wol
English translation: mineral wool
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| Dutch to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany / Fungicide | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ruchira Raychaudhuri Belgium Local time: 07:54 | ||||||
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| 4 | mineral wool |
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| wol => fluff? cotton wool? |
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| Nederlands-Engels Woordenboek voor Landbouwwetenschappen [Huitenga] |
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mineral wool Explanation: Mineral wool as a growing medium Mineral wool or rock wool (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_wool) is used as a growing medium in horticulture. https://edepot.wur.nl/507927: a lot of references to steenwol, minerale wol etc. used in cultivation https://www.canna-uk.com/characteristics_of_rockwool (& many other online sources): "Rock wool is a widely utilised substrate in commercial horticulture for the production of crops as diverse as tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, peppers, strawberries, herbs and cut flowers." |
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| Reference: wol => fluff? cotton wool? Reference information: https://www.fluwel.nl/anemone-coronaia-st-brigid.html (...) dat de Anemone coronaria vermeerderd wordt van zaad. Dit zaad komt in de zomer tevoorschijn uit haar uitgebloeide bloemknoppen als bolletjes wol waarin zich duizenden zaadjes bevinden. Dit wol wordt weggeblazen door de wind waaraan deze Anemoon haar naam bijnaam dankt: De Windbloem. De vermeerdering van de knollen bij de Hollandse Anemone kwekers gaat ook door het telen van dit zaad. Kwekers plukken in de zomermaanden zakken vol van dit waardevolle wol. Elke dag wordt er een rondje gelopen om de wolletjes te plukken, (...) De wol wordt in het voorjaar nauwkeurig uitgezaaid, (...) ------------------- Look here for pictures of the 'cotton wool'/'fluff': https://hillwards.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/fluff/ Beneath the tightly furled claws forming these sturdy globes, white silken threads shone tightly for weeks, before relaxing into drifts of cotton wool, which billow in the breeze. https://www.gardenershq.com/Anemone-sylvestris.php : The blooms give way to white, wool-like seed heads during the summer (...) https://www.vanmeuwen.com/p/anemone-sylvestris/v58953VM : As the flowers fade, fluffy cotton-wool seed heads follow for added interest! |
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