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