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
That’s not considered a compost, that’s more a top dressing.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2021
You might lay a modest top dressing of rose feed to keep its floral cycles going through the fall.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2020
A top dressing of evergreen branches kept the ice from melting until midsummer.
From Time Magazine Archive
If used as a top dressing, this change from a carbonate to a sulphate may be necessary; but not so if well mixed with the soil, particularly one in which clay predominates.
From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Robinson, Solon
