An occasional top-dressing of organic compost or natural fertilizer encourages abundant flowering. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It's not long, though before a shredding wind is tearing the top-dressing from the scene to reveal the charnel-house beneath. ❋ Luke Jennings (2010)
Add compostA quarter-inch of top-dressing compost applied once or twice a cuts the need for fertilizer and water. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Tobacco farmers were also battling to obtain ammonium nitrate fertiliser for top-dressing purposes. ❋ Unknown (2008)
These two years I have been paying money out of pocket for top-dressing, and taxes, and expenses of all kinds; ❋ Unknown (2007)
Beneath that top-dressing of speed, modernity was old. ❋ Unknown (2004)
In order to accumulate the necessary amount of fine sea-sand, he ordered the steward to prepare for an elaborate system of top-dressing all the grounds. ❋ Unknown (2003)
She accuses Shakespeare of suppressing female voices and says that he "buries popular culture under a thick top-dressing of exploitative sensationalism, unblushingly strip-mining both popular culture and every learned text he can lay his hands on for the sake of creating an arresting stage event." ❋ Lurie, Alison (1997)
Liquid manures or manure teas (fresh manure fermented in water) are used as "top-dressing" every 2-3 weeks during the first two months of a plant's life. ❋ Unknown (1993)
Farmers have obtained good responses to nitrogen top-dressing during tillering and to systemic fungicides at flowering. ❋ Unknown (1989)
He didn't try to clothe the bones of his thoughts with social top-dressing. ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1981)
The propagation of all the kinds may be carried out by allowing the seed to scatter itself, and, before the winter sets in, a light top-dressing of half rotted leaves and sand will not only be a natural way of protecting it until germination takes place, but will also be of much benefit to the parent plants. ❋ John Wood (N/A)
I had then many plants of it fully exposed, without even a top-dressing, which is sometimes given to plants of unquestionable hardiness, and they stood the winters as well as their kindred species -- our common Cowslip. ❋ John Wood (N/A)
To be effective, it should be grown into strong clumps, which may easily be done by annually giving a top-dressing of leaf-mould; the older parts of the plant will remain perfectly sound and healthy for years. ❋ John Wood (N/A)
From the fact that wheat is often sown after such a crop as potatoes or a root crop to which a liberal application of manure has been given, it is not so necessary to manure it except with a top-dressing of nitrate of soda. ❋ Charles Morton Aikman (N/A)
Even when used as a top-dressing, it may be advisable not to apply the entire quantity all at one time. ❋ Charles Morton Aikman (N/A)
He keeps most of his land in grass, improving its quality and productiveness by means of top-dressing, and putting money in his pocket -- which is, after all, the true test both for theory and practice. ❋ Robert Jennings (N/A)
There cannot, therefore, be much difficulty in setting up these conditions; the charcoal may not be necessary, but an annual top-dressing with it will meet the case of such plants as grow in low damp situations. ❋ John Wood (N/A)
