side dressing

noun

1. the fertilizer used to side-dress plants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of side dressing¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Compost suggests a ½-inch side dressing of compost for heavy-feeding vegetables like tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times

Compost suggests a ½-inch side dressing of compost for heavy-feeding vegetables like tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times

A side dressing of a balanced organic fertilizer at planting encourages abundant vegetative growth for the first month, before the plant gets down to the serious business of flowering and setting fruit.

From Seattle Times

Marcos’ first public walk on the wild side — dressing and acting like a seductive young woman for the town carnival — occurs, perhaps symbolically, after his father’s sudden death, which has jolted his strapped family.

From Los Angeles Times

Work organic bulb fertilizer into the soil when planting, and follow up with a side dressing around the leaves when the foliage emerges in spring.

From Seattle Times