acid soil

How to use acid soil in a sentence

• There are a few kinds of cultivated plants that seem to prefer an acid soil, and to resent lime applications.

  Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement | Alva Agee

• I discovered, for instance, that iron fence posts rust away in an acid soil; that one must use cedar or oak.

  Growing Nuts in the North | Carl Weschcke

• Fine for lawns; grows slowly but vigorously almost everywhere but on an acid soil.

  Making a Lawn | Luke Joseph Doogue

• Persian walnut, I believe, when on its own roots, is more or less allergic to acid soil.

  Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 | Various

• The effect is very pronounced in times of drought, the alkaline soil crops drying up much more quickly than do those on acid soil.

  Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 | Various