Sentences with phrase «extensive root systems»

If you want to plant around a tree, select one that's less than a year or two old to avoid damaging extensive root systems.

This forces the plants to develop extensive root systems.

That shallower root system inherently absorbs less micro-nutrients from the soil column compared to organically raised plants that are forced to have deeper, more extensive root systems to obtain all of the nutrients the plant needs.

Farmers and ranchers hate the tree, of course, because it chokes out needed grazing grass, and, as a result of its extensive root system, is nearly impossible to remove from pastures.

The key is the plant's shallow, but extensive root system that quickly soaks up rainfall, which seldom penetrates more than just a few inches into the soil.

In February 2017, Glover joined a panel, Creating Resiliency in Food and Agriculture, at the 2017 Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.. His prop, a real example of six - foot - long perennial grass, helped him attract interest in soil issues, and allowed his audience to visualize how the extensive root system improves soil and agriculture.

One way to help combat soil erosion uses plants, which have extensive root systems that can help to «grab onto» soil and keep it clumped together.

To tap into scarce water supplies, most desert plants have extensive root systems that burrow deep or spread wide.

Underground, an extensive root system of prairie plants helps to filter pollutants when rainwater percolates through the soil.

Alfalfa leaf has an extensive root system that allows it to absorb nutrients deep in the earth.

They prefer well - drained soil of moderate quality, and have an extensive root system that resists drought conditions once established.

Just like a tree needs to have an extensive root system to support the weight of the trunk and the crown, your neck requires extensive muscular connections to the rib cage, thoracic spine and shoulder girdle to support the weight of the head and allow for incredible mobility.

Mangroves growing along the shoreline have an extensive root system that helps to trap and hold mud and sand brought to shore by normal wave and current action.

Left to grow the forest will go on absorbing and storing exponentially more carbon as it matures, through ever - spreading canopies, larger (carbon) dense trunks and branches, and the extensive root systems beneath and along the forest floor.

But newer road signs are designed to snap off if they're hit, while bushes can have thick branches, extensive root systems, and surprisingly more mass than we expect.