What is olericulture.?

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What is olericulture.?

Answer 1

Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food.

Olericulture is the production of plants for use of the edible parts. Vegetable crops can be classified into 9 major categories:

Potherbs and greens - spinach and collards

Salad crops - lettuce, celery

Cole crops - cabbage and cauliflower

Root/tuber crops - potatoes, beets, carrots, radishes

Bulb crops - onions, leeks

Legumes - beans, peas

Cucurbits - melons, squash, cucumber

Solanaceous crops - tomatoes, peppers

Sweet corn

Olericulture deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables. It encompasses crop establishment, including cultivar selection, seedbed preparation and establishment of vegetable crops by seed and transplants. It also includes maintenance and care of vegetable crops as well commercial and non-traditional vegetable crop production including organic, sustainable horticulture, hydroponics and biotechnology.

Answer 2

Olericulture is really fun and interesting!

You can do it in your back yard since is the cultivation of main vegetebles like carrots, spinach, onions, sweet corn, tomatoes, sweet pepper and many of the condiments for food like coriander, mint, parsley, albahaca (forgot english name : )---

All you need is some basic info on each plant, some fertilizer and insecticides....oh an some outside work : )

Happy harvesting!!

Answer 3

It is the study of culturing of vegetables so as to get more nutritious vegetables at low inputs.

Answer 4

The science and technology of cultivating and producing vegetables.

http://olericulture.org/