top-dress

Example Sentences

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Return anything too chunky to the bin, and top-dress your plants indoors or out with the good stuff.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

If the soil is heavy, top-dress with grit in the fall.

From Making A Rock Garden by Adams, H. S. (Henry Sherman)

I am in the dairy business and will have by winter enough manure to top-dress the field.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

A deep moist loam suits them best; and as the plants grow and bloom, add bone meal and top-dress with manure.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

Of course, it is far better to top-dress the rows in spring than not at all.

From Success with Small Fruits by Roe, Edward Payson