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Synonyms for leaf mold

Grammar : Noun

Définition of leaf mold

As in ground cover : noun ground covering
As in compost : noun organic fertilizer

Example sentences :

It should contain an ample supply of humus made of leaf mold.
Extract from : « Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

Woods earth and leaf mold should be used in liberal quantities.
Extract from : « Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

They may be raised from seed by sowing early in spring in a finely sifted soil of leaf mold and garden loam.
Extract from : « Talks about Flowers. » by M. D. Wellcome

The seeds germinate best on leaf mold, but the seedling takes several years to thrust its roots deep into the mineral soil.
Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson

If it should happen to be already too sandy, add black loam or leaf mold.
Extract from : « Gardening for Little Girls » by Olive Hyde Foster

All three girls drew in deep breaths of the fragrant, woodsy odor of leaf mold and dew-kissed ferns.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Carlitos » by Helen Randolph

The significance of the community reaction is especially well shown in the case of leaf mold and duff.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park

Pure sand becomes too dense, and leaf mold alone is usually too loose and open.
Extract from : « The Nursery Book » by Liberty Hyde Bailey

For the Teas and Hybrid Teas, mix with soil of this kind about one-quarter of its bulk of sand and leaf mold to lighten it.
Extract from : « Making a Rose Garden » by Henry H. Saylor

There was a sweetness of leaf mold in the air that came to the senses with the penetrating quality of incense.
Extract from : « Joan of Arc » by Lucy Foster Madison

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