seedling
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“Maybe you boys could plant some of the seedlings,” she suggested.
From Literature
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I bought some plastic cups on my last recycling run, and tomorrow I’m going to dig up all those seedlings and sneak them into Rockledge.
From Literature
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“Most of the fire area is like this, where it would have killed a few of the seedlings and saplings but basically almost nothing else,” Hanson said.
From Los Angeles Times
The project also includes planting heat-tolerant seedlings like Prosopis and Conocarpus to further stabilise the soil.
From Barron's
Once the grains germinated in a laboratory, the seedlings were planted in water in June, and harvesting began in early October.
From Barron's
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