Keys to Soil Health - How to Soften Hard Clay Soil, and Improve Any Type of Soil

Soil is a combination of particles, minerals and organic mater. The particles can be sand, silt or clay depending on the makeup of the soil. If the soil contains more clay than sand and silt it becomes hard to work with. The more clay the harder and heavier it becomes, making it difficult for roots to penetrate. Add compaction and you have a real problem. But it is not all bad, clay soil retains more moisture and contains more minerals and nutrients. But of course this creates another problem, the heavier the clay the slower it drains. At this point I should tell you that there is a solution, but before I get to that let me tell you why clay is such a problem. The better we understand the problem the easier it is to see the solution.

Now when it rains or when you water your lawn, droplets of water begin to soak into the soil. For most lawns, depending on the soil structure, water will penetrate down to a depth of about six inches. The problem is that clay soil is very dense and since water can not penetrate the heavy soil particles, it tries to go around (path of least resistance). What you end up with is runoff and puddles. At best, we could hope to get 2-3 in. of penetration. What we need to do is find a way to allow water to get deep into the soil. The solution is to create oxygen paths through the soil and somehow allow soil particles to absorb water.

There is a soil conditioner that will do all that and more. First let me explain my keys to soil health. These are the basic keys to create good soil from any type of soil structure. The keys will help regardless of your soil condition such as: sandy soil, clay soil, hardpan, rocky soil, soil lacking any nutrients, soil too alkaline, or soil too acidic. If you create an environment where these six elements are present, you will have good soil health. Right now we are just talking about creating healthy soil, not what it takes to grow grass, trees, or plants in the soil. Obviously there are essential elements needed to grow different types of plants, but that is for another time. The keys to soil heath are:

Aeration and Stabilization
Soil aeration occurs by releasing oxygen and hydrogen gasses simultaneously from the water molecule. The soil then begins to stabilize by taking on structural changes between the soil particles to allow for a more nutrient-rich environment.
Water Penetration
The soil needs a structural change, allowing deeper water penetration. This allows deeper plant roots and increased utilization of stored water for longer periods of time.
pH Neutralization
Through the release of oxygen and hydrogen your soil pH will neutralize, which will help plants to consume fertilizers and nutrients.
Electrical Stimulation
An electrolyte has the ability to add the proper amount of electrical energy to the soil to stimulate plant growth on an ongoing basis.
Chemical Elimination
Eliminate the salts left behind on your lawn from years of chemical fertilizer use. If not eliminated, these salts can burn the roots of plants and cause stress.
Protein Multiplication
With the addition of organic proteins, we can force an environmental change in the soil. Multiplying amino acid chains will create proteins and good bacteria. This allows the existing micro-nutrients to be used by lawns, trees and shrubs making them stronger and healthier.

Let me make it simple? Normally when you water or it rains, the water will go around the soil particle or it will just run off. That is because water molecules do not normally bind with soil particles. Our soil conditioner contains a naturally occurring isotope that forces water molecules to bind with the soil particles. As the particles absorb water they expand and when the water evaporates they contract. This expansion and contraction allows air channels to form, allowing water to penetrate deep into the soil. As these particles absorb fresh water, they release oxygen and hydrogen simultaneously, thus allowing your soil to neutralize the pH. Now that we have built oxygen channels, we finish the job by filling them with live amino acid chains that build good bacteria to stabilize the soil and keep these channels open.

Now we have a softer, chemical free, oxygen rich, electrically charged, fertile environment for lawns, trees, and shrubs, to grow healthy and strong. At www.terra4m.com you will find soil conditioners and amendments, organic fertilizers, and ecologically safe lawn care products.

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