plant cultivation
Tending to flora
Plant cultivation is the practice of growing plants deliberately, whether for food, ornament, medicine, or other purposes.
It encompasses preparing soil, sowing seeds, tending growing plants, and harvesting.
The term covers everything from backyard gardening to large-scale agriculture: She studied plant cultivation at the agricultural college.
Cultivation implies human intervention and care, distinguishing it from wild growth.
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- organic farmingCultivation without synthetic chemicals
- pest controlManaging unwanted organisms
- weed controlEliminating unwanted vegetation
- polycultureMulti-species crop system
crop rotation · grafting · tree planting · irrigation · water deeply · companion planting · cash crops · seedling tray · soil fertility · terracing · pruning · agroforestry · composting · landscaping · mulching · orchard · crops · growing season
- farming culturestraditional farming, traditional agriculture, indigenous farming, indigenous agriculture, farming practices
- vegetable historyheirloom varieties, ancient farming, traditional agriculture, root crops, leafy greens
- botany historyCarl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, herbarium, herbaria, botanical gardens
- ethnobotanyayahuasca, peyote, coca, coca leaf, cannabis
- nurseriesnursery, nursery stock, tree nursery, nursery pots, seedlings
- Japanese archaeologyYayoi period, burial mounds, excavation sites, ancient tombs, stone tools
plant cultivationnatural vegetation
Plants growing without human intervention
wilderness · wildland · virgin forest · fallow land · self-seeding
plant cultivationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clear-cutting · land clearing · slash and burn · uprooting · crop destruction
plant cultivationfallow land
Cropless soil regaining fertility
wasteland · desertification · desolation · urban development · industrialization