preplant
Speech parts
1. preplant - Adjective
2. preplant - Verb
Meaning
preplant (not comparable)
Prior to planting
preplant (third-person singular simple present preplants, present participle preplanting, simple past and past participle preplanted)
To plant prior to another action (especially another planting)
Examples
Agricultural crops grown in soil treated with a preplant herbicide include tomatoes, corn, soybeans and strawberries.
In Ben Lawrence's dissertation research, he used 0.3 pint, so 10% of the paraquat rate utilized for preplant burndown.
"I prefer to have at least two-thirds of my N down preplant and apply about one-third in-season.
Soil fumigants like metam-sodium and dazomet are in use as preplant herbicides.
Some preplant herbicides may be mechanically incorporated into the soil.
“If you’re planting on April 15, for example, we recommend a preplant residual application 14 to 21 days prior to planting and then another residual at planting,” Bond said.