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| Scarification | Scratching or nicking of a seed's shell to facilitate germination.
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| Scion | A short length of stem, taken from one plant which is then grafted onto the rootstock of another plant.
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| Shrub | A deciduous or evergreen plant with woody stems that's usually less than 15 feet tall at maturity.
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| Side Dress | To apply fertilizer in a circle or band around plants or rows of plants.
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| Single Flower | A flower having only a minimum number of petals for that variety of plant.
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| Slow Food | a movement originating in Italy that emphasizes the local and regional production of food, especially focusing on the many traditions of food present throughout the world.
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| Slow Gardening | Slow Gardening is a method of gardening that focuses on the compatibility between the gardener and his/her garden. It is about building a garden around how you want to garden, taking into account personality, available time, location, climate, etc.
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| Soil Conservation | The practices of planting and organizing a garden in ways that greatly reduce the erosion of soils. These practices include cover crops, crop rotations, and planning more permanently, for example increasing the number of perennials in a garden.
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| Soil Ph | Basically, pH is a measure of the amount of lime (calcium) contained in your soil. A soil with a pH lower than 7.0 is an acid soil, a soil pH higher than 7.0 is alkaline soil. Soil pH can be tested with an inexpensive test kit.
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| Soil Test | A measurement of major nutrient (phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen) and pH levels in the soil.
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| Sphagnum | A bog moss which is collected and composted. Most peat moss is composed primarily of sphagnum moss. This moss is also packaged and sold in a fresh state, and used for lining hanging baskets and air layering.
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| Spore | Spores are the reproductive cell structure of ferns, fungi and mosses. Fern spores develop inside small green capsules on the underside of the fronds, called sporangia.?These types of plants do not form flowers nor produce seeds.
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| Square Foot Gardening | An intensive gardening method that uses plots measuring 4 x feet (16 SF) that is further subdivided into one-foot squares and planted with vegetables. Soaker Hose-a rubber hose perforated with numerous holes and used to irrigate gardens by allowing water to seep into the soil. T
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| Staking | The practice of driving a stake into the ground next to, and as a support for a plant. When attaching the plant to the stake, be sure that it is tied loosely so it doesn't strangle the stem. When staking a potted plant, the stake should be set into the planter before the plant is added.
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| Standard | A plant that's trained, through pruning or staking, to the form of a tree.
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