Horticulture

Horticulture

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

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dribble fertilization

Plants; Horticulture

Dribbling or strip banding is a form of band placement that involves application of solid or fluid fertilizers in bands or strips of varying widths on the soil surface or on the surface of crop ...

drip irrigation system

Plants; Horticulture

An irrigation system where water is delivered to the soil/growing media surface below the plant canopy, usually by small nozzles, emitters, or tubes.

dtpa

Plants; Horticulture

Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. A chelating agent that is used to chelate ferric (Fe+3) iron. DTPA is used on acid to slightly alkaline soils and in many chelated liquid fertilizer ...

Placement of two fertilizer materials in subsurface bands. Application: Usually accomplished through injection of the two materials from two tubes at two points on an applicator shank. For example, ...

ebb-and-flow flooded floor system

Plants; Horticulture

An ebb-and-flow subirrigation system that uses molded concrete floors as the flood container.

ebb-and-flow subirrigation system

Plants; Horticulture

A subirrigation growing system where containerized plants are placed in watertight trays or molded concrete floors that are flooded when needed with nutrient solution, then drained. Usually the ...