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- 5. is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil.
- 9. developing buds/flower
- 11. taking place every other year. Perennial lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.
- 12. take in water of plant
- 14. Culture fragments of tissue from a plant that are transferred to an artificial environment
- 15. a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.
- 16. engineering the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material. Aquaponics is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purifies the water. Aquaculture the rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food. Aeroponics is a plant-cultivation technique in which the roots hang suspended in the air while a nutrient solution is delivered to them in the form of a fine mist. fruits the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. Vegetables a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean
- 17. are a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- 19. media mixture that provide nutrients
- 20. is the blossom of the plant
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- 1. propagating a plant by layering
- 2. minerals aluminum magnesium and iron that helps plant growth
- 3. trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to increase fruitfulness and growth. Pinching grip (something, typically someone's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb. Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. Annual occurring once every year.
- 4. ground consisting of disintegrated
- 6. Moss any moss after its dried
- 7. the act of a person or thing that cuts
- 8. separating something into parts
- 10. tissues of plants are joined to continue their growth together
- 13. manufacturer food for plants
- 15. mineral rock in potting soil that helps with drainage
- 18. the main body of a plant