growing season

noun

: the period of the year that is warm enough for plants to grow

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By starting seeds indoors, gardeners can get a head start on the growing season and seeds are an inexpensive way to begin gardening. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025 That's long enough to give your seedlings a head start on the growing season, but short enough to avoid common indoor pests and diseases, and not take up a ton of space. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025 Failure to pinch the tips out of new growth of copper plants, fall asters, mums, Mexican bush salvias, coleus, and other summer color plants that tend to grow too tall over the course of a long Texas growing season. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025 As a comparison, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected last month that Florida this growing season will produce 12 million boxes of oranges and 1.2 million boxes of grapefruit. Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for growing season

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growing season

noun
: the period of the year that is warm enough for growth especially of cultivated plants
especially : the period between the last killing frost in the spring and the first one in the fall
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