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Soil remediation encompasses the processes used to remove, treat, or contain hazardous contaminants from soil and related environmental media, restoring land to a state suitable for plant growth and ecosystem function. For plant scientists, understanding remediation is critical because soil chemistry directly governs nutrient availability, root development, and microbial communities that underpin plant health. Research in this area explores how plants themselves can be harnessed as remediation tools — a field known as phytoremediation — using species capable of absorbing heavy metals, breaking down organic pollutants, or stabilizing contaminated substrates.

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Too much compost hurts: 15% is the sweet spot for sour soil

If you garden in acidic clay, piling on more compost past a certain point can leave your soil sal...

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