What is strip cropping?
Organic or inorganic plant foods, which may be either liquid or granular, used to amend the soil in order to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth.
What is an Espalier? (Espaliers)
A plant, typically a tree or shrub, that has been trained to grow in a flattened pattern with the help or wires, trellis, or a fence.
What are Hardiness Zones (Plant Hardiness Zones)?
Growing regions designated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) which divides the United States and southern Canada into 11 planting zones based on a 10 degree Fahrenheit difference in the average annual minimum temperatures. Using these zones as a guide, seed companies and nurseries label their horticultural products based on which zones plants will grow most successfully in. Higher numbered zones are generally warmer.
A pointed tool used to make holes in the soil for seeds, bulbs, or young plants.
Organisms such as buzzards and various worms, insects and bacteria that feed on dead organic debris.
In gardening: An undeveloped or dormant shoot; dormant bud. A collection of several buds on the surface of a potato tuber...
Any disturbance of a plant that interferes with its normal structure, function, or economic value.
Epiphytes are plants that live attached to a plant (or other structure like a rock, telephone pole or a building and not in the ground)...
A piece of plant (leaf, stem or root) that can be used to produce a new plant.
What is an Endocrine disruptor?
A substance that interferes with natural hormones.
A plant having foliage that remains green thoughout the year.
Dead, decaying plant material. Particles of organic material from dead and decomposing organisms. Detritus is the result of the activity of decomposers (organisms that decompose organic material).
An organism that feeds on large bits of dead and decaying organic matter. What detrivores leave behind is used by decomposers. Crabs and seabirds are examples of detrivores.
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