08:44 Oct 23, 2013 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Botany / Metaphor used in a financial context | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Claire Cox United Kingdom Local time: 09:17 | ||||||
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3 +2 | water shoot |
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4 | off-shoot |
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3 -2 | runner |
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water shoot Explanation: would work with fruit trees, although I haven't heard it used with tomatoes: From the RHS site: Over-pruning (removing more than one quarter of the canopy in any one year) may result in the production of water shoots, which are tall, upright and leafy branches, producing no flowers or fruit. http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=279 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2013-10-23 08:52:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To my mind, a sucker usually comes from the root stock underground and has to be pulled off as low as possible to the ground -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2013-10-23 08:54:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- With tomatoes we remove side shoots to encourage the plant to put growth into the main stem and subsequent fruits, but these side shoots will also produce fruit and flowers if left, albeit taking strength away from the main stem -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2013-10-23 11:20:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Well, I'm not a trained botanist or horticulturalist, just a keen amateur gardener and allotment owner! Water shoot is the term I've always heard in connection with fruit trees, side shoot for tomatoes, but I don't think you could successfully use either for the other species, i.e. side shoots for apple trees, or water shoots for tomatoes. Growth shoots perhaps might work as a general expression, if that's what you need? |
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