capítulo maduro

English translation: ripe flower head

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Portuguese term or phrase:capítulo maduro
English translation:ripe flower head
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

11:34 Jan 7, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / seeds/farming
Portuguese term or phrase: capítulo maduro
Quando atingir essa fase, a planta terá 80% dos capítulos maduros....
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 23:24
ripe flower head
Explanation:
Creio que é isto...

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Note added at 25 mins (2015-01-07 11:59:34 GMT)
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Seed can be collected rapidly in large quantities by collecting whole ripe flower heads from mid-summer to early fall.
http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/network/ViewProtocols.asp...

Ripe flower heads contain close to 100 seeds, and have the ability to lie dormant in the soil for almost 20 years and remain viable for four years in fresh water.
http://www.oasiss.ca/pdfs/FACTSHEET_CT_FINAL.pdf
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 03:24
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ripe flower head


Explanation:
Creio que é isto...

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Note added at 25 mins (2015-01-07 11:59:34 GMT)
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Seed can be collected rapidly in large quantities by collecting whole ripe flower heads from mid-summer to early fall.
http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/network/ViewProtocols.asp...

Ripe flower heads contain close to 100 seeds, and have the ability to lie dormant in the soil for almost 20 years and remain viable for four years in fresh water.
http://www.oasiss.ca/pdfs/FACTSHEET_CT_FINAL.pdf

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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agree  Mario Freitas:
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Mario!

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
20 hrs
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