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What's the difference between soil and dirt?

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Soil is dirt that has been conditioned and augmented with substances plants need to grow and thrive.

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Dirt is a mixture of san, silt, rocks, and clay. Soil contains dirt but als has minerals, plant matter, worms, water, and microbes.

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