原げん肥ぴ

noun

basal fertilizer; basal dressing; manure applied at planting

Agricultural term for fertilizer or manure applied to the soil before or at the time of planting, as opposed to topdressing later. Compare 元肥 (もとごえ), which is more common.

See also: 元肥 (もとごえ)

• 原げん肥ぴとして堆たい肥ひを畑はたけにすき込こんだ。

  We plowed compost into the field as basal fertilizer.

• この作さく物もつには、植うえ付つけ時じに原げん肥ぴを施ほどこすことが重じゅう要ようです。

  For this crop, it is important to apply basal fertilizer at planting time.