GLOSSARY - Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Growing in Small Spaces - page 105

Successional Sowing Method of sowing crops at intervals, usu-

ally every fortnight or three weeks, to
provide crops ready to harvest over a period
rather than in one go.

Tender Describes a plant which is not tolerant of

frosts or even cold weather in the area in
which it is being grown. Typically requiring
a greenhouse or coldframe.

Thinning, Thin Out Removal of seedlings or small plants to per-

mit others space to develop to their full po-
tential. Because seeds may not all germin-
ate, we sow more than required then thin out
to the required spacing.

Transplant To re-plant, usually, into final cropping pos-

ition.

Truss Used mostly with tomatoes to refer to the

cluster of fruits on a stem. Vine tomatoes in
a shop are more properly called a truss of
tomatoes.

Tuber The thickened portion of a root such as the

actual potato in a potato plant.

Underplanting Planting a low growing plant under a tall

growing plant, such as strawberries around
the base of an apple tree, thereby maximiz-
ing use of space.

Volunteer A plant growing in the wrong place after

self-seeding or re-growth of a missed tuber
when lifting (main culprits are potatoes and
Jerusalem artichokes).

White Rot A serious disease of onion, shallot, leek,

garlic and chives. It is soil-borne, very per-