Name: Soil Turmoil: For Real
Uploaded: 2020-04-17T18:49:29.000Z
Duration: 3 min 10 s
Description: Alex trying growing a new plant in some beach sand. But why won't it grow??

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Courtney loves to garden and grow plants, and offers help to her friend Alex who wants to grow some of her own. It seems that Alex is trying to grow a seed in some beach sand, but isn't having any luck. Courtney shows Alex why sand on it's own isn't the best for plants. The conduct an experiment in the backyard to discover that soil is much better at holding the water the seed needs to grow.

Alex trying growing a new plant in some beach sand. But why won't it grow??