leachy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of leachy
Example Sentences
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Deep plowing or spading should be avoided, as the subsoil is too loose and leachy already.
From The Home Acre by Roe, Edward Payson
The following terms are used in describing soil textures: Coarse, fine, open, close, loose, hard, stiff, compact, soft, mellow, porous, leachy, retentive, cloddy, lumpy, light, heavy.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
Light, leachy sands, like those of Long Island, Southern Jersey, Eastern Maryland, and the Carolinas, seem to do fairly without.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Greeley, Horace
Sandy soils are made thereby too dry and leachy, and it is a questionable proceeding to turn the heavy clays upon the top.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
Lands that, on the one hand, are very hard and solid, with a tendency to bake, and, on the other, that are loose and leachy, are very greatly benefited by the addition of organic matter.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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