Agricultural Techniques

noun a small looped braid or edging used as a decorative trim on clothing or household linens

• The picot stitch is commonly used in sewing to create a decorative edge.
• I love adding a picot trim to my handmade scarves.
• Check out this cute top with picot detailing!
• Her words had a picot-like precision, cutting through the confusion to reveal the truth.

noun the act of propagating or spreading something

verb to spread or promote widely

• It is important to propagate accurate information to avoid misunderstandings.
• Make sure to spread the word about the event to everyone you know.
• Let's get the word out and make sure everyone hears about it!
• The seeds of kindness you plant will propagate and grow into a beautiful garden of goodwill.

noun a form of alternative medicine that claims disease can be diagnosed and treated with a kind of energy similar to radio waves

• Radionics is a form of alternative medicine that claims disease can be diagnosed and treated with a kind of energy similar to radio waves.
• I've heard about radionics, it's like using energy to heal or diagnose illnesses.
• Radionics is that weird energy thing people talk about to heal themselves, right?
• In a way, radionics is like tuning into the right frequency to bring about healing and balance in the body.

noun a method of planting seeds by encasing them in a mixture of clay and compost, often used for guerrilla gardening to beautify urban spaces

• The practice of seed bombing involves dispersing seeds in a specific area to promote vegetation growth.
• Let's go seed bombing in that empty lot down the street to make it look nicer.
• Seed bombing is a cool way to guerrilla garden and beautify urban spaces.
• Her words were like seed bombing, planting ideas in our minds that would grow and flourish over time.

noun a bud that arises in an unusual place, such as on a stem, root, or leaf, rather than in the usual location of a leaf axil

• An adventitious bud is a plant structure that forms in an unusual location, such as on the stem or roots.
• Did you know that an adventitious bud can sprout on a plant's stem if it's damaged?
• If you see a weird bud growing where it shouldn't be, that's probably an adventitious bud.
• Sometimes, new ideas can pop up in our minds like adventitious buds, unexpectedly and out of place.

noun a method of growing plants without soil, using nutrient mist in the air

adjective describing the method of aeroponic plant cultivation

adverb relating to or using the method of growing plants without soil, using nutrient mist in the air

• The plants were grown aeroponically in a controlled environment.
• I heard they're growing vegetables aeroponically at the new farm.
• Check out those veggies growing aeroponically, pretty cool, huh?
• Her ideas seemed to sprout aeroponically, flourishing in the fertile soil of innovation.

verb to undergo a period of ripening or maturation after being harvested or picked

• The seeds need to undergo a period of afterripening before they can germinate.
• I learned that afterripening is necessary for the seeds to sprout.
• Yo, did you know these seeds gotta chill out and afterripen before they can grow?
• Just like how ideas need time to afterripen before they can fully develop.