sol bien structuré et bien amendé

English translation: enriched

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French term or phrase:	amendé
English translation:	enriched
Entered by:	Sylvie Brideau

00:16 Jan 13, 2002

French to English translations [PRO]
Botany / Gardening

French term or phrase: sol bien structuré et bien amendé

I think "bien structuré" might translate into "well-textured" but am not sure. As for "bien amendé", I cannot find anything. This is pretty urgent. Any help is appreciated.

Sylvie Brideau KudoZ activity Questions: 13 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 105 Canada
Local time: 10:56

textured and enriched

Explanation:
amender = to improve the soil with fertilizers etc.
I think enriched is the word used by gardeners

Selected response from:

Rita Cavaiani
Local time: 10:56

Grading comment

Thank you to everyone. This helped a lot. Sylvie
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

textured and enriched

Rita Cavaiani

4 +1

Well structured and well amended soil

Suzanne Bernard

A well enriched soil

BOB DE DENUS

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

textured and enriched

Explanation:
amender = to improve the soil with fertilizers etc.
I think enriched is the word used by gardeners

Rita Cavaiani
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of:

French,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 3

Grading comment

Thank you to everyone. This helped a lot. Sylvie

13 mins confidence:

A well enriched soil

Explanation:
See GDT under Amender/agriculture
enrich, to amender v.

Contexte :
Amender une terre, c'est la rendre meilleure.

Note(s) :
Au sens physique, il concerne cette nuance « méliorative ».

BOB DE DENUS
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Well structured and well amended soil

Explanation:
Un sol bien structuré peut être perçu comme un sol qui contient le nombre approprié de gros pores, de pores moyens et de petits pores, qui présente diverses formes de pores et qui a une distribution égale de pores dans le volume du sol. Un sol « mal structuré », par contre, peut avoir un excès de pores d’une certaine taille et/ou une variété limitée de formes de pores et/ou une distribution restreinte de pores dans le volume du sol.
http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/francais/faq/waterflow.html

Équivalent anglais:
The spatial arrangement of the soil’s pores along with their size, shape, number and morphology make up what is known as the soil’s structure. A well structured soil may be thought of as a soil containing the appropriate numbers of large, medium and small pores, as well as a variety of pore shapes and an even distribution of pores throughout the soil volume. A “poorly structured” soil, on the other hand, may have an excess of a particular pore size, and/or limited variety in pore shape, and/or a restricted distribution pores within the soil volume.
http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/faq/waterflow.html

Well amended means enriched, but also balanced, in the sense where the soil is neither too claylike nor too sandy, drains well, etc...

Reference: http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/faq/waterflow.html
avid gardener...

Suzanne Bernard
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of:

English,

French

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