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Pretty simple, plants, just like animals need to eat to survive.

While most of these dietary needs are filled by photosynthesis (process of converting sunlight to use-able energy for the plant), not all of what the plant needs is gathered this way.

Plants tend to leech nutrients from the soil (hence the practice of crop rotation).

Also, soil absorbs water so that plants have more time to soak it up.

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