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top dressing

n.
1. A covering of loose gravel on a road.
2. A covering of fertilizer or compost spread on soil without being worked in.
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top dressing

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topdressing

n
1. (Agriculture) a surface application of manure or fertilizer to land
2. (Civil Engineering) a thin layer of loose gravel that covers the top of a road surface
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Noun1.top dressing - a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed intop dressing - a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in
fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, dressing - making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
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It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
Small farmers in Murang'acounty have received free top dressing fertiliser distributed by the county government to boost food production.
Small farmers in Murang'a county have received free top dressing fertiliser distributed by the county government to boost food production.
It is important to top-dress after 25-30 days of sowing and do the final top dressing after 20-25 days of first top-dressing.It should be noted that the emergence of plants, comes with weeds that compete with maize for nutrients.
Top dressing adds microorganisms that help breakdown thatch.
Ambedkar, the main framer of India's constitution, warned in the 1950s that democracy in India was 'only a top dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic.' Now the top dressing is being hosed away," Mishra wrote in the same.
In Brazil, for an expected grain yield of 1,500 kg [ha.sup.-1], the application of 30 kg [ha.sup.-1] of N is recommended at sowing and 30 kg [ha.sup.-1] as top dressing. For higher yields, 20 kg [ha.sup.-1] of N per additional ton of grains must be added (Chavarria et al., 2011; Sanches et al., 2014).
PRUNE spring-flowering shrubs over three years old as they finish flowering | SOW sweet peas directly into their flowering position | SPROUT maincrop potatoes and plant sprouted tubers of early varieties | SOW and plant out vegetables including beetroot, broad beans, carrots, celeriac, onions, peas, spinach and swedes | SOW seeds of tomatoes in a heated propagator or on a warm windowsill to grow outdoors when all danger of frost has passed | TIDY up ivy growing on walls, using shears | CLEAR remaining crops such as leek and celery, so the ground can be prepared for new ones | KEEP the kids amused by sowing some giant sunflowers with them, under glass or outdoors when conditions allow | GIVE roses a top dressing of fertiliser | THIN early sowings of lettuce
Add a top dressing of gravel or chippings to the rock garden to help drainage around plants.
Use shears to cut back clumps of mint to near-ground level and apply a top dressing of leaf mould or compost.
? Apply a top dressing of gravel or chippings around rockery plants to help drainage and suppress weeds ?