What is humus? what is its use?
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Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important.Humus is important because it retains moisture in the soil, loosens the soil permitting better aeration and drainage, and encourages the increase of soil organisms which help make nutrients available to plants. It adds body to light soil and loosens heavy, sticky soils.
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humus is the organic component of soil , formed by decomposition of leaves and other plant materials by soil microorganism.
use- In agriculture humus is sometimes also used as to describe mature and natural compost extracted from the woodland and other spontaneous sources for use as a soil conditioner .