understanding and Improving Soils
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This free online gardening course improves your knowledge of soils and compost to help you grow strong, healthy plants.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define the five factors that influence the formation of soils
Describe how water moves through soils
Identify possible sources of organic matter for soils
Discuss the role of composting organisms in the composting process
Evaluate how soil horizons and soil profiles can affect the commercial uses of soils
Solve problems relating to soil texture, structure and soil pH
Describe different types of home composting
List materials that can be added to a composting system and those that cannot
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of hot and cold composting
Discuss the important role of soil life and soil organic matter
Explain how to test soil texture
Relate the three main types of soil texture to the behaviour of soils

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