Soils and Crops

Every PCSE simulation contains a soil and a crop. The soil is always active, while the crop can sometimes be inactivate. Importantly, a crop cannot exist without an active soil.

The soil stores all the information about the soil including nutrient and water levels. These levels flucuate over time subject to user input (fertilization and irrigation), weather (rainfall, runoff), and background processes.

Meanwhile, the crop stores all information about the current state of the crop. The crop evolves subject to the weather (Temperature and Day Length) and the available minerals in the soil.

For a full list of output variables, see PCSE Output. For a full list of parameters, see Creating a Crop and Creating a Soil.