catch crop

noun

1. a crop that reaches maturity in a relatively short time, often planted as a substitute for a crop that has failed or at a time when the ground would ordinarily lie fallow, as between the plantings of two staple crops.

catch crop

noun

1. a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season

Other Words From

• catch cropping noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of catch crop¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Beans may be used with some success as a fall catch crop, where wild flowers are not too plentiful.

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Catch crop, a crop growing during the interval between regular crops.

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For a catch crop on land after wheat and barley, Sesame may be sown in the beginning of June.

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After the second cutting for the season, winter rye may be grown as a catch crop by growing it as a pasture crop.

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As a catch crop crimson clover may be made to do duty in seasons in which other clover crops may have failed.

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