Sentences with phrase «very dry soil»

Although a lot of herbs like very dry soil, things like basil need more water.

The oak trees, on the other hand, were able to transpire, albeit at low rates, under very dry soil conditions (soil water potentials below -4.0 MPa).

During the study of a number of aardvarks by researchers of the Brain Function Research Group at the University of the Witwatersrand, all but one of the study animals — as well as other aardvarks in the area — died because of a severe drought, with air temperatures much higher than normal and very dry soil in the area.

Not exact matches

Sandy soils dry out quickly, slowing down the decomposition process, ferralitic soils on the other hand are generally not very fertile, but they encourage fast decomposition and the building - up of stable organic matter.

Published in 2012, the paper finds that scientists haven't yet come to a conclusion on what happens when soil freezes or gets very dry.

Soil can harbor mold spores, a very common allergen, especially when plants are kept out of direct sunlight or aren't given time to dry between waterings.

So perhaps this very rough and ready «top down» analysis * would lead us to expect soil to be drying.

Winter is typically Pittsburgh's driest period, which is good, because the soil at that time is very wet as plants have yet to sprout and pull water from the...

Red shading indicates the very driest areas — soil moisture deficits greater than 130 mm.

April 2018 saw very dry conditions, indicated by much below average relative humidity and soil moisture, and below average precipitation in south and central Argentina, in Australia, in Mexico and southwestern USA, and in eastern China.

While the plants can cope with dry, thin soils, foilage may become pale and yellow on very shallow soil over chalk.

Dig a hole twice the size of the pot for planting, at least 15 cm from the wall or fence (the soil right next to the fence or wall doesn't get as much rain so can be very dry).