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Soil amendment is the process of adding an element to the soil to improve its capacity to support plant life.

Used properly, amendments alter soil so growing becomes simpler. For example, roots penetrate the surrounding soil more easily and water infiltration improves. Soil amendments also change the soil in ways that affect the availability of plant nutrients that occur naturally or that are added by fertilizers.

Fertilizers impact plant growth directly, while soil amendments affect growth indirectly and sometimes deliver nutrients as a bonus. Soil amendments aren’t fertilizer substitutes. Instead, they help fertilizers do the job they’re intended to do by getting tilth and other factors in order.