Mulching Definition

Mulching Sentence Examples

• Harrows and cultivators are used where there are few weeds, and the mulching process is the one desired.

• The space between the parts of such substances is too large to admit of capillary action; hence the water conveyed to the surface of the soil is prevented from passing upwards any further except by slow evaporation through the mulching layer.

• For prevention, the surface soil covering bulbs should be removed every autumn and replaced by soil mixed with kainit; manure for mulching should also be mixed with kainit, which acts as a steriliser.

• Plant out tender deciduous trees and shrubs raised in pots; plant out tea-roses, mulching the roots.

• The hay or leaf mulching on the strawberry beds should be removed and the ground deeply hoed (if not removed in April in the more forward places), after which it may be placed on again to keep the fruit clean and the ground from drying.