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Chlorpropham or CIPC is a plant growth regulator and herbicide used as a sprout suppressant for grass weeds, alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane fruit, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock.
By staggering sowings, a constant supply of young sprouts can be ensured. Any vessel used for sprouting must allow water to drain from it, because sprouts that sit in water will rot quickly. The seeds swell, may stick to the sides of the jar, and begin germinating within a day or two. Another sprouting technique is to use a pulse drip method.
Alfalfa is a perennial forage legume which normally lives four to eight years, but can live more than 20 years, depending on variety and climate. [4] The plant grows to a height of up to 1 metre (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet), and has a deep root system, sometimes growing to a depth of more than 15 m (49 ft) to reach groundwater. Typically the root system ...
A seed pot used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs Germination glass (glass sprouter jar) with a plastic sieve-lid Brassica campestris germinating seeds Time-lapse video of mung bean seeds germinating. Germination is usually the growth of a plant contained within a seed resulting in the formation of the seedling.
Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico.
Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae. [1] It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.
Broccoli sprouts are available in health foods stores and some grocery stores in most of the developed world and other countries. Broccoli seeds are available for home growing. One can sprout broccoli seeds using a jar [4] or a commercial sprouting kit. Broccoli sprout powders and capsules are also available.
Bacterial sprout rot Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. chrysanthemi: Bacterial stem blight Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola = P. medicaginis: Bacterial wilt Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus = Corynebacterium insidiosum: Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Crown and root rot complex Pseudomonas viridiflava: Dwarf Xylella fastidiosa