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Contents 1 Expand grafting and cutting 2 Water retaining question 3 Horticulture 4 Structure 5 Random Question 6 Horticulture / agriculture 7 Missing information 8 Contrasted with Agronomy

[edit] Expand grafting and cutting

Some horticultural techniques need expanding badly - notably grafting and cuttings. Anyone? - Thanks, MPF 11:17, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Is bolding all of those words necessary? ugen64 19:59, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Water retaining question

Does anyone know about the plants that are the best at retaining stormwater in a sloping, wooded area?

[edit] Horticulture

Can anyone really tell me what is besides raising plants sans the green house?

Hello. I added some more information on what happens in horticultural nurseries. I think this needs more fleshing out but it also needs more sourcing Harristweed 04:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Structure

Hello again. I am considering making this article bigger using structure. If anyone has an idea then place it in this section. I suggest: Overview, Floriculture, Landscape horticulture, horticultural education, horticulture as a hobby , and the future of horticulture. It may also be a good idea to include some references in that. Harristweed 04:19, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random Question

Has the complete sequencing of the genome of the fungus, B. cinerea, been completed? Please Reply - 210.86.33.83 21:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Horticulture / agriculture

What is the difference between horiculture and agriculture, and could this be explained on the page? --Helenalex 22:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Can someone please edit the horticulturist page so it makes sense.

For starters, I bulleted the list of 6 aspects of horticulture. Seems much easier to read and research that way. Let me know if that change appears okay. M.D. Vaden of Oregon.Mdvaden 17:43, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Agriculture (from the Latin for field and culture) is the practice of cultivating the land for the purpose of producing a crop. i.e. The process of Farming. It is generally large scale, outdoor, monoculture.

Horticulture (from the Latin for garden and culture) is the art (technique) and activity of the cultivation of plants. The term encompasses techniques for raising and propagation, such as sowing of seed, vegetative reproduction (i.e. taking cuttings), layering etc. as well as such activities as plant breeding and cultural research.

The confusion arises because the process of agriculture frequently employs some horticultural techniques. Particularly arable agriculture where plants are routinely raised from seed, fed through the application of fertiliser, irrigated and treated with pesticides (fungicides, insecticides and the like). All plant growing (horticultural) techniques, yet the process is still agriculture (farming). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.121.243.35 (talk) 16:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information

Horticulture has a very meaning in anthropology, where it refers to "primitive" low-yield agriculture.--Pharos 17:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I am not aware of horticulture ever being defined as "a primitive, low yielding form of agriculture" - all the dictionaries and common usage I have observed clearly differentiate "horticulture" (plant growing) and "agriculture" (producing crops). Can you provide a reference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.121.243.35 (talk) 17:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contrasted with Agronomy

The second sentence previously read:

Horticulture is the subdivision of Agriculture dealing in gardening of enclosed areas, in contrast to agronomy, which deals with field crops, and forestry which deals with forest trees and products related to them.

(emphasis added)

I have removed the italicized text. This definition of "agronomy" is not consistent with the explanation at agronomy nor with the definition at wikt:agronomy. Nothing at either page limits agronomy to field crops.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 11:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Then those other pages should be corrected. You should be able to find plenty of info on the net if you do not have access to any text books covering the subjects. Hardyplants 16:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

No, the proponent of the unsourced information is responsible for sourcing it. WP:SOFIXIT is not an excuse for not satisfying WP:V. The fact that I don't have time right now to research a more accurate definition does not mean I should let an unsourced and apparently inaccurate one stand. A quick look at several Agronomy web sites does not lead me to the conclusion that agronomy is limited to field crops. See the general references on the Agronomy article. If anyone concludes otherwise and has reliable sources to support that position, he or she should feel free to add the above information back in and correct the other articles as necessary.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 19:54, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

This is not correct. Horticulture is in no way a subset of agriculture. Agriculture is the process of producing crops, horticulture is the art of growing plants. The two things are technically and philosophically distinct. Agronomy is a subset of agriculture, or more specifically agricultural science. It is a term used for arable farming and research there into. Agronomy could also be considered to be a subset of horticulture. Please see above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.121.243.35 (talk) 17:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)