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Horticulture
Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.
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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.
boom system
Plants; Horticulture
An overhead irrigation system where the nozzles are mounted on a boom that moves above the plants.
brand
Plants; Horticulture
The trade name assigned by a manufacturer to a particular fertilizer product.
brine water
Plants; Horticulture
A water very high in solutes. It may also refer to the byproduct or waste water of water purification systems.
broadcast application
Plants; Horticulture
Application of either solid or fluid fertilizer to the soil surface with or without subsequent incorporation by tillage. No specific location relative to the plant is implied. Nutrients may be ...
buffer
Plants; Horticulture
A system of substances, usually a mixture of weak acids and their salts, which tends to resist changes in pH. In soils, organic matter, clays, and free calcium carbonate tend to buffer the system ...
aeration soil
Plants; Horticulture
The exchange of air in soil with air from the atmosphere. The composition of the air in a well-aerated soil is similar to that in the atmosphere; in a poorly aerated soil, the air in the soil is ...
