Clods usually slake easily with repeated wetting and drying.
A soil containing large quantities of these textural classes. Mineral fertilizers are sometimes added. If it is produced mainly from plant residue, it is often called artificial manure' or 'synthetic manure' . Detachment and movement of soil or rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity. F fertilizer - any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin that is added to soil to supply certain elements essential to the growth of plants.