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20 Cards in this Set
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OLERICULTURE |
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION |
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HARDEN-OFF |
THE PRACTICE OF PREPARING SEEDLINGS FOR PLANTING OUTDOORS |
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HEAT-HARDY |
WARM LOVING PLANTS THAT THRIVE AND GROW IN HOT TEMPERATURES |
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KAIROMONE |
PHEROMONE THAT SPECIFICALLY APPEALS TO AND BENEFITS OTHER SPECIES |
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PERENNIAL |
A PLANT THAT GROWS FROM SEED FOR ONE YEAR; THEN THE HERBACEOUS TOP PORTION DIES IN WINTER BUT THE ROOT SYSTEM REMAINS ALIVE. THE FOLLOWING SEASON THE PLANT SENDS UP NEW SHOOTS AND CONTINUES TO GROW. THEY MAY NOT BLOOM UNTIL THEIR SECOND YEAR. |
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PHEROMONE |
CHEMICALS THAT ARE DETECTED BY INSECTS AND ARE USUALLY SPECIES SPECIFIC |
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SEMI-HARDY (FROST TOLERANT) |
PLANTS THAT TOLERATE LIGHT FROSTS AND CONTINUE TO GROW DURING THE DAY WHILE FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCUR AT NIGHT |
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FROST FREE PERIOD |
THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE LAST FROST OF SPRING AND THE FIRST FROST OF FALL. THIS DETERMINES THE GROWING SEASON OF WARM-SEASON CROPS |
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FROST-SENSITIVE |
PLANTS THAT WILL NOT TOLERATE FROST. THEIR SEEDS DO NOT GERMINATE IN COOL SOIL |
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FROST-TENDER |
PLANTS THAT WILL BE KILLED BY A FROST |
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FROST-TOLERANT (SEMI-HARDY) |
PLANTS THAT TOLERATE LIGHT FROSTS AND CONTINUE TO GROW DURING THE DAY WHILE FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCUR AT NIGHT |
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VERY-HARDY |
VEGETABLES THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED BY A HARD FROST AND CAN WITHSTAND FREEZING TEMPERATURES |
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ACCLIMATE |
A PROCESS WHEREBY TENDER INDOOR-GROWN PLANTS ARE GRADUALLY EXPOSED TO OUTDOOR CONDITIONS. DURING THE PROCESS, NEW PLANT GROWTH DEVELOPS WITH THICKER EPIDERMIS AND CUTICLE THAT ARE ADAPTED TO THE HARSHER OUTDOOR CONDITIONS |
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ALLELOCHEMICAL |
CHEMICALS EMITTED BY PLANTS THAT REPEL PESTS OR PREVENT WEED GROWTH |
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ALLOMONE |
CHEMICALS EMITTED BY PLANTS OR ANIMALS THAT ALLOW COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERING SPECIES AND ARE USUALLY OF BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL SENDING THE SIGNAL |
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ANNUAL |
HERBACEOUS PLANT THAT COMPLETES ITS LIFE CYCLE IN ONE GROWING SEASON. SEEDS GERMINATE, SEEDLINGS GROW, BLOOM, ARE POLLINATED AND SET SEED USUALLY IN A PERIOD OF WEEKS TO A FEW MONTHS |
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COOL-SEASON CROP |
CROP THAT THRIVES UNDER COOLER TEMPERATURES. SEEDS USUALLY GERMINATE BETTER IN COOL SOILS, AND PLANTS MAY BOLT (GO TO SEED) WHEN TEMPERATURES BECOME HOT. |
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COMPANION PLANTING |
THE PRACTICE OF PLANTING SPECIES TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY OF ONE OF THEM TO REPEL PESTS OFF ANOTHER ONE |
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BIENNIAL |
PLANT REQUIRES 2 GROWING SEASONS TO COMPLETE GROWTH; THE 1ST YEAR SEEDS GERMINATE & THE PLANT GROWS VEGETATIVELY, OFTEN A BASAL ROSETTE OF LEAVES. ABOVE GROUND VEGETATION DIES BACK IN WINTER BUT ROOTS PERSIST, NEW GROWTH EMERGES THE FOLLOWING GROWING SEASON, BLOOMING THE 2ND SEASON. |
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BOLT |
PROCESS OF FLOWERING IN PLANTS WITH A BASAL ROSETTE WHEREBY THE FLOWERING STEM ARISES FROM THE CENTER OF THE BASAL ROSETTE. IN VEGETABLES SUCH AS SPINACH AND LETTUCE, LEAVES BECOME BITTER AT THE ONSET OF BOLTING |
