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Revert
To return to normal, as when a variegated plant starts producing plain green leaves. To return to an earlier state or condition.
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Pseudo-bulb
The fleshy, bulb-like stem found on many orchids.
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Pruning
The art of cutting off parts of a plant to encourage more of the sort of growth the gardener desires, or to maintain a compact habit of growth.
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Pinch out
The operation of removing the tip of a growing shoot, usually with the fingers, to encourage lateral shoots to grow and make the plant bushier. The operation of removing the tip of a growing shoot, usually with the fingers, to encourage lateral shoots to grow and make the plant bushier.
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Organic matter
Matenal derived from things that were once alive, such as manure and compost, and which breaks down to form humus. The addition of organic matter improves the structure and fertility of any soil. Material derived from things that were once alive, such as manure and compost, and which breaks down to form humus. The addition…
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Neutral
Neither acid nor alkaline, that is having a pH of 7.
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Moss
A large group of species of primitive non-flowering plants which need moist soil to grow. Most are of very diminutive stature; some are cultivated as ground cover. A large group of primitive non-flowering plants which normally grow on moist soil or rocks. Most are of very diminutive stature; some are occasionally cultivated as ground cover,…
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Marginal plant
One which in the wild grows in the swampy margins of ponds or lakes, and which can be cultivated in similar positions around a garden pond, such as Iris ensata Most don’t mmd having their roots submerged for at least part of the year. One which in the wild grows in the swampy margins of…
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Manure
The dung of animals, used as fertilizer. Like all materials of organic origin it adds humus to the soil. The dung of animals, used as fertilizer. Like all materials of organic origin it adds humus to the soil but may also be a rich source of nitrogen and sometimes phosphorus, depending on which animal it…
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Lime
A compound of calcium added to soil to make it more alkaline, and also to improve the structure of clay soil; a tropical fruit of the genus Citrus; deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, also known as lindens. Compounds of calcium (principally calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide) added to soil to make it more alkaline,…
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