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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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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 macropores.
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 acid-forming material or ...
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.
