Top dressing

Pronounced / TOP DRESĀ·ing /

Adding compost, amendments, or dry fertilizer to the surface of the growing medium without repotting.

Example in a sentence

“He top-dressed with worm castings halfway through veg.”

Also called top dress, top-dress, topdressing

Sources (1)
  1. https://gardening.usask.ca/articles-and-lists/articles-healthysoils/how-apply-fertilizer.php