diff --git a/backend/right_tree/api/management/commands/createplantfixtures.py b/backend/right_tree/api/management/commands/createplantfixtures.py
index cba37a4..23c2c7d 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/api/management/commands/createplantfixtures.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/api/management/commands/createplantfixtures.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PLANT_JSON_TEMPLATE = {
 }
 
 
-def check_field_type(field, field_value):
+def check_field_value(field, field_value):
     """ Checks the validity of a feild value collected from the spreadsheet
     """
     expected_field_type = PLANT_COLS[field]['expected_type']
@@ -110,17 +110,20 @@ def get_plant_json_from_row(row_data):
                 plant_json_fields[model_field_name] = soil_orders_list
 
             elif field in {'wet', 'mesic', 'dry'}:
-                soil_variant_pk = SOIL_VARIANT_PK_MAPPING[field.capitalize()]
-                plant_json_fields[model_field_name] = plant_json_fields.get(
-                    model_field_name, []) + [soil_variant_pk]
+                if row_data[field_index] != None:
+                    soil_variant_pk = SOIL_VARIANT_PK_MAPPING[field.capitalize()]
+                    plant_json_fields[model_field_name] = plant_json_fields.get(
+                        model_field_name, []) + [soil_variant_pk]
+                else:
+                    continue
 
             elif field in {'water', 'drought', 'frost', 'salinity'}:
                 plant_json_fields[model_field_name] = TOLERANCE_PK_MAPPING[row_data[field_index]]
 
             elif field in PLANT_COLS:
                 plant_json_fields[model_field_name] = row_data[field_index]
-
-            check_field_type(field, plant_json_fields[model_field_name])
+            
+            check_field_value(field, plant_json_fields[model_field_name])
 
         except Exception as e:
             name_index = INFO_COL_INDEXES['name']