Description
When plants sulk, stay small, or die for no clear reason, the soil is usually the problem, and most people never stop to diagnose it. They add more fertiliser or more water, when the real trouble is right under their feet.
This guide helps you read your soil, work out what is wrong, and put it right.
Written by a plant biologist and environmental scientist whose background is in soil science, it walks through the six common soil problems (compacted and hard, waterlogged, dry and sandy, poor plant growth, no worms or life, and wrong pH). For each one you get what you are seeing, why it is happening, the step-by-step fix, and how to prevent it. It also gives you two simple tests you can do with no lab, a drainage test and a soil texture test, so you can diagnose your own soil in an afternoon.
Running through it all is one powerful idea: almost every soil problem is improved by the same thing, adding organic matter. It ties in with your composting, since your own compost is the best soil medicine there is. Comes with a quick-reference table, an FAQ, and a printable soil-improvement checklist.
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