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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

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Other Word Forms

  • catch cropping noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of catch crop1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

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Catch crops Planting a quick-to-mature crop between rows, or interspersed with plantings that take longer to grow, is another twist on succession planting, called a catch crop.

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In this connection it is perhaps well to state that in Java robusta coffee is very frequently planted as a “catch crop” in the Hevea rubber plantations.

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On some plantations it has become the practise to grow catch crops between the rows of coffee trees, both as a means of obtaining additional revenue and to shade the young coffee plants.

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The name "catch crop" has been applied to such a crop.

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Oats.—When a fall growth is wanted for the soil, and it is preferred that the plants be dead in the spring, oats make a good catch crop.

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