单词 | pricking out |
释义 | > as lemmaspricking out pricking out n. Horticulture the process or practice of separating and transplanting seedlings from where they were sown to a larger container or outdoor bed; cf. prick v. 17. ΚΠ 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) xiv. 184 The pricking out the young plants is to done when they are three or four days old. 1935 A. G. L. Hellyer Pract. Gardening v. 47 Pricking out should be done as soon as it becomes necessary. 1976 Abingdon Herald 9 Dec. 5/2 A heating cable will enable you to carry on plants after pricking out. 2001 Exotic & Greenhouse Gardening June 67/3 In a shaded spot seedlings will be ready for pricking out in a month. < as lemmas |
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