Horticulture

Horticulture

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

Industry: Plants

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Bonemeal

Plants; Horticulture

Raw bone meal is cooked bones ground to a meal without any of the gelatin or glue removed. Steamed bone meal has been steamed under pressure to dissolve out part of the gelatin.

Bicarbonate

Plants; Horticulture

Partially dissociated carbonic acid in the form HCO3- . A water pH between 7.4 and 9.3 will have bicarbonate as the main form of carbonic acid present.

Base

Plants; Horticulture

Compound that forms hydroxide ions (OH-) in aqueous solutions, in a wider sense also metals, e.g., K, Ca

Boom system

Plants; Horticulture

An overhead irrigation system where the nozzles are mounted on a boom that moves above the plants.

Base exchange

Plants; Horticulture

The replacement of cations, held on the soil complex, by other cations.

Brand

Plants; Horticulture

The trade name assigned by a manufacturer to a particular fertiliser product.

Deep banding fertilisation

Plants; Horticulture

Deep banding refers to preplant applications of nutrients placed 2 to 6 inches below the soil surface. Some applications are deeper, as much as 15 inches. The applied nutrients may be in solid, ...