growing crop
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowingandcrop
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growing
adjective
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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crop
noun
uk/krɒp/us/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This can be agrowingcropor dead mulch.
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From that moment it became absolutely illegal to advance money, either upon the land or upon thegrowingcrop.
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It can be controlled by seed treatment and by spraying thegrowingcrop.
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Agrowingcropwould interfere with the experiments to be carried out there in the near future.
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They are given specifications for each crop, the approved seed supplier, how to treat thegrowingcropand the method and timing of harvest.
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The less interference with thisgrowingcropthe better.
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He has said that it is a new and fastgrowingcrop, of the brassica family.
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Many people are reluctant to walk firmly across a field containing agrowingcropeven where they have a perfect right to do so.
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It is a very slowgrowingcrop, but unless we keep on planting it we shall not see any stocks and, eventually, our country will be entirely devoid of it.
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So when the sheep lamb, the grass is then ready to come away and grow and the sheep can go out to a goodgrowingcropof grass.
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Perhaps he would tell us whether in his opinion the words he suggests would enable agrowingcropto have its remnants at any rate saved from rabbits.
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There is no other quickgrowingcropto which a new settler can look forward with certainty for an income, week by week throughout the year.
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It is fine if it is an ordinary grass field; it is not so good if it is agrowingcropwhich has just been sprayed.
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Agrowingcropmay be in existence, but when it is dealt with on a futures market, one does not actually receive delivery of the goods.
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It is a slowgrowingcropwhich can take up to 15 years to mature.
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All other commonly used sowing methods of cropping rely on eliminating some or all of the plant and animals present to create an advantage for thegrowingcrop.
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To be effective as a fertilizer, it is essential that the plant nutrients are released or made available in a manner that matches the needs of thegrowingcrop.
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Growing crops without herbicides reduces selection pressure for resistance as well as input costs.
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