topdressing

Lawn's nutrient layer

Topdressing is material spread over a surface to improve it—fertilizer, compost, or sand applied to lawns, gardens, or sports turf without working it into the soil.

The practice itself is also called topdressing: The greens need a light topdressing before the tournament.

The verb is topdress.

turf

greenskeeping

Golf course maintenance work

fairway · bentgrass · fescue · ryegrass · dethatching · greenkeeper · leveling · thatch · broadcast

materials

compost

Decayed organic fertilizer

  • sandFine rock particles
  • peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
  • mulchProtective plant bedding

loam · vermiculite · perlite · bark · manure · humus · leafmold · sphagnum · coir · biochar

application

spreader

Tool for distribution

smoothing · filling · timing · rate · depth · distribution

nutrients

amendment

Change to official text

  • seaweedSaltwater aquatic plants
  • kelpLarge brown marine algae
  • guanoAccumulated bird droppings

vermicompost · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · magnesium · calcium · sulfur · iron · manganese · greensand

Categories
Opposites
application depth

topdressingincorporation

Forming a legal entity

banding

soil disturbance method

topdressingtrenching

Excavating long narrow cuts

rototilling

soil treatment action

topdressingscalping

Resale at inflated prices

dethatching · stripping · excavation

Family

dressing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G