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Hi it's Ash, I haven't posted in a while as I have been busy at the garden center. My work colleague has given me a list of terms to look up on google to learn. Here is the list,
What is a tuber? What is a bulb? What is a corm? What is a seed? How do plants grow? What is botany? What do plant hormones do? I googled what is a bulb, but it doesn't give me a straight answer without getting technical. I want to learn but i find it takes the wind out of my sails when I'm looking for a simple straight answer and all i get is the complicated definitions. Are there simple definitions out there, any websites?
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Hi Ash, I just did a little experiment
If you Google 'Plant tuber definition' a short answer comes up courtesy of Wikipedia
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=plant+tuber+definition&oq=plant+&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j69i61j69i60l2j0j35i39.11459j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I should think that would work for most of those headings as long as you put the right thing into the search. Like 'plant bulb definition', etc.
In the sticks near Peterborough
It might help if you imagine you're explaining to a child ... keep it simple and limit the number of words you use
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have a scroll through these sites ... I think they cover most of the basics in a pretty understandable way
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/glossary-of-gardening-terms
https://rampages.us/gardens/garden-terms-for-kids/
http://www.bachmans.com/Garden-Care/divHomePage.html?cnb=GardenCare&categoryCode=02&pageIndex=_pageIndexToken_basicGardeningTerms
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/gardening-terms-for-beginners#b
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/Beginners-Guide/Glossary
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Is this definition right for a bulb? An underground storage organ that provides food for the plant when it dies back during winter. Can you word it better but not too complicated, or can you shorten my answer or is it fine?
That's good, if you can add that it's formed from modified leaves, even better. The food is created by the leaves after flowering, which is why you feed them at that time and don't cut the leaves off. You don't have to say all that but it helps with remembering.
If you cut open a bulb, an onion say, don't need to take one from the garden, you can see the resemblance to leaves, folded round. Not green because in the dark.
Last edited: 04 August 2017 10:21:22
In the sticks near Peterborough
The RHS books, "Botany for Gardeners " by Geoff Hodge is available from a number of booksellers and would be a good start.
Leave out the winter bit as some flowers emerge from the bulb in winter. eg. daffodils.