A layer of organic mulch on the surface continually adds soil-building humus, while feeding earthworms that tunnel to aerate the soil. |
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Incidentally, soil rich in organic humus will hold more water longer and be more drought-resistant. |
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No writer could pen a single word but for the rich humus of public domain effort with which we garden our notions and conceits. |
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Polysaccharides help form humus, which enables small clay or silt particles to stick together to form larger aggregates. |
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Those woods with brown forest soils maintained mull humus, probably by virtue of their mixed floristic composition. |
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The mulch keeps the soil moist, and as the lower layers decompose, they enrich the soil with humus. |
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One has to explain that while Tazka delivers real humus and baba ganoush, ours weren't quite as tasteful as what we're used to. |
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Our map distinctly shows a gradual decrease in humus content of Russian chernozem, beginning far south of the sandy belt. |
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But by then, they can be added to the compost pile, where they'll continue to break down into humus. |
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Add humus in the form of compost, peat moss or chopped leaves to improve clay or sandy soil. |
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If grown in plenty of humus and leaf mould, rhododendron roots almost peel off the ground. |
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At first, layer grass clippings with a dash of leaves and twigs to create a concoction that turns into humus, the best plant food. |
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Cabbages tolerate heavier soils well, so long as there is enough humus and fertiliser, as they are heavy feeders. |
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There's no sign of humus or moutabal but in their place are Greek-style delights such as taramasalata and tsatsiki. |
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The thin sections of humus were observed under a polarizing binocular microscope at different magnifications. |
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Ants love sandy soil so if you add plenty of humus, such as compost, you'll end up with dark, moist, friable soil and no ants. |
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Since these species originated in a wooded habitat, they require a loose soil with sufficient humus. |
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What's left is nutrient-rich organic matter, or humus, which can be used as a soil amendment. |
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Don't spurn organic fertilizers that are low in nutrients, because they're rich in organic matter that turns to valuable humus in the soil. |
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Their soil must contain sufficient humus and be rich in calcium, but the idea that cyclamens need a lot of moisture is a misconception. |
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Mature compost is a complex organic material that has been transformed into stable humus by microorganisms. |
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The final product, humus or compost, looks and feels like fertile garden soil. |
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An all-purpose potting mix has composted bark, peat moss or peat humus added to loamy soil. |
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The end point of decomposition is a largely inert organic material called humus. |
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If it's sandy or stiff with clay, dig in humus to improve water retention and aeration. |
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All this is the expected outcome of industrial agriculture that is currently burning up farmland's last remaining humus reserves. |
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Clay-rich soils resist erosion well because of strong cohesive forces between particles and the gluelike characteristics of humus. |
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Use a broad pot and a ground well drained composed of a rich person perforates who does not contain too much humus. |
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Composting decomposes and transforms organic material into a soil-like product called humus. |
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While the resulting product, humus, is a valuable soil conditioner, much of the nutrient value is lost during the composting process. |
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The arts represent the humus and spiritual climate that are the preconditions that have to be in place before an engineer can put pen to paper. |
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Sometimes, as in the case of the humus masabacha at a certain SoHo eatery, I slip up. |
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The bed consists of a 0.4metre thick layer of peat moss and a 0.2metre layer of garden soil rich in humus. |
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The canopies of these trees would have provided protective shade and allowed for the accumulation of leaf-litter and humus on the forest floor. |
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Only a fraction of the total area has proper humus and sufficient water supplies for significant irrigation agriculture. |
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Much of the undecomposed organic matter in sediment and sedimentary rocks is humus, plant matter that accumulates in soil. |
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It is also worth noting that the soil's ability to absorb carbon and convert it into useful humus has not yet been fully exploited. |
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This allows me to maintain a level of humus, therefore microbial life and the life of the soil! |
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As it is, levels of soil humus are diminishing rapidly in many regions of the world with current agricultural practices. |
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Other crops in the rotation were selected to maintain soil humus content, for their potential as livestock feed, or both. |
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At first you thus have to cut down the Northern forest and remove the layer of humus which covers the ground. |
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The prototype was productive, but couldn't always produce an adequate number of plantable microsites, particularly on sites with thick humus. |
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The cowpea was generally included when legumes were used as a green manure to maintain soil humus. |
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It is evident that these four priorities demand a considerable effort of formation: formation is the humus from which they receive their life. |
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The greatest effect is normally achieved by combining the use of both humus and urine. |
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It cocomposts waste materials inside sealed, rotating bioreactors, and turns them into a high-quality humus or organic fertilizer. |
