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Define Horticulture - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 24th Apr, 2010 - 12:36am
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Post Date: 19th Jan, 2007 - 2:11pm / Post ID: #
Define Horticulture
Define Horticulture
How would a person Define Horticulture? Is it he same as Agriculture?
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Horticulture Define
Horticulture is defined as raising and cultivating a garden. Agriculture refers to the practice of farming the land, but the definition also includes horticulture. Generally it's thought of as the difference in gardening a plot with several varieties of plants to eat, versus working a much larger piece of land with only one or two crops to sell.
Post Date: 9th Mar, 2009 - 12:12am / Post ID: #
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Name: Remco
Comments: The previous poster is right in so far as what horticulture used to be. These days horticulture refers to a commercial activity and the following is the accepted definition (taken from Britannica);
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| Branch of agriculture concerned with the cultivation of garden plants - generally fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamentals such as plants used for landscaping (see landscape gardening). Propagation, the controlled perpetuation of plants, is the most basic horticultural practice. Its objectives are to increase the numbers of a plant and to preserve its essential characteristics. Propagation may be achieved sexually by use of seeds or asexually by use of techniques such as cutting, grafting (see graft), and tissue culture. Successful horticulture depends on extensive control of the environment, including light, water, temperature, soil structure and fertility, and pests. Two important horticultural techniques are training (changing a plant's orientation in space) and pruning (judicious removal of plant parts), used to improve the appearance or usefulness of plants. See also floriculture. |
Source 1: Britannica
Post Date: 2nd Jun, 2009 - 8:34pm / Post ID: #
Horticulture Define
Name: Anthony
Comments: Horticulture may include commercial activity but is not restricted to it. At least the definition from Britannica does not say or imply that horticulture is commercial only.
Post Date: 24th Apr, 2010 - 12:36am / Post ID: #
Horticulture Define
Name: KB
Comments: Farming with also include husbandry which is NOT part of horticulture.
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