CUCUMBER
Fig 1: CUCUMBERS Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), is a creeping plant of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), belong to the order Cucurbitales and containing 98 genera and about 975 species. It is widely cultivated for its edible…
BIOCHAR
Fig 1: BIOCHAR Recycling of waste materials is now gaining a lot of ground globally. Lots of waste materials are now produced during human activities, animal wastes and crop residues…
PAWPAW (Carica papaya)
Fig 1: PAPAYA Papayas a fruit crop originate from Central America where the indigenes ate papayas and used them for medicinal purposes. In the 1500s and 1600s, Spanish and Portuguese…
WATER INFILTRATION
Fig 1: SOIL INFILTRATION When water comes down as precipitation, some of the water will seep down into the ground where it stay for some time until plants take it…
WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
Fig 1: SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY Soils vary in many different ways. They differ in texture, consistency, colour, infiltration rates, tilth, permeability, depth, organic matter content, and water holding capacity –…
PUMPKIN (Cucurbita spp).
Fig 1: PUMPKIN Pumpkin may also be referred to as squash or marrow and is believed to have originated in Mexico and South America. They are in the gourd family,…
SOIL ENZYMES
Fig 1: SOIL ENZYMES Soil is the home for many organisms, place where different activities necessary for life of organisms occur. Plants grow on soil; microorganisms live in soils; water…
SOIL COLOUR
Fig1: DIFFERENT SOILS WITH DIFFERENT COLOURS DUE TO MINERALS FOUND IN PARENT MATERIALS Soil is a natural body comprised of three phases. The solids phase (minerals and organic matter), liquid…