How to Use growing season in a Sentence

growing season

noun
  • Fall planting gives trees plenty of time to lay down roots before the next growing season begins.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
  • For potted bulbs, cut back on the water as the plant goes dormant, and test with your finger before watering during the growing season.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The cold will be short-lived but should be enough to end the growing season, outside of some of the mildest spots.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • One of the many pleasures and essences of the outdoor growing season is basil.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
  • Wait for the end of the growing season when plants are dead or nearly so, then strip them off and work in the plant food.
    Maureen Gilmer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of the growing season, straw mulch helps improve your garden soil.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
  • These beds warm early and are a smart way to extend the growing season in the mountains.
    Rhonda Fleming Hayes, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • Prepare the site: Choose a spot in full sun (six hours-plus per day) during the growing season.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • But climate change has been shrinking glaciers, and in turn the growing season.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2024
  • While there are asters that bloom at all different times of the growing season, the fall asters are the superstars of the aster world.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the record, morning glories tend to bloom a lot more in the second half of the growing season, as days start to grow shorter.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
  • Spring is also known as the growing season, which is when plants begin to bloom once again.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
  • They all could be used as a container plant for the growing season, and a houseplant for the winter.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2023
  • Get a jump start on the growing season by planting tubers in pots about 4 weeks before the last spring frost date.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
  • The main stems on mature pokeweed can become very thick by the end of the growing season and can flush a hot pink to nearly red.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • In the Southeast, the toughest growing season for plants is summer.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The summer growing season can sometimes feel like a long game.
    Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In the mountains to the west, freeze warnings are not in effect because the growing season has not yet started.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This growing season, Hunger Task Force has provided more than 5,200 pounds of fresh produce to the pantry.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
  • During the middle of the growing season, around early July, trim the branches about a third of the way to the ground to see a late-season display of blooms.
    Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Manuel Holguin came to Tuxedo Corn for his first growing season six years ago.
    Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
  • While many leafy plants can be picked throughout the growing season, flavor is best when growth is young, fresh, and vibrant.
    Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • New shoots, with flowers, then form throughout the growing season.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • The area's main growing season is from the fall through the spring, but agriculture work takes place there year-round, Guernsey de Zapien said.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Water less Grass needs one inch of water per week during the growing season.
    Jessie Kissinger, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
  • This fast and constant growth allows farmers to harvest the same field up to 60 times during the growing season at some farms.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • These bulbs are spent after one growing season and won't rebloom.
    Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
  • To utilize the basil plant for culinary use, the plant must not be allowed to flower ever during the growing season.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
  • This time of year is a celebration of the awakened growing season.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • During the growing season, fertilize the soil every three to four months.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023

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