GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
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- frost
- 1. A covering of minute ice crystals on a cold surface. 2. The temperature low enough for this to occur. See also: hard frost, light frost.
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- frost resistance
- The capacity for survival of a plant when ice crystals form in the cells. See also: hardening.
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- frostless season (alt. frost free days)
- The time between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.
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- hard frost
- A frost where both the air and the soil has dropped below freezing. Many plants can survive a light frost but cannot survive a hard frost.
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- heave (n. heaving, syn. frost heave)
- Alternate freezing and thawing of soil causing a plant to be pushed upward and often exposing its roots to damage.
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- light frost
- A frost where the air has dropped below freezing but the ground has not. Many plants can survive a light frost but cannot survive a hard frost.
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