seedbed

(redirected from seedbeds)
Also found in: Dictionary, Encyclopedia.
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • noun

Words related to seedbed

a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting

Related Words

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
It is also helping growers to make 2,500 floating seedbeds of aman so that they can transplant, he added.
The pupils prepare the seedbeds on the lower side of the land, before transferring them to the farm for planting."Once the holes are dug, we mix the soil with two handfuls of manure before planting the cabbages.
As far as valerenic acid is concerned, the highest content of this compound was noted in valerian roots obtained from direct seed sowing and autumn seedling transplantation than from spring transplantation (both seedlings produced in multi-cell trays and on seedbeds).
Add these selections to your weed-free seedbed, along with plenty of lime and fertilizer, and you have the perfect combination to outcompete aggressive weeds.
What's more, seedbed conditions are shaping up to be far from ideal, even before any soil damage from harvesting.
Brush them off the lawn before mowing or they will get squashed and form ideal seedbeds for weeds.
? Continue to prepare seedbeds outside, weather permitting, using planks to stand on if the soil is wet ?
Prepare seedbeds in the kitchen garden, breaking large lumps of soil down with a fork, then using a rake to create a fine tilth.
Although studies were conducted on response of okra to tillage methods (Ojeniyi, 1991 ; Ojeniyi and Ogbonaya, 1994; Adeyemi et al., 2005), it is necessary to evaluate soil physical and chemical properties and okra nutrient status and yield in seedbeds located at different positions of mound and ridge systems.
"Lifting this quarantine means that only distances between seedbeds are maintained to impede their contamination with other crops, but this does not call ...
Furthermore, a number of crops, such as vegetables and processing tomatoes, require good, raised seedbeds to obtain proper stands and, prior to this time, it has been difficult to create an adequate seedbed for these crops utilizing conservation or minimum tillage.
They substituted broken pots for seedbeds, used granaries to keep seedlings away from animals, and taught themselves how to harvest their own nursery seeds by observing the plants closely.
The spontaneity of jazz music and its adaptations to local culture over time around the globe parallel the emergence and export of new diseases from their seedbeds to audiences the world over.
The distribution of soil structural units controls the availability of oxygen, water, and the resistance to penetration by shoots and roots in seedbeds created by tillage (Hadas and Russo, 1974; Taylor, 1974; Schneider and Gupta, 1985; Nasr and Selles, 1995).
Gypsum improved soil drainage in the seedbeds as indicated by saturated conductivity measurements.