• usage, the term "soil conditioner" is often thought of as a subset of the category soil amendments (or soil improvement, soil condition), which more often...
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    vermiwash and is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. It is used in gardening and sustainable, organic farming. Vermicomposting...
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    Leonardite (category Soil improvers)
    mining. It is a rich source of humic acid (up to 90%) and is used as a soil conditioner, as a stabilizer for ion-exchange resins in water treatment, in the...
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  • functions as a strong soil conditioner, bio-remediator, and biological pest control, with each seaweed phylum offering various benefits to soil and crop health...
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    plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...
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    white pigment or filler in products such as toothpaste or paints, as a soil conditioner, and as a popular decorative addition to rock gardens. Limestone formations...
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  • Potassium humate (category Soil chemistry)
    extraction of brown coal (lignite) leonardite and is used mainly as a soil conditioner. The extraction is performed in water with the addition of potassium...
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    as a soil conditioner to increase the organic content of soils. Digester liquor can be used as a fertiliser to supply vital nutrients to soils instead...
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    northeastern United States. Marl has been used as a soil conditioner and neutralizing agent for acid soil and in the manufacture of cement. Marl or marlstone...
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    anus or cloaca during defecation. Feces can be used as fertilizer or soil conditioner in agriculture. They can also be burned as fuel or dried and used for...
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    Mitsubishi model was the first air conditioner with a cross-flow fan. In 1969, the first mini-split air conditioner was sold in the US. Multi-zone ductless...
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    Vermiculite (category Soil improvers)
    Where the native soil is heavy or sticky, gentle mixing of vermiculite as a soil conditioner—up to one-half the volume of the soil—is recommended. This...
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    Humus (category Soil improvers)
    extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner. It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic...
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    application of soil conditioners is site specific, and should be approached on a case by case basis, as a soil conditioner may not work on all soils equally...
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    This calcined clay is sold as a soil conditioner for playing fields and other soil products such as for use as bonsai soil as an alternative to akadama....
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    intended reuse applications for the nutrient content may include: soil conditioner or fertilizer in agriculture or horticultural activities. Other reuse...
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    Other species such as A. pintoi are cultivated worldwide as forage and soil conditioner plants, with the leaves providing high-protein feed for grazing livestock...
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    matter in the soil while the biological control microbes provide an alternative to chemical pesticides. Leonardite is a soil conditioner rich in humic...
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    recovered land. Other soil conditioner uses: Gypsum reduces aluminium and boron toxicity in acidic soils. It also improves soil structure, improving water...
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    Arthur Wallace (category American soil scientists)
    soil conditioner – linear, water-soluble, anionic polyacrylamide. Monsanto launched the technology of synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes as soil conditions...
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  • as "Soil Conditioner". For some five years—until high levels of fecal coliforms and fecal streptococcus were discovered in the waste—this "Soil Conditioner"...
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    of 30–3000 mg/L. The primary functions of polyacrylamide soil conditioners are to increase soil tilth, aeration, and porosity and reduce compaction, dustiness...
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    Diatomaceous earth (category Soil)
    diatomaceous earth. In vegetable gardening it is sometimes used as a soil conditioner, because like perlite, vermiculite, and expanded clay, it retains water...
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    Compost (category Soil improvers)
    nutrients to crops as fertilizer, acting as a soil conditioner, increasing the humus or humic acid contents of the soil, and introducing beneficial microbes that...
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    fertilizers, unless a soil conditioner is used. Using aglime or agricultural lime, a finely-ground limestone or dolomite, to change the soil from acidic to nearly...
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  • amount of minerals and nutrients that the vine is exposed to. The ideal soil condition for a vine is a layer of thin topsoil and subsoil that sufficiently...
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  • Leaf mold (category Soil improvers)
    Leaf mold is not high in nutrient content but is an excellent humic soil conditioner because its structure and moisture retention provide a good growing...
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  • FIEE, Newnes, 2003, ISBN 0 7506 46373 "Soil conditioning agents". "Achieving an Acceptable Ground in Poor Soil". October 1998. "Marconite". W.R. Jones...
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    Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
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  • condition of soil is the condition when the upward water pressure gradient and water flow reduce the effective stress, i.e., cohesiveness of the soil...
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