Chalky soil suits plants that like alkaline and free-draining conditions, and aren't bothered by drought or growing in nutrient-poor soils. Think of plants that thrive in dry summers as this is a ...

Chalk. Chalky soil is porous and usually features large amounts of limestone or calcium carbonate, which gives it a higher pH balance. You can amend chalky soil with compost or peat moss to make ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Chalky soil. Chalky soil is a light brown soil. Water drains through it quickly and it doesn’t always contain all the nutrients that plants need to grow.

THE object of the work reported in my previous communication was simply to determine whether the soils on some well-developed chalk heaths could have been formed purely by solution of chalk. The ...

The soils look darker and smell better, while deep-rooted herbal leys for cattle grazing are better able to survive a summer drought on her free-draining, loamy chalk soils.