Horticulture 101

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Across
  1. 3. / a root tuber of the Solanaceae family
  2. 5. / formally known as a renewal prune.
  3. 7. / a type of prune which invokes the 3D’s.
  4. 11. / facilitates root growth
  5. 12. / Lycopersicon esculentum
  6. 13. / vital to consistently improve crop productivity.
  7. 16. / the science of plants.
  8. 18. / cordon or espalier.
  9. 19. / Helianthus annuus.
  10. 20. / a scientific name composed of root words from Classical Languages.
Down
  1. 1. / used to cure chlorosis.
  2. 2. / Garlic or Onion.
  3. 4. / the process by which involves the using of sugars produced during photosynthesis plus oxygen to produce energy for plant growth.
  4. 6. / living only one growing season.
  5. 8. / completes its life cycle in less than one year or less than six months.
  6. 9. / the exhalation of water vapour through the stomata.
  7. 10. / the process by which plants & some other organisms use sunlight to synthesise nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
  8. 14. / a type of prune used to train a plant during its formative years.
  9. 15. / completing a life cycle in two years.
  10. 17. / having a life cycle lasting more than two years.