tillering

Some grain sorghum varieties have the ability to produce side shoots that grow grain heads at about the same time as the main stalk (this is called tillering).

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And you also don't believe that he is fully tillering his message to traditional black constituents.

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The bow will lose weight when you shoot it in, so stop tillering when it is 5 to 10 pounds heavy.

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FLOOR TILLERING Shaving the belly of each limb to achieve the correct thickness is a process called tillering.

Make a Homemade (and Deadly) Bow in Five Easy Steps 2004

Mean daily temperature for optimum growth and tillering is between 15 and 20°C.

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A tillering stand (photo D) lets you study how the limbs bend from a side view.

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Other things being equal, adding some tillering types would dramatically reduce the severity of crop losses in the bad years and it would reduce the need to replant damaged fields.

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Maize growth occurs during the first two phases of sugarcane growth: germination and tillering.

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"As soon as the [maize] is removed, however, tillering resumes normally and, in time, much of the adverse effects disappear."

5: Farming systems and gardening techniques 1996

Is it because of the sites, diseases and pests, poor plant architecture, inefficient root structure, lodging, poor tillering, bolting, or daylength restrictions?

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