growing season

noun

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

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Give your orchid a nutritional boost by spritzing its leaves during the growing season with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt to a gallon of water. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025 Water Although agapanthus is drought tolerant once established, plants benefit from regular light irrigation throughout the growing season to supplement rainfall. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025 Driving the news: The freeze-free growing season lengthened between 1970 and 2024 in nearly 90% of the 198 cities analyzed by Climate Central, a research and communications group. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025 Morels can have about a three week growing season but most don’t last that long. Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 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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