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Astonishing concentration on very fine aromas: humus, prune and black truffle. |
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In sandy soils, humus acts like a sponge to catch and hold moisture. |
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There is a smell of humus and dirt and leaves and rain and nothing else. |
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In addition, continue to put out organic humus as you plant. |
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Lack of biological insect control necessitates using more pesticides, as lack of humus and plant litter necessitates using more chemical fertilizers. |
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Why not chat over a plate of humus with members of bereaved Families for Peace and Combatants for Peace? |
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When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus. |
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Garden centers offer small packages of good soil which is rich in humus. |
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Finally, the leaves can be raked into piles for transport to a leaf humus pile. |
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The city is the humus for the spirit and the intellect. |
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The large sizes of nodules in legumes planted in humus soil could be explained on the basis of high nutrient level of humus soils. |
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Mobile humic acids are attributed to young and active humus forms and are characterised by a more rapid turnover in the soil. |
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The humus cover is always more or less influenced by the flux of falling plant debris on or into the soil. |
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A third lysimeter may also be placed immediately below the humus layer. |
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After the stalemate in 2005, we hope that the growing world awareness of non-proliferation issues will create the right humus for the success of the Conference. |
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The organisms that produce humus are the fungi. |
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Luvisols are technically characterized by a surface accumulation of humus overlying an extensively leached layer that is nearly devoid of clay and iron-bearing minerals. |
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Apart from anything else, they can do wonders with a chick-pea – not only is the humus fantastic but their chick-pea cake is delicious and best enjoyed with a cold glass of local Alhambra beer. |
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Many of us are aware of composting, a natural process whereby organic material, such as kitchen scraps and yard waste, decomposes into a dark nutrient-rich soil amendment called humus. |
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Crop rotation including protein crops can reduce fuel consumption in soil treatment, as the content of humus and soil moisture is better preserved and requires less tilling. |
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The keys to understanding plant and soil needs but also the origin of soil fertility, as well as the importance and proprieties of humus through quality indicators? |
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Best results are achieved in limy, clayey sandy soil with humus. |
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The very property of toxic metals that makes them so hazardous to organisms also makes them detoxifiable by humus in soil. |
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Alternatives to ploughing, such as the no till method, have the potential to actually build soil levels and humus. |
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Moraine or till is the most common type of soil, covered by a thin layer of humus of biological origin. |
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Young dunes are called yellow dunes and dunes which have high humus content are called grey dunes. |
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Leaching occurs on the dunes, washing humus into the slacks, and the slacks may be much more developed than the exposed tops of the dunes. |
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Most soil consists of moraine, a grayish yellow mixture of sand and rocks, with a thin layer of humus on top. |
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For the reasons given above, it is rich in both calcium carbonate and humus. |
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In an undisturbed forest, the mineral soil is protected by a layer of leaf litter and an humus that cover the forest floor. |
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In the investigated sample, the total content of organic carbon and fraction and group composition of humus were determined. |
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The second point that I would like to fixate in these pages is that we are a story in transformation, and our culutre is a dynamic humus, that changes with us. |
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This high grade humus compost is used to increase resistance to sicknesses in the soil. |
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Objectives: total decomposition in less than a year. Well chopped and lacerated vine stems will decompose more easily, for transformation into humus, which nourishes the soil and its fauna. |
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Sample authentic humus, felafel, pastries from Lebanon, pancakes from Tripoli and Qahwa Arabic coffee. |
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The primary factors that influenced the machine's effectiveness were the treatment intensity, rockiness of the soil, and the thickness of the humus layer. |
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As with other double-vault toilets, excreta are deposited into one of two chambers which are used alternately, to provide an extended period of composting time before the humus is removed for use as soil conditioner. |
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Not to be perturbed, I started on the vine leaves, mixed the tzatziki, salad and feta together and used the pitta bread to scoop up all the humus. |
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The accumulation and eluviation of humus occurring in the Chernozems led to higher SOC and TN contents and lower pH values relative to Cambisols and Regosols. |
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Opting to leave nearly half the humus intact, we were asked by the smiling waitress if we were ready for our main dishes which were brought out a few moments later. |
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The published data on B in humus fractions should be treated with caution, as the commonly utilised procedures are able to extract only a part of soil humus. |
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It wants you to nurture the humus that sustains its great variety, not place before it the monochromatic monoculturalism of a political monotheism. |
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The soil is rich in minerals and humus, thus conducive to agriculture. |
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She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil. |
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