Bolting:
Premature formation of flower and seedstalk usually in biennial crops during the first year of growth and in crops during a heat wave.
Posts Tagged ‘garden glossary’
Soulful Plotting: Garden Terms
October 21, 2011
Ped:
A single natural soil aggregate such as crumb, prism, or granule.
Soulful Plotting
September 16, 2011
Cyme:
A flat-topped or domed flower head in which the center flowers open first.
Soulful Plotting
September 9, 2011
Sapling
A very young tree.
Leader:
The main shoot of a sapling that eventually becomes the trunk of the tree.
Soulful Plotting
August 26, 2011
Crown:
The plant crown is where the stem meets the roots. Most crowns are planted at soil level or a little above ground level. Burying the crown below the soil can lead to rot and eventually kill the plant.
Soulful Plotting
August 19, 2011
Canker:
A bacterial or fungal disease on woody plants. Gradual death will occur in the cambium layer leaving sunken bark lesions.
Soulful Plotting
August 12, 2011
Alternate:
Leaves, buds or shoots that occur singly at different heights on the stem, alternating between one side of the stem and the other.
Soulful Plotting
August 5, 2011
Asexual:
A propagation technique reproducing plants by using cuttings or division.
