poor soil
Depleted growing medium
Poor soil lacks the nutrients, structure, or composition needed to support healthy plant growth.
It may be sandy and drain too quickly, heavy with clay that suffocates roots, or depleted of nitrogen and other essentials.
Gardeners amend poor soil with compost, fertilizer, or other organic matter: Nothing but weeds will grow in this poor soil.
- barrenUnable to produce
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- worn outDepleted through overuse
- sandyFull of fine grains
clay · rocky · compacted · eroded · dusty · drought · dust bowl · fallow · arid · hardpan · weeds · scrub brush · stunted · yellowing · cracked · thin · acidic · alkaline
- soil typesloam, clay, silt, peat, topsoil
- crop threatspests, pest, blight, drought, disease
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- lawn problemsbrown patch, bare spots, dead grass, dead spots, brown spots
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
soil fertility and nutrient content
poor soilfertile soil
Nutrient-rich growing medium
loamy soil · loam · black earth · garden soil · topsoil
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