Romsey Allotment Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Broadleaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula
  2. 3. A shoot containing embryonic leaves or flowers
  3. 4. A plant that sheds its leaves each year
  4. 6. A plant that completes its entire life cycle in two years, growing in the first year and reproducing and dying in the second
  5. 8. Member of the Rose family which bears small red edible fruit
  6. 10. Placing seed potatoes in a tray or egg box in a bright, cool but frost-free place to encourage them to sprout prior to planting
  7. 11. Where one plant is artificially joined to the rootstock of another so they eventually function as one plant
  8. 13. A cluster of flowers that lack petals typically seen on willow, oak, and birch trees
  9. 14. The point at which a seed undergoes physical changes and begins to grow
  10. 15. To remove a number of buds, flowers, seedlings or shoots to improve the growth and quality of those remaining
  11. 17. A plant that is bred or selected by growers for unique flowers, leaf colour, growing habit etc. It has distinct and uniform characteristics that differ from the original species
  12. 18. Swollen root or underground stem with storage tissue
  13. 19. Method for shaping trees, cropping the branches above head-height
  14. 21. Layer of material placed on the soil and around plants to retain moisture, suppress weeds and improve soil structure
  15. 22. Uncultivated land
  16. 24. A trailing stem growing above ground and rooting at the nodes, where plantlets are produced
  17. 25. An underground storage organ with fleshy scale leaves from which the plant flowers and grows before becoming dormant
  18. 26. Another name for the leaves and stems of a potato plant
Down
  1. 1. A plant carefully trained to grow as one main stem, or occasionally two or three main stems, by removing side-shoots
  2. 3. To flower and produce seed prematurely
  3. 5. Traditional method of woodland management which takes advantage of the fact that many trees make new growth from the stump or roots if cut down.
  4. 6. Plants that have been field-grown and are supplied in a dormant state with the soil removed
  5. 7. Used to describe plants that like acid soil and will not tolerate alkaline soils (containing lime or chalk)
  6. 9. The transfer of pollen between flowers, which can be carried out by the wind, insects, animals or by hand
  7. 12. a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family
  8. 16. A tree or shrub that has been trained to a certain height with a long bare stem and foliage at the top
  9. 17. Structure made of glass, plastic or horticultural fleece placed over a plant for protection or for forcing early crops
  10. 20. A plant that completes its entire life cycle (growth, reproduction, death) in one season
  11. 23. Calcium compounds, often applied to lower the pH of the soil