Sentence examples for soil surface from inspiring English sources

4 The soil surface: plant edible leaves.

They detach easily and may lie on the soil surface.

Filamentous, straplike, or membranous, it grows along the soil surface.

Scratch the soil surface, and scatter the seed in November or December.

Before European settlement, fire periodically cleansed the soil surface of dead plant material.

The soil surface should feel cool to the touch, barely damp.

The hazelnut-like tuber lies at least 8cm (3in) under the soil surface, so a penknife or trowel is useful.

Choose a partly shaded spot outdoors and sink the flat so the top is level with the soil surface.

This stage of their life is important because the bulbs beneath the soil surface are not idle.

Don't lift the potatoes for three weeks to ensure the spores on the soil surface are dead.

Conservation tilling techniques, for example, can leave a large amount of the crop residue on the soil surface.