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Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or '4
scented winter plants' etc. in fact very little on plants I thought.

How'd everyone think they did?

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In article , Trevor
writes
Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or '4
scented winter plants' etc. in fact very little on plants I thought.

How'd everyone think they did?




Judging by this extract on the web

"This reduction is even greater when deficit irrigation is applied. The
analysis was conducted using the simplified optimization model mentioned
above. The results showed that a multisowing-date strategy reduced the
peak farm water-demand rate by more than 20% thus potentially allowing
a reduction in irrigation-system capacity and/or size. depletion of soil
water, soil water potential and plant water potential or canopy
temperature. For practical reasons, the most widely used indicators are
soil water content and soil water potential. However, the spatial
variability of the soil and irrigation depth gives rise to highly
variable soil water content and/or potential data when these are..."


I would hazard a guess and say sowing in succession, like lettuces when
you don't want a glut.

Janet
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In article , Trevor
writes
Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or '4
scented winter plants' etc. in fact very little on plants I thought.

How'd everyone think they did?




Judging by this extract on the web

"This reduction is even greater when deficit irrigation is applied. The
analysis was conducted using the simplified optimization model mentioned
above. The results showed that a multisowing-date strategy reduced the
peak farm water-demand rate by more than 20% thus potentially allowing
a reduction in irrigation-system capacity and/or size. depletion of soil
water, soil water potential and plant water potential or canopy
temperature. For practical reasons, the most widely used indicators are
soil water content and soil water potential. However, the spatial
variability of the soil and irrigation depth gives rise to highly variable
soil water content and/or potential data when these are..."


I would hazard a guess and say sowing in succession, like lettuces when
you don't want a glut.




One of the other questions in the same overall question was to describe
'successional sowing' !

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Trevor wrote:
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In article ,
Trevor writes
Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or
'4 scented winter plants' etc. in fact very little on plants I
thought.

How'd everyone think they did?




Judging by this extract on the web

"This reduction is even greater when deficit irrigation is applied.
The analysis was conducted using the simplified optimization model
mentioned above. The results showed that a multisowing-date strategy
reduced the peak farm water-demand rate by more than 20% thus
potentially allowing
a reduction in irrigation-system capacity and/or size. depletion of
soil water, soil water potential and plant water potential or canopy
temperature. For practical reasons, the most widely used indicators
are soil water content and soil water potential. However, the spatial
variability of the soil and irrigation depth gives rise to highly
variable soil water content and/or potential data when these are..."


I would hazard a guess and say sowing in succession, like lettuces
when you don't want a glut.




One of the other questions in the same overall question was to
describe 'successional sowing' !

The passage quoted is a pretty good example of techno-turbidity:
positively caliginous. The RHS could have had it put into English before
hitting students with it.

--
Mike.

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In article , Mike Lyle
writes
Judging by this extract on the web

"This reduction is even greater when deficit irrigation is applied.
The analysis was conducted using the simplified optimization model
mentioned above. The results showed that a multisowing-date strategy
reduced the peak farm water-demand rate by more than 20% thus
potentially allowing
a reduction in irrigation-system capacity and/or size. depletion of
soil water, soil water potential and plant water potential or canopy
temperature. For practical reasons, the most widely used indicators
are soil water content and soil water potential. However, the spatial
variability of the soil and irrigation depth gives rise to highly
variable soil water content and/or potential data when these are..."


I would hazard a guess and say sowing in succession, like lettuces
when you don't want a glut.




One of the other questions in the same overall question was to
describe 'successional sowing' !

The passage quoted is a pretty good example of techno-turbidity:
positively caliginous. The RHS could have had it put into English before
hitting students with it.


No Mike ! I searched for multi sowing and a pdf came up about
agriculture in Africa, this was a small extract from it!
I was trying to be helpful :)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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Janet Baraclough wrote:
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The passage quoted is a pretty good example of techno-turbidity:
positively caliginous. The RHS could have had it put into English
before hitting students with it.

"Please read all pages of the exam paper carefully before
attempting to answer any questions." :-)

Chuckle AKA "RTFQ".

The passage quoted is what a google search on multisowing turned
up.
It wasn't written by the RHS.

