Sentence examples for the surface of the compost from inspiring English sources

Set the bulbs with their noses above the surface of the compost and water well.

The pot should be only marginally larger than the bulb itself and two-thirds of the bulb should remain above the surface of the compost; plant too deep and it will rot off.

Sprinkle small seeds on the surface of the compost by pinching with thumb and forefinger or tapping from your palm; it doesn't matter how you do it as long as the seed is sown finely.

When used in a study of the fate of foodborne pathogens in manure composts by our research group, both GFP-labeled E. coli O157 H7 and L. innocua were detected on the surface of the compost 56 days after inoculation [23].

Zafar et al. (2014) studied commercial composting for polyester (polyurethane) degradation at maturation phase and found that low temperature supports the fungal growth on the surface of the polymer and also in compost.

Put some fresh compost around the surface of the pot (this will lively up any long-term container plantings at this time of year), and water long and deep.

If your potted plants (or flowers, herbs, vegetables) are already growing, use the compost with nothing added and sprinkle on the surface of the dirt.

If the bags are still visible when you want to use the compost, they can be sieved out or picked off the surface of the soil.

Apply a mulch of about 4 inches (10.2 cm) of compost, leaf mold or well-rotted manure to the surface of the soil.

The temperature was measured at 50% depth from the surface of compost materials at four different positions.

The study also revealed that the compost respiration contributed significantly to the measured CO2 surface emission, and that the contribution of the compost respiration decreased significantly with time probably due to further maturation of the compost material.