Horticulture/An Introduction to Soils

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• Introduction

• The importance of soils

• Soil composition

• Inorganic components
• Organic components
• Soil flora and fauna

• Soil texture

• (see w:Soil texture)

• Soil structure

• (see w:Soil structure)

• Soil nutrients

• Macronutrients

• First order macronutrients: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K)
• Second order macronutrients: S, Ca, Mg

• Micronutrients: Fe, Mo, B, Cl, Co, Mn, Cu, Zn

• Soil classification
• Summary (annotated TOC)