Question

Which option best explains why the cotton stopped growing in the following scenario?

After realizing that cotton was his only crop that yielded a profit, a farmer decided to plant and harvest only cotton in his fields. Over a five-year consecutive planting of cotton, the yields steadily declined. The farmer did not provide any soil amendments.

Answer 1

Cotton constantly needs the name nutrients from the soil and finally the soil didn’t have those nutrients and were no longer able to house cotton that’s often why farmers switch they’re crops yearly so the soil can rebuild the nutrients it needs

Answer 2

B. - The soil was depleted of its nutrients because the farmer did not replenish the land.

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