// *********************************************** // AUTHOR: WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET, LLC // URL: http://www.cgiscript.net // Use the script, just leave this message intact. // Download your FREE CGI/Perl Scripts today! // ( http://www.cgiscript.net/scripts.htm ) // *********************************************** function text() { }; text = new text(); number = 0; // textArray text[number++] = "acid soil:
A soil with a pH lower than 7.0 is an acid soil." text[number++] = "acre:
An area of land totaling 43,560 square feet." text[number++] = "activated charcoal:
Occasionally used to help remove herbicides from the soil" text[number++] = "aerate:
Puncturing the soil to help with water penetration." text[number++] = "air layering:
A method of plant propagation done by cutting into the bark of a plant in order to cause new roots to form." text[number++] = "alkaline soil:
Soil with a pH higher than 7.0" text[number++] = "allelopathic:
Excreting a substance that prevents other plants from growing in a plants vicinity" text[number++] = "amendments:
Things that you add to the soil in order to improve it for plant growth" text[number++] = "annual:
A plant that germinates, grows, flowers, produces seeds in a single growing season before dying." text[number++] = "anthocyanin:
Pigments in plants that make them look red to blue" text[number++] = "anti-desiccants:
A substance sprayed on evergreen leaves to help prevent water loss during the winter" text[number++] = "aquatic plants:
Plants that grow or live in water" text[number++] = "arbor day:
An organization dedicated to planting trees" text[number++] = "arboretum:
A collection of trees and shrubs that are grown for scientific or educational purposes." text[number++] = "bacillus thuringiensis:
A naturally occurring bacterial disease of insects that is often used in insecticides" text[number++] = "bare root:
Plants which have had all of the soil removed from their roots so that they may be sold or shipped" text[number++] = "bark:
The exterior of a woody stem or trunk" text[number++] = "basal leaf:
Leaf or growth from the lowest part of the stem" text[number++] = "bedding plant:
Annual plants that are good for quickly filling in flower beds." text[number++] = "bentonite:
A fine clay that was used to line ornamental ponds before plastic was widely available" text[number++] = "biennial:
A plant that only lives two years and frequently produces flowers and seed its second year." text[number++] = "bolting:
Vegetables which quickly go to flower rather than producing the food crop. Usually caused by late planting and too warm temperatures." text[number++] = "bone meal:
A soil amendment used to increase the phosphorus content of the soil" text[number++] = "bonsai:
The art of growing manually dwarf plants in containers through careful cultivation" text[number++] = "bordeaux mixture:
a combination of copper sulphate and hydrated lime used mainly to control infestations of fungus" text[number++] = "boron:
A trace mineral that helps with the absorption of other nutrients and with germination" text[number++] = "botanical name:
The set universally used scientific name for a plant" text[number++] = "bottom heat:
Heat supplied to the underside of a container in which a plant is growing" text[number++] = "bract:
A modified or specialized leaf growing just below a flower" text[number++] = "broadcast seeding:
Scattering seeds in a random pattern across a large area." text[number++] = "bud:
Early stages of development of a flower or plant growth." text[number++] = "bulb:
A plant whose complete life cycle is stored in an underground structure" text[number++] = "butterfly gardening:
Growing plants that will attract butterflies" text[number++] = "calcium:
A mineral used to amend soil so as to provided a needed nutrient to the plants growing there" text[number++] = "cambium:
The thin membrane located between the bark and stem of a plant." text[number++] = "carotene:
A pigment in plants that causes them to look yellow" text[number++] = "catkin:
Slender, cylindrical flower clusters" text[number++] = "chlorophyll:
A pigment in plants that causes them to look green. When present, it usually masks all other pigments." text[number++] = "clay soil:
Soil that has a high clay content" text[number++] = "cocoa bean hulls:
A type of mulch made up of the coverings of Cocoa Beans" text[number++] = "coffee grounds:
An organic soil amendment that is used to raise the Ph of the soil" text[number++] = "cold frame:
An unheated, usually small enclosure that is covered with glass or plastic, used to overwinter semi-hardy plants or to harden off young plants" text[number++] = "companion planting:
Planting two different kinds of plants close to each other with the idea that each plant will benefit the other" text[number++] = "complete fertilizer:
A fertilizer that contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium." text[number++] = "complete flowers:
A flower that has sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils" text[number++] = "compost:
A soil amendment created from the decomposed organic matter." text[number++] = "composting:
Taking organic matter and letting it decompose in order to make a soil amendment" text[number++] = "conifer:
A cone bearing tree with needle shaped leaves." text[number++] = "container gardening:
Using containers such as flower pots, buckets and tubs to grow plants rather than planting the plants directly into the ground." text[number++] = "corm:
A thickened stem like structure which grows underground and produces roots, leaves and flowers during the growing season." text[number++] = "cover crop:
A crop, usually grass based, which is planted in fallow ground to control weeds, prevent erosion and add humus to the soil later" text[number++] = "crown:
The point just above or below the soil where a plant's roots and top join" text[number++] = "cultivars:
A variation of a particular species of plant." text[number++] = "cutting:
A piece of a plant's leaf, stem or root which can be used to propagate the plant." text[number++] = "cutting back:
Removing part of a plant in order to correct the size of the plant or to encourage new growth and blooming" text[number++] = "damping down:
A method where the area, normally a greenhouse, is sprayed down with water in order to increase humidity and lower the air temperature" text[number++] = "damping off:
When plants, normally seedlings, rot due to over watering or improper watering practices." text[number++] = "dead head:
Pinching off used or dead blooms to prevent them from setting seed and encourage further blooming" text[number++] = "deciduous:
A plant that loses and regrows its leaves naturally during the course of the year" text[number++] = "determinate:
A plant that only produces blossom on active growth branches and stop growing when the plant had set fruit." text[number++] = "dethatch:
Removing dead grass and debris that builds up beneath lawn grasses." text[number++] = "dibble stick:
A pointed tool for making holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or young plants." // keep adding items here... increment = Math.floor(Math.random() * number); document.write(text[increment]);