In agriculture, a catch crop is a fast-growing crop that is grown simultaneously with, or between successive plantings of a main crop. For example, radishes that mature from seed in 25–30 days can be grown between rows of most vegetables, and harvested long before the main crop matures. Or, a catch crop can be planted between the spring harvest ...
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• Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time.
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A quick crop, usually of salads or green manure, grown on ground that is empty for a few weeks.
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A fast growing crop planted between slower maturing crops, or grown in the interval between harvesting one crop and planting another
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A crop planted on land where other crops have failed, usually a quick growing one.
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Catch crop Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. --
Catch'-crop`ping ,
noun « Radishes . . . are often grown as a
catch crop with other vegetables.»
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n] - a quick-growing crop (e.g. lettuce) planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season
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This is a quick growing crop, opportunistically grown for livestock feed etc. If for example winter barley was combined in July a fodder crop could be quickly sown and eaten during the winter allowing a spring crop to be drilled normally.
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noun a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season
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Crop that is inserted between two principal crops in a rotation in order to provide some quick livestock feed or soil improvement at a time when the land would otherwise be lying idle. For example, in the gap between harvesting a crop of winter-sown wheat and sowing a spring variety of barley, an additional catch crop of turnips or ryegrass can...
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Any fast-maturing crop that can be grown between rows of a slower-maturing one or between the maturing of one crop and the
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