Dr. Grow: Soil needs microorganisms as well as nutrients
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I can still remember the first day my soils class met in college. The professor walked into the classroom and said, "If anyone ever uses the term dirt to refer to soils in this class, they will automatically flunk." He didn't even say hi, how are you, my name is ____, or anything else. He then began to talk about soils.
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