seedbed

/seed-bed/US // ˈsidˌbɛd //UK // (ˈsiːdˌbɛd) //

苗床,苗圃,苗场,种植基地

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : land prepared for seeding.
- : a plot of ground for seedlings.
- : a place of development; source.

To protect the young plants, the seedbed was usually covered with oak leaves, though straw was used occasionally.
I was so impressed with its beauty that I took it from where it bloomed in the seedbed and planted it at my house in the garden.
The seedbed must be as level as a floor, and compact, for good use to be made of the wheel-seeder.
But if, from any cause, they have made a feeble growth, it is better to let them remain in the seedbed another year.
The usual practice is to keep the seedlings one year in the seedbed and two years in the nursery rows before they are set out.