1An application of manure or fertilizer to the earth, which is then ploughed or dug in.
（耕犁前的）施基肥。比较 TOP DRESSING
1.1The manure or fertilizer applied in a base dressing.
基肥
Example sentencesExamples
Urea can be applied to both dry land and irrigated land as a top dressing and as a base dressing.
Non-nitrate fertilisers (eg those containing ammonia or urea) are therefore more suitable in base dressings, or when soils are cold, than nitrate forms.
It may be applied all the year round as a base dressing before sowing and planting.
The remainder were given a starter base dressing of soluble fertiliser at 1.0 kg/m 3 and were subsequently given a nutrient solution at all irrigations.
There were no further significant effects from 1969 onwards when part of the potassium treatments were applied as base dressings of sulphate of potash.
Applying ammonium phosphate as a liquid below the seeds of drilled crops or around the roots of transplants in place of normal N and P base dressings improves early growth of several different crops.
Treatment on 10 acres of the second 20 acre field (designated Field B) was with Maximize applied pre-plant with 11-37-0 base dressing.
This is called a base dressing, and should be worked into the top 6 to 8 inches of soil.
Apply as a base dressing (before sowing and planting) at 4oz per sq yd. For potato crops apply at 6 oz per sq prior to planting.
There should be sufficient nutrients remaining in the soil from the base dressings that were applied before the turf was laid (if laid by Everfarm Turf).
Used mainly as a base dressing before sowing/planting because the nitrogen is slow-released.
When plants have been growing steadily for three to four weeks, replenishment is required as nitrogen content of the base dressing has almost been absorbed by the plants or lost through leaching.
Liquid feeds, specific to each base dressing, were applied according to need based on analysis.
After all I've been putting on a dressing of bone meal every spring, and then adding even more every time I use a base dressing, or balanced liquid feed.
Definition of base dressing in US English:
base dressing
noun
1An application of manure or fertilizer to the earth, which is then plowed or dug in.
（耕犁前的）施基肥。比较 TOP DRESSING
1.1Manure or fertilizer which has been plowed or dug in to the earth.
Example sentencesExamples
This is called a base dressing, and should be worked into the top 6 to 8 inches of soil.
There were no further significant effects from 1969 onwards when part of the potassium treatments were applied as base dressings of sulphate of potash.
It may be applied all the year round as a base dressing before sowing and planting.
The remainder were given a starter base dressing of soluble fertiliser at 1.0 kg/m 3 and were subsequently given a nutrient solution at all irrigations.
Non-nitrate fertilisers (eg those containing ammonia or urea) are therefore more suitable in base dressings, or when soils are cold, than nitrate forms.
Used mainly as a base dressing before sowing/planting because the nitrogen is slow-released.
Urea can be applied to both dry land and irrigated land as a top dressing and as a base dressing.
Liquid feeds, specific to each base dressing, were applied according to need based on analysis.
After all I've been putting on a dressing of bone meal every spring, and then adding even more every time I use a base dressing, or balanced liquid feed.
Apply as a base dressing (before sowing and planting) at 4oz per sq yd. For potato crops apply at 6 oz per sq prior to planting.
There should be sufficient nutrients remaining in the soil from the base dressings that were applied before the turf was laid (if laid by Everfarm Turf).
Treatment on 10 acres of the second 20 acre field (designated Field B) was with Maximize applied pre-plant with 11-37-0 base dressing.
Applying ammonium phosphate as a liquid below the seeds of drilled crops or around the roots of transplants in place of normal N and P base dressings improves early growth of several different crops.
When plants have been growing steadily for three to four weeks, replenishment is required as nitrogen content of the base dressing has almost been absorbed by the plants or lost through leaching.