0 past simple and past participle of mulch
1 to put mulch on or around something:
[ + adv/prep ] Mulch around the base of the roses.
Mulch the roses.
Cosmopolites sordidus density was greatest in the mulched plots which may have reflected increased longevity and/or longer tenure time in moist soils.
In mulched plots between 160 and 200 t ha-1 of sediment was deposited.
This was because of increased labor requirements for additional or different farm operations, such as planting within mulched fields, fertilizer application and weeding.
This was attributed to poor plant water utilization, and higher drainage losses in the bare plots, in the three years, than in the mulched plots.
The use of irrigation masked possible differences in soil moisture content that can occur between nonmulched and mulched soils.
This suggests that vigorous plants in mulched systems supported more larvae than the stunted plants in intercrops.
Yield reductions, reported as t ha 1, were twice as high in the mulched system as in the intercrop.
Plant growth was consistently higher and yields were 76% greater in mulched than in intercropped stands.
