M3.1 SOIL : M3.1 SOIL Geology & Ecology
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PermaCulture an integral exploration according to ...
Slide 2 : A healthy soil is a live web
In each gram of fertile soil there can be a billion micro-organisms
The Soil Food Web : The Soil Food Web
Slide 4 : of greatest
importance Details on the functions of each in the e-Book www.PermaCultureScience.com Annelids,
Arthropods,
Molluscs Lombricus terestris
(Worms)
Slide 5 : Plants interchange gases between soil & the atmosphere
Plants & in particular Trees create soils & protect them
The Roots of Plants go breaking & fragmenting the Mother rock
Roots open paths through which water & air will circulate later
Leaves & Fruit that falls + the deposits of animals who come to feed off them are Organic Matter which is added to the soil
A Soil covered with vegetation is more protected from external erosive agents Marsh plants showcase their hold in the soil on the banks of Boat Meadow Bay in Eastham, Massachusetts. by Mary Schwalm
Slide 6 : some plants specialize in braking rock
Interdependance : Interdependance The Soil is part of the Digestive System of Plants
Plants are the aerial part of soil
Everything affects everything
Two bugs better than one : Two bugs better than one Effects of bacteria & bacteria-eating nematodes on the growth of blue grama grass growth Weed
biomasa
in 77 days
Slide 9 : Are Fungi associated by symbiosis to the Roots of Plants
These obtain Hydrocarbons & a protected place to live
in exchange they provide the Plant with a better capacity for absorbtion of Water & Nutrients
Increase Resistence of the Plant to ...
pathogens, draught, acid soils
In some Leguminous plants can increase efficiency of biological fixing of Nitrogen