top dressing
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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
Purchase already-blooming bulbs, then sweeten the deal with a top dressing of anticipation by putting together a DIY bulb-forcing kit with everything needed to keep the show going well into the new year.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
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
Then the tired manure is stripped off, sold to golf courses as a top dressing for $1.50 a ton.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lime sinks in the soil; and therefore, when used alone, should always be applied as a top dressing to be carried into the soil by rains.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.