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Transplant

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

verbCommon term

In agriculture, transplant means: To move a young plant from the tray or nursery where it was raised and plant it in the field or greenhouse where it will grow to maturity.

In Turkish: şaşırtmak, fide dikmek, dikim yapmak

How it is used

Used for vegetables, tobacco, rice and trees. Growers transplant seedlings by hand or with a transplanter and watch for transplant shock. The noun is also 'transplant' (the plant) or 'transplanting' (the job).

Example sentences

  1. We transplant the pepper seedlings in late April, after the last frost.

  2. Water the field right after you transplant, to reduce stress.

Common collocations

  • transplant seedlings
  • transplant shock
  • transplanting date
  • mechanical transplanter
  • seedlingA young plant grown from seed, especially one raised in a tray or nursery before being planted out in the field or greenhouse.
  • greenhouseA building with a glass or plastic cover in which plants are grown under controlled temperature, humidity and light, often out of season.
  • growing mediumThe material in which plants grow instead of or in addition to soil, such as peat, perlite, coco peat or rockwool, used in pots, trays and greenhouse beds.
  • sowTo put seeds in or on the soil so that they will grow into plants, by hand or with a machine.
  • polytunnelA low-cost growing structure made of curved metal hoops covered with polyethylene film, used to protect crops and extend the season.

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