soil amendment

collocation in English

meaningsofsoilandamendment

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soil
noun
uk
/sɔɪl/us
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of the ground in which ...
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amendment
noun
uk
/əˈmend.mənt/us
/əˈmend.mənt/
a change or changes made to the words of ...
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(Definition ofsoilandamendmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Compost is generally recommended as asoilamendment, intended for blending with soil or other matrices.
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Apart from this, the organic producers used more lime, mainly as asoilamendment.
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Eightsoilamendmenttreatments were applied to each cover crop as subplots.
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Reasons for rejection were found in the limited availability of manure, and the competing uses of crop residues for house construction and animal feeding againstsoilamendment.
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Biogas fermentation residue was the onlysoilamendmentand the crops planted were alternated every year since 2002.
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There was evidence that intercropping maize with gliricidia involving the application of tree prunings to the maize restored the topsoil nutrient capital compared to the traditional practice withoutsoilamendment.
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Compost is an essentialsoilamendmentand fertilizer for organic farming and gardening.
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Soilamendmentto ferralsol with wood charcoal greatly increases productivity.
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In horticulture, perlite can be used as asoilamendmentor alone as a medium for hydroponics or for starting cuttings.
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Bycatch can be converted into fish hydrolysate (ground up fish carcasses) for use as asoilamendmentin organic agriculture.
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Diversion of organic material into composting also reduces greenhouse emissions, since applying compost as asoilamendmenthelps to sequester carbon.
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Manure is also commercially composted and bagged and sold retail as asoilamendment.
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Treelucerne is a much desired species for charcoal production, with some of the bio-char used as asoilamendmentor for cooking purposes.
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Product from this facility has been used predominantly as asoilamendmentin the commercial horticulture industry.
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As of 2002, about 60% of all biosolids were applied to land as asoilamendmentand fertilizer for growing crops.
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Redworms are better at converting high-cellulose materials (paper, cardboard, leaves, plant materials except wood) into an excellentsoilamendment.
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Applying asoilamendment, which is a drinking water treatment residual, helps to trap excess phosphorus in soils.
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This technique is generally used for municipal scale organic waste processing, including final treatment of sewage biosolids, to a safe stable state for reclamation as asoilamendment.
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If biochar is used for the production of energy rather than as asoilamendment, it can be directly substituted for any application that uses coal.
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In following the organic agricultural principles of recycling local inputs, only 15% of respondents reported off-farm purchases of soil amendments.
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