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Horticulture Terms
Flashcards of Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aeration | Supplying soil and roots with air or oxygen by pulling plugs of soil out of the ground. |
| DRAINAGE: | Way to empty soil of excess water: with good drainage, water passes through soil evenly. |
| LOAM: | Organic soil mixture of crumbly clay, silt and sand. |
| MULCH: | A protective covering of organic compost, leaves. Etc.; indoors, mulch keeps soil too moist and possible fungus could result. |
| WETTING AGENT: | Compourd that reduces the droplet size and lowers the surface tension of the water, making it wetter. |
| CLAY: | Soil made of very fine organic mineral particles, clay is not suitable for container gardening. |
| pH: | A scale from 1 to 14 that measures the acid to alkaline balance of a growing medium (or anything); in general plants grow best in a range of 5.5 to 6.8 pH. |