Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Root bound: A condition that exists when a potted plant has outgrown
its container.
Roots: The colorless underground, part of a vascular plant which
serves to anchor it and convey nourishment.
Rot: Rot is the disintegration, discoloration, and decomposition of
plant tissue.
Rust: Rust is a plant disease that gives a "rusty" appearance to an
infected surface of the plant.
Sativa: A species of cannabis plant.
Scorch: Scorch is the burning or drying and browning of leaf margins.
Usually caused by overfeeding.
Senescent: The growing old and dying back of plant tissue.
Sepal: Can mean a leaf or segment of the calyx.
Serrated: Having jagged edges.
Sinsemilla: Refers to non-pollinated female cannabis plants.
Skuff: Sifted resin from the cannabis plant.
Skunk: An old strain of cannabis that has a strong smell and sour
taste.
Spliff: A term used to describe a cannabis cigarette.
Staking: The practice of driving a stake into the ground next to, and as
a support for, a plant.
Stamen: The male organ of the flower that bears pollen.
Stash: A personal amount of cannabis.
Stigma: The receptive part of the pistil.
Stipule: Appendage at base of leaf stalk, often leaf or scale-like.
Stoma: An organ in the leaves of plants. The stomata allow the plant
to breathe.
Stout: Thick and sturdy.
Substrate: Refers to the growing medium.
