Seedbed, the Glossary
A seedbed or seedling bed is the local soil environment in which seeds are planted.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: Cold frame, Compost, Cultivator, Debris, Digging, Egg, Fertilisation, Fertilizer, Field (agriculture), Garden, Germination, Grading (earthworks), Harrow (tool), Hoe (tool), Hotbed, Mattock, Natural environment, Nitrate, No-till farming, Open-field system, Organic matter, Peat, Phosphate, Pickaxe, Plough, Rake (tool), Seed drill, Seedling, Shovel, Soil, Soil compaction, Soil structure, Sowing, Spore, Stale seed bed, Storm drain, Stratification (seeds), Tillage, Transplanting, Weed.
Cold frame
In agriculture and gardening, a cold frame is a transparent-roofed enclosure, built low to the ground, used to protect plants from adverse weather, primarily excessive cold or wet.
Compost
Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties.
Cultivator
A cultivator (also known as a rotavator) is a piece of agricultural equipment used for secondary tillage.
Debris
Debris is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc.
Digging
Digging, also referred to as excavation, is the process of using some implement such as claws, hands, manual tools or heavy equipment, to remove material from a solid surface, usually soil, sand or rock on the surface of Earth.
Egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.
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Fertilisation
Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring.
Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Seedbed and fertilizer are horticulture.
Field (agriculture)
In agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops or as a paddock or other enclosure for livestock.
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Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
Germination
Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore.
Grading (earthworks)
Grading in civil engineering and landscape architectural construction is the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope, for a construction work such as a foundation, the base course for a road or a railway, or landscape and garden improvements, or surface drainage.
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In agriculture, a harrow is a farm implement used for surface tillage.
A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops.
Hotbed
A hotbed is a biological term for an area of decaying organic matter that is warmer than its surroundings. Seedbed and hotbed are horticulture.
Mattock
A mattock is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping.
Natural environment
The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.
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Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.
No-till farming
No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.
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Open-field system
The open-field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages and lasted into the 20th century in Russia, Iran, and Turkey.
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Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
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Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
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Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
Pickaxe
A pickaxe, pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for prying.
Plough
A plough or plow (US; both) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting.
A rake (Old English raca, cognate with Dutch hark, German Rechen, from the root meaning "to scrape together", "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, or tines fixed to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass, etc., and in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and levelling, removing dead grass from lawns, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the harrow.
Seed drill
Canterbury Agricultural College farm, 1948 A seed drill is a device used in agriculture that sows seeds for crops by positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth while being dragged by a tractor.
Seedling
A seedling is a young sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed.
Shovel
A shovel is a tool used for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore.
Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Seedbed and soil are horticulture.
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Soil compaction
In geotechnical engineering, soil compaction is the process in which stress applied to a soil causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains.
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Soil structure
In geotechnical engineering, soil structure describes the arrangement of the solid parts of the soil and of the pore space located between them.
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Sowing
Sowing is the process of planting seeds. Seedbed and Sowing are horticulture.
Spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.
Stale seed bed
The stale seed bed or false seed bed method is a weed control technique used at both the farm and garden scales. Seedbed and stale seed bed are horticulture.
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Storm drain
A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs.
Stratification (seeds)
In horticulture, stratification is a process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur. Seedbed and stratification (seeds) are horticulture.
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Tillage
Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Transplanting
In agriculture and gardening, transplanting or replanting is the technique of moving a plant from one location to another. Seedbed and transplanting are horticulture.
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbed
Also known as Seed bed, Seedling bed.