Why is the soil turned and …

Advantages of ploughing:

1. The loose soil allows the plant roots to penetrate freely and deeper into the soil so that plants are held more firmly to the ground.
2. The loose soil allows the roots of the plants to breathe easily.
3. The loose soil helps in the growth of worms and microbes present in the soil as they help in turning and loosening of soil.
4. Ploughing also uproots and buries the weeds standing in the field and thereby suffocates them to death.
5. The loosening and turning of soil during ploughing brings the nutrient rich soil to the top so that the plants can use these nutrients.

Before sowing the seeds, it is necessary to loosen and turn the soil in the fields as to break it to the size of the grains which is done with the help of three main implements or tools – plough, hoe and cultivator.

Advantages of ploughing:

1. The loose soil allows the plant roots to penetrate freely and deeper into the soil so that plants are held more firmly to the ground.
2. The loose soil allows the roots of the plants to breathe easily.
3. The loose soil helps in the growth of worms and microbes present in the soil as they help in turning and loosening of soil.
4. Ploughing also uproots and buries the weeds standing in the field and thereby suffocates them to death.
5. The loosening and turning of soil during ploughing brings the nutrient rich soil to the top so that the plants can use these nutrients.