Meanings of impoverish the soil in English

The trees, he says with reason, impoverish the soil by their roots.

To grow clover and sell it, will in the end impoverish the soil; to grow clover and feed it out, will enrich the land.

The system of farming adopted in this section, is much more likely to impoverish the soil of nitrogen and phosphoric acid than of potash.

He thinks allowing clover to go to seed, impoverishes the soil.

Like all the oleaginous plants cultivated for their seed, colza greatly impoverishes the soil.

The indigo plant impoverishes the soil, where it is cultivated during a long series of years, more than any other.

Meanwhile intensive farming, with its pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers has, biologically speaking, impoverished the soils of the agricultural land around the canals.