Sentence examples for lean soil from inspiring English sources

Interestingly, both growers give their lavenders plenty of nitrogen, even though herbs are often said to like lean soil.

Herbs, especially woody perennial types like thyme, rosemary and oregano, prefer a lean soil similar to that of their native hilltops above the Mediterranean.

The idea that herbs need lean soil is related to "an old-fashioned myth that the oils are stronger if you starve a plant," Mrs. Hyde said.

Wild G. uralensis primarily grows in dry areas where lean soil inhibits vegetative growth and thus favors the synthesis and accumulation of glycyrrhizin.

For example, basil likes very moist, fertilized soil, while rosemary does better in dry, lean soil.

This lean, sandy and acidic soil puts forth about 40 million pounds of the berries, enough to make the state second only to Michigan in blueberry production.

Mr. Hatch's book includes the letter, dated July 21 , 1793 in which Jefferson writes, "I suspect that the insects which have harassed you have been encouraged by the feebleness of your plants, and that has been produced by the lean state of the soil".

Prevailing world soil salinization statistics leans towards history to repeat itself.

Data for Scots pine growing under four different growth conditions on soddy podzolic soil: dry and fresh lean sandy soil (А1 and А2, respectively); fresh sandy loam (10 15 % clay) soil (В2); and fresh clay loam (20 40 % loam) soil (С2) were used for the analysis (These growth conditions exist in all the forests studied), Table 2.

After heavy rains in 1994, the partially completed Bonfire began to slowly lean to the side as the soil underneath shifted.

They leaned into a seam of darker soil interspersed with black grains that the graduate student, Tony Pickering, had found three weeks before.