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BARE ROOT SEEDLING [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
DEF

Stock whose roots are exposed at the time of planting (as opposed to container or plug seedlings).

OBS

Seedlings are grown in nursery seedbeds and lifted from the soil in which they are grown to be planted in the field.

OBS

In bare-root nurseries, seedlings are grown in exposed seedbeds under specialized farming practices, removed from the soil, and shipped to the planting site with roots bare.

Key term(s)
  • bare-rooted seedling
  • barerooted seedling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Pépinières
DEF

Semis dont les racines ont été dégagées du sol.

CONT

[...] on considère que les semis produits dans des contenants sont moins exposés que les semis à racines nues lors du transport et de la plantation.

Spanish

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