追肥

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 追肥 is read as ついひ and is a noun and する verb for topdressing or additional fertilizer applied while a crop is growing.
• Basic usage: Applying it to a field appears in 畑に追肥する, while crop-specific timing appears in 追肥の時期.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Additional fertilizer during growth
  • It is not fertilizer in general but an added application made after seedlings or crops have begun growing.
• Difference from 元肥
  • 元肥 is the initial fertilizer supplied around planting or sowing, whereas 追肥 is added during subsequent growth.