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stone mulching

stone mulching noun: the practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch.

Noun

stone mulching (uncountable)

  1. The practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch.
    • "My old roommate Erin Lee and I were first taught stone mulching by Ruth Hanner up in her Köke'e garden on Kaua'i. She had been taught this technique as a young farmer's wife in Peru."2005, Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst, Growing Native Hawaiian Plants, →ISBN, page 14
    • "In experiments, stone mulching decreases soil water evaporation, protects against wind and rain erosion, and reduces daily temperature fluctuation."2007, Jared Diamond, “Easter Island Revisited”, in Science, 317(5845), page 1693

Origin of stone mulching

First entered wide use following the publication of Stone Mulching in the Garden by J.I. Rodale in 1949.

Questions about stone mulching

What does stone mulching mean?
Stone mulching means the practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch.
What part of speech is stone mulching?
Stone mulching is a noun.

Words near stone mulching in the dictionary

  1. Stone Mills
  2. stone mint
  3. stone mints
  4. stone money
  5. Stone Mountain
  6. stone mulching
  7. stone naked
  8. stone nut
  9. stone nuts
  10. stone of the philosophers
  11. stone oil

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