top dressing
Example Sentences
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Add a top dressing of compost and/or earthworm castings to give the plant an added boost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The soil will benefit from a little cultivation and a top dressing of compost or leaf mold, which is then scratched into the soil.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2021
That’s not considered a compost, that’s more a top dressing.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
A top dressing of evergreen branches kept the ice from melting until midsummer.
From Time Magazine Archive
If our soil is clayey the whole top dressing will be hoed off.
From Making a Rose Garden by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor
