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English translation: ridge (potatoes)

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Dutch term or phrase:rug (aardappelen)
English translation:ridge (potatoes)
Entered by: Kate Hudson (X)

18:23 Jan 27, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture / pesticides
Dutch term or phrase: in de gehele op te bouwen rug
The sentence reads:
"Het middel moet goed worden verdeeld in de gehele op te bouwen rug"
The first part is clear, referring to the spreading of the agent/pesticide but I am unsure about exactly what the second part refers to as I have never come across the exact phrase before. So far I have supposed it means something like "the whole area" but I am unsure.
JOHN WINDER
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:45
in all the soil that will form the ridge
Explanation:
If this is about using an agent (herbicide or fungicide etc) on potatoes once they are in the ground then I think the term you are looking for is ridge - you ridge up potatoes once they have started growing so that the potatoes do not turn green from exposure to the light
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 08:45
Grading comment
Thank you very much and thanks to the other people who agreed too. It was useful to get information from someone who knew more about the topic area than I did.
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3 +2in all the soil that will form the ridge
Kate Hudson (X)


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in all the soil that will form the ridge


Explanation:
If this is about using an agent (herbicide or fungicide etc) on potatoes once they are in the ground then I think the term you are looking for is ridge - you ridge up potatoes once they have started growing so that the potatoes do not turn green from exposure to the light

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you very much and thanks to the other people who agreed too. It was useful to get information from someone who knew more about the topic area than I did.

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