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English term or phrase:	growing mix
French translation:	terreau pour semis or tourbe, depending on your text
Entered by:	Mikaele

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2:04pm Mar 8, 2006

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Botany

English term or phrase: growing mix

a peat pellet that serves as growing mix....

Is there a special term in French for growing mix?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mikaele

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Answers: 27

France

terreau pour semis or tourbe, depending on your text

Explanation:
hi,

i just bought some terreau pour semis to prepare my vegetable garden for the summer. it is an earth mix specific to grow seeds and seedlings. if your text specifically speaks of moss, however, the proper term is tourbe

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Patricia Lane
France

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merci à tous!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +3

terreau pour semis or tourbe, depending on your text

Patricia Lane

4 +2

mélange de culture

Krystrad

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

mélange de culture

Explanation:
1. Domaine(s)
– Nurseries (Farming)
– Silviculture

Domaine(s)
– Pépinières
– Sylviculture

potting mixture Source CORRECT

potting mix Source CORRECT

pot mix Source CORRECT

soil mix Source CORRECT

mélange de culture Source CORRECT, MASC

mélange de sol Source MASC

mélange terreux Source MASC
EX – Early work indicated that 1:1 or 3:2 potting mixtures of sphagnum peat moss and vermiculite were best for our purposes. Source EX – Les conditions de culture qui existent en serre pour la croissance des semis favorisent [...] le développement des insectes, des herbes et de tout autre organisme indésirable qui peuvent nuire à la croissance et au développement des semis. Il faut donc prendre tous les moyens pour éliminer ces problèmes à la source. Le sol doit [...] être pasteurisé avant son utilisation dans les mélanges de culture. Source
KEY TERM(S)
– growing mix

Krystrad
France
Native speaker of:

French

40 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

terreau pour semis or tourbe, depending on your text

Explanation:
hi,

i just bought some terreau pour semis to prepare my vegetable garden for the summer. it is an earth mix specific to grow seeds and seedlings. if your text specifically speaks of moss, however, the proper term is tourbe

Patricia Lane
France
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

merci à tous!

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English: growing mix

French translation: terreau pour semis or tourbe, depending on your text