Sentences with phrase «in sandy soils»

They grow slowly in sandy soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and have proven ideal for learning about past climate and disturbance events, if old - growth stands can be located!

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.

Avoid planting artichoke in sandy soils that drain too quickly.

Specifically, the researchers found that deforestation dramatically alters microbial communities in sandy soils, but has minimal effects in muddy, clay - like soils, even after extensive tree removal.

Unpublished research from Kennedy Space Center scientists showed the contaminants apparently were not accumulating in the sandy soils.

Injury is more severe in sandy soils.

One example are Fagioli di Sarconi (beans of Sarconi)-- they're grown in the sandy soil of the upper Val D'Agri in the Basilicata, whose climate is mild and cool.

Leeks are grown in sandy soil, so if you don't soak them, you'll be gnawing on grit, and that's not cool.

In order to grow great tasting Vidalias, and to give them their characteristic sweetness, they must be grown in a sandy soil mixture that is low in sulfur (sulfur in soil is what gives onions their hotness).

Larry Black kneels in the sandy soil beside a bushy orange tree flush with ripening fruit, his brow glistening in the hot Florida sun.

Since leeks are grown in sandy soil, they often have a little sand or dirt tucked in between the layers.

Studies indicate that use of these beneficial nematodes, available at garden supply stores, works best in sandy soil that has been watered before and after the nematodes are added.

While preparing the soil, add five pounds of a pelletized lime per 100 square feet in sandy soil, or 10 pounds in a clay - based soil.

Not exact matches

In that thorny and sandy soil how can you find and gather roses?

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

Fließbach, Andreas; Baars, Ton; Huisman, Sebastiaan; Jorgas, Thorsten; Lewandowska - Robak, Maja; Strässer, Cornelius and Mäder, Paul (2014) Variability of soil fertility and crop yield on a sandy field site in western Poland under bio-dynamic management».

Arugula is grown in dark, sandy soil and almost always arrives gritty.

While Burgundy remains its spiritual home, today Chardonnay is grown all over the world, from chalky soils in Sussex and Champagne to sandy loam in Australia's Margaret River via New Zealand, South Africa, California and Chile.

Generally speaking, the best pepper - growing soil has the following characteristics: a warm, full - sun location; well - drained loam or sandy loam high in organic material but with moderate fertility; a herbicide - free environment; little or no alkali; and a pH registering from 6.0 to 8.0 (ideally 6.7 to 7.3).

In the summer of 1992, Rick DeWitt's pepper garden in Sarasota, Florida, which was planted in sandy, well - drained soil, was destroyed by seventeen inches of rain that fell in just two dayIn the summer of 1992, Rick DeWitt's pepper garden in Sarasota, Florida, which was planted in sandy, well - drained soil, was destroyed by seventeen inches of rain that fell in just two dayin Sarasota, Florida, which was planted in sandy, well - drained soil, was destroyed by seventeen inches of rain that fell in just two dayin sandy, well - drained soil, was destroyed by seventeen inches of rain that fell in just two dayin just two days.

Our sandy soils may inhibit phylloxera and we do not bring in any contract machinery or workers.

Aside from a comparatively few trees worthy of the name that have been made to flourish in the settled communities, the thin, sandy soil sprouts mostly scrub oak and dwarf pine.

Like many living things, these lovely plants are more at home in the South, in places like coastal South Carolina and Alabama where the soils are sandy and the winter temperatures allow the plants to rest a spell, not fight for dear life.

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.

Drip irrigation — plastic tubing to water the trees» roots — would minimize the amount of water lost to evaporation and seepage into sandy soils, allowing trees to prosper in areas that are parched today.

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.

Mercader and Boesch decided to track the chimp nut - cracking habit back in time by digging into the sandy, muddy rain forest soil nearby for evidence of older tools.

Meanwhile its twin, Spirit, became trapped in soft, sandy soil on the other side of the planet in May.

The substrates used in the experiments included a sand - based substrate (sand) composed of 80 % washed sand, 15 % clay and silt fines, and 5 % pine bark; a soil - based substrate (soil) composed of 50 % sandy loam soil and 50 % pine bark; and a slate - based substrate (slate) composed of 80 % expanded slate and 20 % pine bark.

Forests at that time were preserved only in places with poor stony or sandy soils.

Dr. Curtis Adams, Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop physiologist, Vernon, tested the effects of contrasting soils, a sandy loam and a clay loam, and Rhizobium inoculants on nodulation and plant growth in two guar varieties in the greenhouse.

The plants were grown in sandy and clay soil previously mixed with lignite - derived humic substances and subjected to four different irrigation levels — 20, 40, 60 and 80 percent irrigation — based on soil water - holding capacity.

In Namibia of southwestern Africa, the sparse grasslands that develop on deep sandy soils under rainfall between 50 and 100 mm per annum are punctuated by thousands of quasi-circular bare spots, usually surrounded by a ring of taller grass.

His research contributes to a larger effort to understand how plants live and grow in unusual environments, like sandy or depleted soil.

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

In addition, the soils are very sandy, which calls for more frequent but light applications of fertilizer.

Grow cabbages in well - drained, fertile, sandy loam soil that is high in organic matter.

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.

It should be grown in somewhat sandy soil, in an area that gets mostly sun, and requires fairly regular watering.

Blueberries grow in rough terrain like sandy soils, dry environments and high altitudes.

Beneath its sandy soil is one of the largest fresh water reserves in the world, the Mexican Lindbergh crashed and died there, but like most dark forests it conjures visions.

I knew the sandy soil, the tall pines, the crops growing in the fields, the soundscape: people talking slow, cicadas buzzing.

Nematodes were most effective against fleas in moist, sandy soils.

Although research is inconclusive, evidence suggests that nematodes are most effective against fleas in moist, sandy soil.

This fungus is most commonly found in sandy, acidic soil near bodies of fresh water.

Hookworm eggs survive in warm, sandy soil.

Humans and dogs can also be infected through the skin — cutaneous larva migrans — most likely in areas of moist soil or on sandy beaches.

The mold form of Blasto grows in sandy, acidic soil, that is in close proximity to water.

In nature, wild cats will often choose to eliminate on loose, sandy soil.

The mold occurs in sandy, acid soils near river valleys or other waterways.