Sentences with phrase «as sandy soils»

Soil texture influenced N2O emissions as sandy soils had lower emissions than fine - textured soils.

Not exact matches

Hot pepper plants LOVE sand as many varieties originate in areas with sandy soil.

Meru, with its weird, two - trunked doum palms and strange red outcroppings — decomposed lava boulders covered with red sandy soil — is excellent country for elephant - watching and, until recently, for rhinos as well.

The potatoes are just enough for ourselves for the year, but grown from any Hebridean sandy machair soil, the potatoes are as tasty as you will get.

Besides helping scientists better gauge how precipitation ultimately soaks into sandy soils, the research could help them better understand industrial processes, such as pharmaceutical manufacture, in which liquids are sprayed onto dry powdered materials — possibly improving quality control and consistency in the final products.

Try the same activity using different types of soil: clay, loam, sandy, silty, potting soil, compost, etcetera, but put a screen on top of the cup to keep organic matter from floating out as you pour the water into the cup.

As I stand there looking at the giants, I imagine what else is out there, buried or surfacing among the sandy soil and dry rocks of the cold and windy Gobi Desert.

As for the soil, succulents grow best in well - draining sandy soil.

It needs a temperature ranging from 72 - 82 °F (22 - 28 °C) and a permeable, sandy soil, as well as moderate steepness in order to promote good drainage.

The species prefers areas such as prairie regions with sandy loam soils where it can dig more easily for its prey.

Thus in sandy soils for example (compare dry and saturated thermal conductivities of Figure 5 with tabulated values in Figure 6), the required length of the ground loop could be as low as 200 feet per system ton if the soil is saturated with water, or as high as 300 feet per ton if the soil is dry.