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Organic Vegetable Gardening - Sarasota County Extension

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Soil <strong>Organic</strong> Matter & Soil Water<br />

• Improves soil structure & aggregation (i.e.,<br />

mesopores)<br />

• Holds water & increases soil water holding<br />

capacity<br />

• Enhances root growth & access<br />

– Increase microbe activity<br />

– Stored and releases nutrients<br />

• Stable organic matter (called humus)<br />

maintains constant moisture conditions

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