Horticulture

Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

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Micronutrient mix

Plants; Horticulture

A commercial fertiliser that supplies more than one of the micronutrients.

Mobility

Plants; Horticulture

Term that describes whether a nutrient is mobile or immobile.

In woody stemmed plants the primary tissues (meristematic tissues) develop in the early part of the first season's growth of a stem. Growth after this first year's growth is secondary. This primary ...

Protein

Plants; Horticulture

Any of a group of high-molecular-weight nitrogen-containing compounds that yield amino acids on hydrolysis. Protein is a vital part of living matter and is one of the essential food substances of ...

Puddled soil

Plants; Horticulture

Dense, massive soil artificially compacted when wet and having no regular structure. The condition commonly results from tillage of or heavy traffic on a clayey soil when it is wet.

Primary nutrients

Plants; Horticulture

Nutrients required by plants in relatively large amounts and are frequently applied as fertilizers. The macronutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K).

Productivity

Plants; Horticulture

In simplest terms, the ability of the soil to produce. It differs from fertility to the extent that a soil may be fertile and yet unable to produce because of other limiting factors.