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catch crop
noun
- a crop that reaches maturity in a relatively short time, often planted as a substitute for a crop that has failed or at a time when the ground would ordinarily lie fallow, as between the plantings of two staple crops.
catch crop
noun
- a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- catch顎 crop顎卲ing noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of catch crop1
Example Sentences
Catch crops Planting a quick-to-mature crop between rows, or interspersed with plantings that take longer to grow, is another twist on succession planting, called a catch crop.
In this connection it is perhaps well to state that in Java robusta coffee is very frequently planted as a 鈥渃atch crop鈥 in the Hevea rubber plantations.
On some plantations it has become the practise to grow catch crops between the rows of coffee trees, both as a means of obtaining additional revenue and to shade the young coffee plants.
The name "catch crop" has been applied to such a crop.
Oats.鈥擶hen a fall growth is wanted for the soil, and it is preferred that the plants be dead in the spring, oats make a good catch crop.
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