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Ohio Master Gardener Online Manual - GLOSSARY
... - to acclimate a plant to harsher conditions. Hardiness - the ability to withstand harsh environmental conditions. Hardpan - a hard, compacted, often clayey layer of soil through which roots cannot grow. Hardwood ... generations involving the exchange of chromosomes from both a male and female parent. Sharp sand - a coarse sand used in building. Short-day plant - a plant that requires a night longer ...
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SOIL AND FERTILIZER
... the addition of various amendments, such as fertilizer, peat moss, compost, manures, worms, INOCULANTS, SHARP SAND, lime, "green manures" or COVER CROPS, mulches and SEWAGE SLUDGE*. Humus, peat moss, sludge, manures ... soil a deep-rooted cover crop allowed to grow for a season in hard soil (HARDPAN) greatly improves the soil's tilth Notice that green manures do not necessarily add nutrients ...
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