Across
- 3. The home where we propagate our plants & trees
- 5. The act of scratching the roootball to give them space to grow outwards
- 7. A tree that loses most/all of its leaves in fall
- 10. The watering method for the nursery
- 12. A tree which holds its leaves for at least a year
- 13. a pathogen in the soil that can create root rot
- 15. The bottom most limb of a tree that you don't trim (acronym)
- 16. The main mass of roots at the base of a plant
- 18. The process of transferring a shrub or tree into a bigger pot
Down
- 1. The act of pulling out invasive & unwanted plants
- 2. The type of water used at the nursery to preserve drinking water, save energy, and be a drought-proof water resource
- 4. ________root that partially encircles the trunk restricting growth
- 6. (2-words) The flared area at the base of a tree where roots & trunk merege aka "root crown"
- 8. The act of putting in a rod to help the tree grow straight
- 9. First ________ (2-words) structural root used to determine soil level for transplanting
- 11. The methods use to keep the nursery safe and clean (acronym)
- 14. The process of creating new plants
- 17. The dominant stem of a tree usually developing into main trunk