seedbed
Where seeds start
A seedbed is a prepared area of soil where seeds are planted to germinate before transplanting.
The term extends to any environment that nurtures early development: The university became a seedbed for radical ideas.
Conditions that foster growth of something—good or bad—are often called seedbeds: Poverty is a seedbed of crime.
Fertile soil mixture
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
vermiculite · perlite · substrate · drainage · friable · amended · sterilized · aeration
Point of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- commencementAct of starting
- dawnDay's first glow
- outsetInitial point of something
foundation · infancy · threshold · initiation · launch · inauguration · onset · birth
Placing seeds in earth
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- propagationAct of spreading widely
transplanting · hoeing · irrigating · fertilizing · weeding · mulching · trenching · composting
Attentive regard for others
- growthIncrease in size
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- nourishingPromoting health through food
- tendingCaring for or inclining
fostering · rearing · maturation · protection · cultivation · environment · conditions · moisture
loam
Fertile soil mixture
peat · vermiculite · perlite · substrate · drainage · friable · amended · sterilized · aeration
genesis
Point of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- commencementAct of starting
- dawnDay's first glow
outset · foundation · infancy · threshold · initiation · launch · inauguration · onset · birth · incipience
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
propagation · transplanting · hoeing · irrigating · fertilizing · weeding · mulching · trenching · composting · hotbed
care
Attentive regard for others
- growthIncrease in size
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- nourishingPromoting health through food
tending · fostering · rearing · maturation · protection · cultivation · environment · conditions · moisture · warmth
- farmlandfarms, farm, fields, field, barns
- garden plotsvegetable garden, vegetable patch, garden plot, kitchen garden, herb garden
- plantingplanting, germination, sprout, sprouting, transplanting
- cultivationplanting, propagation, grafting, cuttings, transplanting
- planting termssowing, transplanting, germination, planting depth, propagation
- rice farmingpaddy field, rice paddy, paddies, flooded field, rice cultivation
seedbedgrave
Serious and worrying
deathbed · death · graveyard · wasteland · killing field
seedbedwasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
dead soil · wilderness · fallow land · hardpan · desert