alkaline soil
Britishnoun
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The intensely alkaline soil of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, a remote grassland east of San Luis Obispo, also deters invasives from prospering, according to Dudney.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Addressing alkaline soil requires products like sphagnum peat, elemental sulfur, aluminum sulfate, iron sulfate, acidifying nitrogen, and organic mulches, according to Grove Collaborative.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022
The highly alkaline soil there requires more fertilizer.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2013
Water lily-shaped blooms are deep purple in acid soil and pink in alkaline soil.
From Southern Living • May 1, 2012
Our observations show that the Asiatic chestnuts will not thrive in an alkaline soil, as nearly all the losses occurred on an area that had a heavy application of marl.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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