soil

The Soil

soil life

soil texture

What's in soil?

soil testing

soil pH




 * comparing Sand, Silt, and Clay in 5 different gardens on campus **

|| ** Middle School ** ||  ** 53 **  ||   ** 17 **  ||   ** 30 **  ||  ** West ** ||  ** 33 **  ||   ** 33 **  ||   ** 33 **  ||  ** Lower **** School ** ||  ** 26 **  ||   ** 26 **  ||   ** 46 **  ||  ** Gym ** ||  ** 43 **  ||   ** 17 **  ||   ** 40 **  ||  ** Finn ** || 17 ||   ** 7 **  ||   ** 76 **  ||
 * ** Campus **** Garden ** ||  ** Sand **  ||  ** Silt **  ||  ** Clay **



**Measuring the Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium, and pH of the soil**

**0 - depleted** **1 - deficient** **2- adequate** **3- sufficient** **4 - surplus**

** N ** || ** Phosphorous ** ** P ** || ** Potassium ** ** K ** || ** pH ** || || A good balance of sand, silt and clay is needed to have good soil. Gardens with a lot more of one than the other will not do as well as one were they are close to equal or equal the amount of these three things.
 * ** Campus **** Garden ** || ** Nitrogen **
 * ** Middle School ** || ** N1 ** || P2  ||  K4  || ** 7.0 ** ||
 * ** West ** || ** N2 ** || P2  ||  K1  || ** 7.0 ** ||
 * ** Lower **** School ** || ** N1 ** || K1  ||  K1  || ** 7.0 ** ||
 * ** Gym ** || ** N2 ** || P2  ||  K3  || ** 6.5 ** ||
 * ** Finn ** || ** N1 ** || P1  ||  K1  || ** 6.5 **