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theexpress

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bought a pint of coyote piss... and like 2 pounds of polymer crystals... should be enough to fill the bottom of a bunch of holes when activated... germing 30 more beans ... warm weather is here to stay.... why am I still up???? its not coke I promise..
 
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The main difference between Kane and Williamson County – and Steve Ruh’s and Jim Anderson’s farms - isn’t just a few hundred miles. Nor is it the amount of rain received this year, although Kane County has had at least a tiny bit more rain. It’s literally the ground the crops are planted in.
Illinois farmers like to boast their soil is the best in the world. But it depends on where you are in the state.
“When we talk about the best soil in the world, we’re talking about that soil in the northern two-third of Illinois,” clarifies John Hawkins, of the Illinois Farm Bureau.
Geologist Andrew Stumpf said this is all because of glaciers - from Ice Ages that occurred 600,000; 200,000; and 15,000 years ago.
“When the glaciers came across, they deposited glacial till — sand, silt, clay, gravel,” said Stumpf, who works with the Illinois State Geological Survey. “Soil develops in that material. it gets broken down and there is organic material mixed in. So, the soil is really a derivative of what material was there from the glacier.”
The result is deep, rich, dark black soil that holds water. Before he planted, Ruh felt like conditions were ripe for his best harvest ever. The relatively warm winter meant the ground hasn’t frozen, but there was still sufficient snow that was absorbed deep into the ground.
Unfortunately for farmers in the south, the glaciers went only as far as what is today I-70.
South of that, the other soils tend to be less fertile because of the clay, Stumpf said, adding those soils are sandier and can’t hold as much water.
 
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[h=2]Mollisols[/h]
  • The most common soils in Illinois are the fertile black mollisol soils. They were formed under vast fields of grass by the decomposition of many generations of grasses. When dry they are soft and granular. Mollisols are some of the most fertile soils anywhere on earth. They are found all over Illinois, and are most concentrated in the north and center of the state.



Read more: Illinois Soil Classification | eHow http://www.ehow.com/facts_7904668_illinois-soil-classification.html#ixzz2TMACmLuU
 
Sunbiz1

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theexpress said:
Mollisols


  • The most common soils in Illinois are the fertile black mollisol soils. They were formed under vast fields of grass by the decomposition of many generations of grasses. When dry they are soft and granular. Mollisols are some of the most fertile soils anywhere on earth. They are found all over Illinois, and are most concentrated in the north and center of the state.


Read more: Illinois Soil Classification | eHow http://www.ehow.com/facts_7904668_illinois-soil-classification.html#ixzz2TMACmLuU
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The only other places on earth with our type of topsoil are located in wine producing areas of southern Europe.

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/mollisols_map.html
 
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