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Example sentences for "thinnings"

Lexicographically close words:
thinned; thinner; thinness; thinnest; thinning; thinnish; thins; thiocyanate; thiopia; thiopian
  1. Thinnings can then be made as they grow and need more room.

  2. Munger, who conducted the investigation, says: "That thinnings are silviculturally practicable and financially profitable in the Pacific Northwest has been demonstrated.

  3. The material from these thinnings was worth at the railroad about $80 per acre.

  4. This case points out pretty clearly that one might make wild gardens from the mere parings and thinnings of the beds and borders in autumn, in any place where there is a collection of good hardy plants.

  5. This case points out that one might make wild gardens from the mere parings and thinnings of the beds and borders in autumn in any place where there is a collection of good hardy plants.

  6. Thinnings may be used for culinary purposes.

  7. Shortly after the plants appear they are thinned to stand 3 inches apart, the thinnings being cooked like spinach, or, if small and delicate, they may be made into salads.

  8. Two other thinnings may be given for similar purposes as the plants grow, so that at the final thinning the specimens will stand about a foot asunder.

  9. If the thinnings be considered equivalent to the expense of protection-fences, &c.

  10. Curiously enough, he recommends severer thinnings for fuel-wood production than for timber forests.

  11. Later, thinnings assumed the character of selection fellings and, indeed, received the name of jardinage.

  12. Since 1880, thinnings have been based on the idea of favoring final harvest trees somewhat after the French fashion; they are begun in the twentieth to thirtieth year and are repeated every three years, aided by pruning.

  13. Especially in the direction of thinnings, the German practice and even theory is outdone, the thinnings being made severer and recurring more frequently.

  14. Excepting the early weeding or improvement cuttings, these thinnings were not to begin until the fiftieth to seventieth year in the broadleaved forest, but in conifers in the twentieth to thirtieth year.

  15. Thin at first to six inches, and if large enough for use, send the thinnings into the house.

  16. On the barrows of itinerant greengrocers in Paris the thinnings of Lettuce crops form part of the general stock, and in this country we do not sufficiently utilise this young tender stuff.

  17. When the plants have made some progress, remove every other one, these thinnings to be destroyed or planted at discretion.

  18. The thinnings may be transplanted if required.

  19. The seed should be sown thinly, and, as soon as the plants are large enough, they should be thinned out if at all crowded, and the thinnings can be planted in rows and shaded for a while.

  20. In small gardens it is best to sow on a bed in lines one foot apart, and thin out first to three inches, and finally to six inches, the strongest of the thinnings being planted a foot apart, to last over as proposed above.

  21. All the thinnings should be pricked out in the first instance to make them strong for planting, but the last lot may go direct to the beds to finish.

  22. Thin the plants, and transfer the thinnings to rich light soil.

  23. Thin the plants in good time, and the thinnings of those wanted in quantity may, if necessary, be transplanted.

  24. As there are now many used-up crops that may be cleared away, large quantities of Cabbage, Endive, Lettuce, and even thinnings of Spinach may be planted out to stand the winter.


  25. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thinnings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.