side dressing

noun

First recorded in 1930–35

Nitrate is desirable for side dressing but even here ammonia and other forms are now considered suitable when the soil is warm.

Side dressing with fertilizer in solution has been recommended recently by Tiedjens of New Jersey.

On sandy or nutrient-deficient soils, more than one side dressing may be advisable.

He inquired of one of the attendants where Jack Peek was, and soon found him, the surgeon being by his side dressing his wound.

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