| Aluminum Toxicity | | acidic soil condition that prevents or stunts crop growth; rectified by application of lime to increase pH and mineral availability. |
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| Amino Acid | | natural compounds placed in the soil to break up existing elemental compounds to create bio-available nutrients for plants |
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| Beneficial Bacteria | | "good-guy" bacteria that take over the rhizosphere and eat up the nutrients that the 'bad guys' like and starve them out; communicate to the plant that it needs to turn on its immune system |
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| Bio-Accelerant | | a product designed to speed up the growth rate of plants |
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| Bio-Available | | elements in the soil that are easily assimilated by the plant |
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| Blossom End Rot | | calcium deficiency condition which creates dark, leathery lesion on blossom end of fruits which may overtake up to half the fruit; rectified by applying a bio-available calcium source (Treat with Garden Vigor product: Sulf-O-Cal) |
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| Cell Walls | | internal structures in each cell of a plant that hold in flavor, color and nutrition |
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| Cell-U-Lime | | Garden Vigor product which places lime in the soil to reduce acidity and encourage stronger cell wall growth |
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| Disease | | fungi which rob plants of energy and flowering and fruiting ability; frequently referred to as 'bugs' by plant physiologists |
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