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🌱 Garden Soil Science: Understanding Plant Growth from the Roots Up

A cutaway 3D soil profile with a growing plant: adjust soil type, watering, sunlight and compost to see how roots, moisture and photosynthesis drive real growth.

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A cutaway view of garden soil reveals sand, silt, clay and organic layers, a water table, and a root system that grows only as fast as moisture, sunlight and nutrients allow.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Growth rate responds to a combination of factors: soil moisture follows a bell curve (too dry or waterlogged both hurt), sunlight drives visible photosynthesis particles flowing from leaves to roots, and compost adds nutrient density that especially helps poor sandy soil.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a soil type, then adjust watering, sunlight and compost. Press play to advance days and watch the root system branch, the stem lengthen, leaves unfurl and flowers bloom — or wilt if conditions turn poor.

💡 Did You Know?

Roots need oxygen just as much as water — in waterlogged clay soil, air pockets disappear and roots can effectively drown, which is why "more water" is not always better for plant growth.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D cutaway of garden soil where you control soil type, watering, sunlight and compost, watching a root system branch, a plant grow through real stages, and photosynthesis sugar particles flow from leaves to roots.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install