Sentences with phrase «in damp soil»

The second instar larvae are mobile in damp soil and invade suitable roots.

Observations and results Did most of the sow bugs or pill bugs end up in the damp soil environment?

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Leeks are a staple in Irish soups and stews because the long, green members of the onion family thrive in poor soil and cool, damp climates.

Corn farmers in Minnesota and across the northern Corn Belt often must plant in cold, damp spring soils that can slow early season growth.

Unusually rainy weather created perfect conditions for the insects to lay their eggs in damp, sandy soil every two or three months, swelling their numbers tenfold with each new generation.

The sow bugs or pill bugs that spent time in the container with the dry soil probably only stayed there temporarily before going back to the damp soil.

Background You can often find sow bugs and pill bugs in damp, dark places, like the soil under rocks or decaying wood.

After about 30 minutes you may have even seen several of the little crustaceans actually dig down into the damp soil and settle in there.

The tinkling sound of peas falling on a plate is helping a Dutch researcher to select peas most suitable for sowing in the cold, damp soil of the Netherlands.

It was thus reduced to feeding off the work of others — grubbing in the soil to devour dead animals, fallen leaves, and damp wood.

The organism can be found as plankton in shallow water and damp soil.

It also uses technology to maintain healthy moisture in your soil — not too damp, not too dry, just right.

Damping off, a disease characterized by the rot of roots and stems, is often a result of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani, and occurs when the rhizomes have been planted in soil that does not drain well.

A kitchen towel hangs from her shoulder and she wipes off her fingers, damp from peeled potatoes, dishwashing liquid, diced onions, scented from mothballed blankets, soil from the window boxes - Eileen is a woman who touches everything, tastes all, digs in.

Fungal infections are more common in hunting dogs because of exposure to fungal organisms in the soil, especially in wooded or warm, damp climates.

If your hamster is soiling in their nest and sleeping in it or spending time on their dirty toilet it can lead to the fur becoming damp, smelly and unpleasant.

Hookworm larva thrive in damp shaded soil.

A power plant in Stockholm elected to burn damp and soiled clothing from H&M as fuel last week, according to a new report from Mining.com.

Vertical closed - loop earth heat exchangers are installed in boreholes 200 to 300 feet deep, where seasonal changes in soil temperature are completely damped out.

We find a close agreement between the CESM - based hindcasts and the Markov model, indicating that the largest contribution to the predictive skill of soil water on interannual to decadal timescales in CESM can be attributed to the damped persistence, which is partly governed by the evapotranspiration (Delworth and Manabe 1988), the total runoff, and the diffusion of soil moisture into the deeper soil levels as shown in the Eq.

Preferred habitat: swamps, wet meadows, damp woods, marshes, bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in summer if too dry + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 12 to 18» + + + + Wildlife value: Butterfly larvae like to pupate on irises + + + + Note: plant can be difficult to find; its iris cousins the Louisiana irises will achieve similar results

Drop a seed in each, cover with soil, mist until damp and then place a layer of plastic wrap over top.