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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conductivity meter

Plants; Horticulture

An instrument used to measure electrical conductivity of solutions. Also called a solubridge or salts meter.

no-till

Plants; Horticulture

The soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for nutrient injection. Planting or drilling is accomplished in a narrow seed bed or slot created by coulters, row cleaners, disk ...

ridge-till

Plants; Horticulture

The soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for nutrient injection. Planting is completed in a seedbed prepared on ridges with sweeps, disk openers, coulters or two cleaners. ...

guarantees - the aapfco official regulation follows

Plants; Horticulture

The statement of guarantees of mixed fertilizer shall be given in whole numbers. All fertilizer components with the exception of potash (K2O) and phosphoric acid (P2O5 ), if guaranteed, shall be ...

gypsum - calcium sulfate

Plants; Horticulture

Gypsum is used primarily as a calcium fertilizer, and it also supplies sulfur. Most often used as a calcium fertilizer when you do not alter soil/growing media pH.

The common name for calcium sulfate, a mineral used in the fertilizer industry as a source of calcium and sulfur. Gypsum also is used widely in reclaiming alkali soils in the western United States. ...