HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
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Adding fertilizer and lime
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Grading the slope
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Selecting quality grass seeds
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sowing grass seeds
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the difference between a fertilizer and a soil conditioner? Fertilizers supply nutrients to plants, whereas soil conditioners generally help improve the soil structure to enable plants to better utilize nutrients.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Is Soil Conditioning? Soil conditioning is the process of improving poor soil to promote the growth of healthy plants. Soil is mostly made up of clay, sand, and silt. The percentage of these and other components will affect the soil texture, which determines its water holding capacity and aeration levels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lime is a soil conditioner and controls the soil acidity by neutralising the effects of acids from nitrogen (N) fertiliser, slurry and high rainfall. Other benefits include an increase in earthworm activity, improvement in soil structure and grass is more palatable to livestock.