Monday, July 1, 2013

All about Soil :

We had a very enlightened guest who teaches at the University of Hawaii who is An associate Specialist in Soil fertility, Ph.D Jonathan Deenik. He says that Healthy and productive soils are the foundation of a secure food system. Here in Hawai'i, soils vary across the landscape, developing management strategies that maintains soil health is quite a challenge. He had us do Soil samples to monitor the Nitrogen, Ph, and Potassium levels to see how much of each is in the soil. We also got to do some research on the Soil types of the west coast which was different from all the other places on Oahu. It was a whole lot of information but very interesting to learn in such a small time but it was very useful. We enjoyed his lesson, and would be happy to learn more amazing things. Much Aloha ! 


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