Glossary
Gardening and self-reliance glossary
- Mulchমালচ
- A layer of straw, leaves or chips laid on soil; holds moisture and suppresses weeds.
- Compostকম্পোস্ট
- Dark, crumbly fertiliser made from rotted organic waste.
- Loamদোআঁশ মাটি
- A balanced mix of sand, silt and clay; ideal for most vegetables.
- Drainageনিষ্কাশন
- How readily excess water drains away.
- Bedবেড
- A defined plot or raised structure for growing.
- Trellisমাচা
- A bamboo-and-string frame for climbing plants.
- Seedbedবীজতলা
- A small area or tray for raising seedlings.
- Transplantingচারা রোপণ
- Moving seedlings from seedbed to final bed.
- Thinningপাতলা করা
- Removing excess seedlings to leave the strongest.
- Open-pollinatedমুক্ত-পরাগায়িত
- Naturally pollinated varieties; saved seed comes true.
- Hybrid (F1)হাইব্রিড (এফ১)
- A cross of two varieties; saved seed does not repeat its traits.
- Pollinationপরাগায়ন
- Transfer of pollen so a flower can set fruit and seed.
- Suckerসাকার
- Side shoot in a tomato’s leaf joint.
- Crop rotationফসল-বদল
- Growing a different plant family in a bed each season.
- Green manureসবুজ সার
- A crop dug in to feed the soil (e.g. sunn hemp).
- Vermicompostভার্মিকম্পোস্ট
- Organic fertiliser made by worms.
- Organic matterজৈব পদার্থ
- Decomposing plant and animal material that improves soil.
- Drip irrigationফোঁটা সেচ
- Delivering water slowly at the plant’s base.
- Arsenic testআর্সেনিক পরীক্ষা
- Testing tubewell water for arsenic.
- Shoot borerডগা ছিদ্রকারী
- Pest that bores into brinjal shoots and fruit.
- Fungusছত্রাক
- A cause of plant disease, spread by damp weather.
- Nor’westerকালবৈশাখী
- Sudden storms in the pre-monsoon months.
- Solar dryerসোলার ড্রায়ার
- A box that dries food with sunlight.
- Charge controllerচার্জ কন্ট্রোলার
- Device regulating charge from panel to battery.