Annual Bedding Definitions Crossword
Across
- 2. the development of lateral branches that contribute to a bushy appearance
- 3. the practice of fertilizing while irrigating
- 7. grown to saleable size
- 9. the time the plant maintains its health while on display for sale
- 12. term for soil or media
- 13. herbaceous plants that grow from seed to flower in one season before dying
- 15. hanging baskets that contain plants that are propagated by cuttings
- 17. term used to describe procedures used to prepare plants for a post-production environment
Down
- 1. the percentage of seeds capable of germinating
- 4. process of moving plants from one container to another or from a container to the ground
- 5. the ability of seeds to germinate under optimum conditions
- 6. the difference between the day and the night time temperature
- 8. small plants grown in a small amount of media in divided trays
- 10. the process in which soluble salts are washed from a growing medium as water flows through the media
- 11. molded plastics containers divided into separate growing compartments used for bedding plants
- 14. hanging baskets that contain plants that are propagated from seed
- 16. planting of seeds