Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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aerial shoots

Plants; Horticulture

An aerial stem may grow upright, climbing or in a prostrate position.

air porosity or air space

Plants; Horticulture

The percent volume (volume/volume) of soil/growing media that is filled with air when irrigating media to container capacity. The air in media is primarily in the large ...

alkaline

Plants; Horticulture

Indicates a pH above 7.0. Alkaline is also called basic.

buffer capacity of soil

Plants; Horticulture

The ability of a soil to resist a change in soil solution hydrogen ion concentration (soil pH), resisting the tendency to become more acid upon the addition of an acid or an ...

bulk blending

Plants; Horticulture

The practice of mixing dry, individual, granular materials or granulated bases. The product is a mixture of granular materials rather than a granulated mixture.

bulk density

Plants; Horticulture

The ratio of the mass (weight) of dry soil/growing media to its bulk volume, expressed as grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc) or pounds per cubic foot (lb/cu ft).

calcareous soil

Plants; Horticulture

A field soil containing large amounts of free calcium carbonate (i.e., lime), usually with a high pH of 7.6 to 8.3. Common in the southwestern states and areas of low rainfall.