plantlets
Tiny developing shoots
Plantlets are small or immature plants, especially those produced asexually from a parent plant.
Some species generate plantlets on leaves, stems, or runners that can root independently: Spider plants produce plantlets on long runners.
The term also applies to young plants grown from tissue culture in laboratory settings.
Growing cells in controlled media
- cuttingsSnipped portions for growing
- cloningMaking identical copies
- offsetsCounteracts to balance
- runnersThose who race on foot
bulblets · rhizomes · layering · suckers · meristem · callus · in vitro · rooting hormone
New plant emergence
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
- radicleEmbryonic plant root
- plumuleEmbryonic plant shoot
shoots · buds · development · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · leaves · roots · maturation
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- pottingPlacing in soil vessels
- traysFlat serving surfaces
domes · humidity · perlite · vermiculite · peat · rooting · hardening off · transplanting
Moving living growth elsewhere
- soilGround matter for planting
- wateringSupplying with moisture
- thinningReducing density or number
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
potting · trowel · cultivation · raised beds · containers · windowsill · houseplants · repotting
tissue culture
Growing cells in controlled media
runners · bulblets · rhizomes · layering · suckers · meristem · callus · in vitro · rooting hormone · adventitious
sprout
New plant emergence
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
- radicleEmbryonic plant root
plumule · shoots · buds · development · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · leaves · roots · maturation · emergence
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- pottingPlacing in soil vessels
trays · domes · humidity · perlite · vermiculite · peat · rooting · hardening off · transplanting · bedding
transplanting
Moving living growth elsewhere
spacing · potting · trowel · cultivation · raised beds · containers · windowsill · houseplants · repotting · dibber
- propagationcloning, seed starting, grafting, cuttings, seedlings
- propagulesseeds, seed, spores, spore, bulbs
- cell culturecell culture, cell lines, tissue culture, culture plate, culture dish