With respect to plants, no one would expect wheat to tiller more, and each ear to produce more grain, in poor than in rich soil; or to get in poor soil a heavy crop of peas or beans.
Should be planted on poor soil in an open position, and pruned hard annually.
The collection contained only a few species, planted in poor soil in an exposed position, and were always unsatisfactory.
Here a wide bushy growth of Phlomis fruticosa lays out to the sun, covered in early summer with its stiff whorls of hooded yellow flowers--one of the best of plants for a sunny bank in full sun in a poor soil.
It does well in any waste spaces of poor soil, where, by having plants of all ages, there will be some to flower every year.
Camomile flourishes best in light, poor soil; and is generally propagated by dividing the roots, and setting them in rows a foot apart, and eight or ten inches from each other in the rows.
The sempervivums delight to creep along a piece of bare rock, and one marvels how they can derive enough sustenance from the small amount of poor soil in which they are often seen growing.
Then began to appear symptoms of distress, especially in the provinces with a poor soil, and in 1872 the Government appointed a Commission of Inquiry, in which I had the privilege of taking part unofficially.
The country lying to the westward of the early Russo-Slavonian settlements had a poor soil and a comparatively dense population, and consequently held out little inducement to emigration.
Even when manure is used liberally in a single application on a poor soil, a large amount of inert subsoil should not be thrown upon the surface.
You can build a city on a rock (like New York) or even on the sand (like Gary); but you cannot hope to build a prosperous country community or rural church on poor soil.
You cannot hope to build a prosperous country church on poor soil or maintain it on bad farming.
Red oak (Quercus rubra) Grows rapidly to large size and produces valuable wood; will grow in poor soil.
Soil and location: The poplar is easily grown in poor soil, in any location, and is very hardy.
That heavy oats degenerate by being cultivated in poor soil.
Some people insist upon the propriety of planting poor trees grown in poor soil, but our experience has shown that nothing could be a greater mistake.
He says, in his Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit Trees:— There remains one thing the writer would especially guard intending planters against; that is, be careful never to purchase trees off a poor soil.
I have upland, with a poor soil and a gumbo subsoil, with a north and east aspect.
I think it would be beneficial on poor soil, but would not advise it on all soils.
Believes in using all the barn-yard litter possible, especially on poor soil.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poor soil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
