1818 W. Cobbett i. ii. 106 The ridge-sowing method, or..the broad-cast method.
1905 31 207 Had I returned to the district I had intended to have tried sowing seeds of different species..and to have continued the experiment of ridge sowing on the plain areas on a larger scale.
1995 (Nexis) 11 Oct. Ridge sowing or planting is the only way to obtain earlier crops in cold, wet soil.