seed bed
Prepared planting ground
A seed bed is a plot of soil prepared for planting seeds, with conditions optimized for germination—loose earth, proper drainage, adequate moisture.
The term extends figuratively to any environment conducive to growth or development: The university became a seed bed for radical ideas.
Also spelled as one word: seedbed.
- plant nurseryBusiness growing young vegetation
- nurseryRoom for infants
- potting soilBlended substrate for containers
- soilGround matter for planting
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
planting · furrow · compost · sprout · mulch · fertile · garden · tillage · propagation · loam · cultivation · greenhouse · sow · spring planting · potting · cold frame · humus · topsoil
- garden plotsvegetable garden, vegetable patch, garden plot, kitchen garden, herb garden
- plantingplanting, germination, sprout, sprouting, transplanting
- garden beds
- shellfish bedsoyster reef
cultivation purpose
seed bedwasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
barren soil · wilderness · hardpan · concrete