What's the difference? Plants could grow in both. Can't they?
2007-03-14 13:33:30 · 7 answers · asked by NinjaX 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Dirt is under your fingernails, soil is in the yard. More technically, soil is full of microbes and trace elements like calcium, magnesium, iron, and such. To grow really good plants, improve the soil.
2007-03-14 13:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by dwilmoth822 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soil is the growimg medium. It is not just the mineral matter, but also the soil particle characteristics, the soil water, the pore space as well as the ionic properties including the potential nutrients. Dirt is not used in the same breath as talking about growing medium unless you are discussing how to convert it to a growing medium.
An engineer who is concerned about compaction may refer to "dirt" whereas a farmer talks about his field's soil.
Dirt is also the term for misc mineral matter in the wrong spots, like stuck on your shoes, on your window sills or plastered all over your car.
2007-03-14 20:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difference: dirt, earth , soil all the same!
2007-03-15 00:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by luther 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soil -The top layer of the earth's surface, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter.
Dirt-A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust-Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining
2007-03-15 00:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by acooper718 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
potting soil is lighter and dirt is heavier. I would use potting soil for house plants and garden dirt for my garden>>>>
2007-03-14 20:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by dorton girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soil and dirt are the same!
2007-03-14 20:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by hunter 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Soil has tilth
2007-03-14 21:39:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