"dry soil" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about soil that is not wet or moist. For example, "The dry soil was ideal for planting a garden."
It also grows well in dry soil.
Dry soil and overwatering both promote (surprise!) leaf drop.
If the ground is light, dry soil, decomposition is quicker.
Banks of stream in dry soil, in partial shade.
Transcriptional Response of Nitrifying Communities to Wetting of Dry Soil.
Subsamples of fresh soil (3 g dry soil) were incubated with 6 ml of a solution of (NH4 2SO4 (50 μg N-NH4+ g−1 dry soil).
The dry soil means that trees, including these false acacias, do not reach their full potential.
Crumbling clods of dry soil between your fingers makes a fine covering.
Dry soil and intense heat cause long-term problems, especially for the woody ornamentals.
The putting surface was so hard that the ball kicked up dry soil when it landed.
The dry soil, never very obliging, was rendering pitifully little corn, beans and manioc.
