I looked it up and unsurprisingly there's a whole Wikipedia page about this. Long story short, it takes decades for rock to become soily at all so likely a much longer time till it becomes as soily as what's around it here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

till it

You can't till it 'til much later.

[–] deus 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Did I use the wrong word there? I always assumed till and until were synonyms

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

You’re good, it was just a funny

Till = OG

Till has been in use in English since the 9th century; the earliest sense of the word was the same as the preposition to. It has been used as a conjunction meaning "until" since the 12th century. Until has been in use as both a preposition and a conjunction for almost as long. Both of these words are acceptable; you may send a text to your misbehaving child stating either “U R grounded till 4ever” or “U R grounded until 4ever.”

… you will probably wish to avoid ’till, use ’tiladvisedly, and use both until and tillfreely. And if you use till in writing and someone tells you that you have made an error, simply take the extra L off the end of the word and poke them in the eye with it.

[–] thrawn21 2 points 5 months ago

You're right, they're just making a joke, as till also refers to how farmers prepare soil for planting crops.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Suddenly thinking about how the race to sustainably create more soil will probably be a theme for scientific research in the near future.

Desertification is scary!

[–] jaybone 2 points 5 months ago

Lava rock tends to be very porous and “crumbly” though right? I would think it turns to soil faster than most other types of rock.