noun
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Ground prepared for the planting of seeds.
definition
A place conducive to development and attainment.
example
Paris was a seedbed of artistic creation in the 1920s.
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Examples of seedbed in a Sentence
Maize fields will normally be plowed followed by seedbed preparation leaving a reasonably fine surface tilth at least 7.5cm (3 inches) deep.
Once the winter wheat matures and ripens in early summer, it must be harvested quickly and the seedbed prepared to plant the corn.
Printed in Eastern Daily Press February 9th 2002 A new approach to seedbed preparation has been a great success on a Norfolk farm.
This is useful where the stale seedbed technique has been used.
Gardeners talk about tilth or seedbed conditions meaning that they need a suitably fine soil in which to plant their seeds.
In contrast, a mere 10% had both adequate seedbed moisture and more than 10mm of rain within a month of sowing.
The monks lived a very ascetic life and their monastery became a seedbed of saints.
To prepare the seedbed, first be sure it is completely weed free and clean.
Asparagus doesn't like to compete with other things in the seedbed.
Our first cabbages are ready to plant and the soil is dry enough to get a perfect seedbed.
In spring cereals, allowing time for a stale seedbed helps to reduce weed numbers in the growing crop.
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) Annual Chervil does not like being transplanted so it is best to sow direct in to a prepared seedbed.
In the spring the land should be worked to a fine, moist seedbed.
Early harrowing of fields being prepared for root crops will induce charlock germination allowing the mechanical destruction of seedlings during subsequent seedbed preparations.
The stubble from the previous crop has to be plowed into the ground and then the land is worked to create a good seedbed.
Good soil management practices are important to provide the best possible seedbed in which to plant a crop.
Found this better than using a stale seedbed on this light land.