Annual Bedding Plants

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Across
  1. 2. Refers to the time the plant maintains its health while on display for sale.
  2. 4. Grown to a sell-worthy size.
  3. 7. The difference between the day and night temperatures.
  4. 9. Plastic containers divided into separate growing compartments.
  5. 11. Soluble salts are washed from a growing medium as water flows through it.
  6. 12. The development of lateral branches that create a bushy appearance.
  7. 15. The percentage of seeds capable of germinating.
  8. 17. A term used to describe procedures used to prepare plants for a post production environment.
Down
  1. 1. The ability of seeds to germinate under optimum conditions.
  2. 3. Hanging baskets that contain plants propagated by cuttings.
  3. 5. Hanging baskets that contain plants that are propagated from seed.
  4. 6. Fertilizing while irrigating.
  5. 8. The process of moving plants from one container to another or from a container to the ground.
  6. 10. Small plants grown in a small amount of media in divided trays.
  7. 13. Plants that grow from seed to flower in one season.
  8. 14. Planting of seeds.
  9. 16. The term for soil or media.