They must plow, and sow, and top-dress, and bottom-dress, and deep-drain, and surface-drain, and all the rest of it. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
From its dwarfness this Daffodil is very liable to be soiled; either of three plans may be adopted to prevent this: Plant on grass; top-dress in. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
After the plants are well established, they are easily managed, and go many years without repotting; but, of course, we top-dress them annually, previously removing as much of the old soil as will come away easily. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Of course, it is far better to top-dress the rows in spring than not at all. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
To top-dress foul land with expensive artificial manures is money thrown away. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
For instance, we top-dress pastures or meadows by spreading manure on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
A deep moist loam suits them best; and as the plants grow and bloom, add bone meal and top-dress with manure. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
'First he tells me to top-dress the upper lot, and then right off he wants me to harness up and go to the mill. From Wordnik.com. [A Princess in Calico] Reference
Wheat producers were ready to top-dress fields with nitrogen fertilizer and herbicide but field conditions were too wet. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com] Reference
The machine was also used to prepare, drain and top-dress the ground for the site of the hospitality village and move sand for the bunkers. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
One of the best methods of preventing this is to top-dress the ground with stable - manure, and hoe it in from time to time when fighting the weeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Acre] Reference
I'm going to top-dress a slow-growing bell pepper transplant with some homemade compost, and then give it a shower using a weak solution of liquid seaweed. From Wordnik.com. [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference
As part of the new measures, Etihad Stadium have agreed to core the ground and top-dress it weekly, rather than fortnightly, to provide extra traction for players. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Plaster the clover, top-dress it in the fall, if you have the manure, and stimulate its growth in every way possible, and consume all the clover on the land, or in the barn-yard. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
We have sown wheat on a poor, sandy knoll, and we draw out some manure and spread on it in the winter or early spring; or we top-dress it with hen-manure, or guano, or nitrate of soda and superphosphate. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
In the fall top-dress all the small fruits with compost, bone-dust or other fertilizers that have staying powers, spreading it along close to the rows and over the roots, and working it into the soil lightly by cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
"In conclusion, the findings of this study suggest that both top-dress formulations were readily consumed and that neither formulation resulted in excess gastric ulceration when administered per label recommendations," he noted. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
The one, is to keep the orchard in bare-fallow; the other, to keep it in grass, and top-dress with manure, and either eat the grass off on the land with sheep and pigs, or else mow it frequently, and let the grass rot on the surface, for mulch and manure. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
You may tell the hired man to top-dress the ground about the vines, and he will probably treat all alike; a vine that is already growing so strongly that it can scarcely be kept within bounds will receive as much as one that is slow and feeble in its development. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Acre] Reference
In order to have this sort of asparagus, you want to manure heavily in the early spring, fork it in, and top-dress (that sounds technical) with a thick layer of chloride of sodium: if you cannot get that, common salt will do, and the neighbors will never notice whether it is the orthodox Na. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
200 tons of this for the mangels and turnips, and the 300 tons I should want to top-dress 20 acres of grass land intended for corn and potatoes the next year. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
“If we have any more (and occasionally we have 100 loads over), we pile it near the barn, and turn it once or twice during the summer, and use it as seems most profitable -- sometimes to top-dress an old grass-field, that for some reason we prefer not to break for another year. From Wordnik.com. [Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject] Reference
"We also did things like top-dress the fairways.". From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
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