Ah: a relief. My mistake, though I don't think you said at the time!

--
Mike.

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Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

Google search on "multisown" is quite helpful.

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or '4
scented winter plants' etc.

Oh dear.

How'd everyone think they did?

How do you think you did?

Janet

I'll let you know in June!

What about 'define senescence'?? That had us all squeaking up here (those sitting in Edinburgh). I've looked it up and I'm still no wiser. From comments it seems that no course can hope to cover all the random stuff the RHS has to choose from.

I mean, what was that one about the organisation for protecting plant diversity about? I'd never heard of them!

Gutted I didn't get the chance to use all the other stuff I'd learned too. Hard to see when knowing the definitions of meosis and mitosis will come into general conversation. Although I'm delighted I memorised the defenition of parathenocarpy.

Does anyone know what the passmark is? So I can count up all the ones I just guessed at and know roughly what to expect...

Bob

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Trevor wrote:
Anyone know what the definition of multisowing is?

No 'Name 4 plants for winter interest', '5 plants for dry shade' or '4
scented winter plants' etc. in fact very little on plants I thought.
How'd everyone think they did?

Everyone?! It has always been you and me in this forum taking it ...
but when I mentioned it, I was told I was 'boasting'. You can get away
with it, it seems.

I was really surprised how easy it all was. Got happier and happier at
the second paper -choose the glasshouse (so that I could do a drawing
of the photosynthesis and respiration/transpiration ... I love
drawing). I choose the containers and the veg crop questions with the
multi sowing! I hope you're happy with yourself. I got a bit taken back
by pharthenocarpy and pheno/genotype and suddenly it all went back to
me. Phew!

Good luck with all you wish to do with it. I'm now taking on
landscape/garden design so that I can put my environmental
art/gardening skills to design. Hoping I'll fit it in during day
classes as evening classes really was difficult with the kids missing
me etc. and on winter days it was frankly depressing. My tutor hoped
I'll do the Advance - but not *that* inclined, really ;o)

So it's goodbye to those of you who I have trully enjoyed talking to.
Thanks for the advices Nick and Mike. See you around June, Cath, Jenny,
in Tayac no doubt. Merci Jaques for the laughs and the seeds (doing
well - and the honesty are being dispersed around the neighbourhood).
Good luck Mel with that new plot. Apologies all around for the
nonsense. But as Mike once said 'elle a du chien' - too right I have.

Cheers.



So what did you say multisowing was?

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In article , undergroundbob
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What about 'define senescence'?? That had us all squeaking up here
(those sitting in Edinburgh). I've looked it up and I'm still no
wiser.



Did you see this bit?

"This is a term that many biogerontologists have used for a very long
time, and informally what they mean by it is the progressive loss of
physical robustness that happens with time. But because of the linkage
between aging and death, they have also been able to give "senescence" a
formal, mathematical definition -- the progressive increase in an
organism's likelihood to die soon. "



I would have said that meant a 'life span' of something such as long
lived trees or short lived perennials. No?

janet
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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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.. I'm now taking on
landscape/garden design

I am certain you will do for horticulture what the atom bomb did for
Hiroshima.

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In article , K
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undergroundbob writes


I mean, what was that one about the organisation for protecting plant
diversity about? I'd never heard of them!

Which was that? Plantlife?




Nccpg?
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. I'm now taking on
landscape/garden design

I am certain you will do for horticulture what the atom bomb did for
Hiroshima.


Was there any need for that?
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June Hughes

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. I'm now taking on
landscape/garden design

I am certain you will do for horticulture what the atom bomb did for
Hiroshima.


Was there any need for that?
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June Hughes

I agree. It wasn't very sporting using that bomb.

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. I'm now taking on
landscape/garden design

I am certain you will do for horticulture what the atom bomb did for
Hiroshima.


Was there any need for that?
--
June Hughes

I agree. It wasn't very sporting using that bomb.


Well, we were trying to get things back to some semblance of civility.
Never mind. Takes all sorts.
--
June Hughes

Sorry June-I do have a warped sense of humour which often gets me into deep
trouble. I *will* try harder.