Sentences with phrase «planted rhizomes»

So it was with very little hesitation which I bought the follow up and it turns out this is also a fantastic game and one which has crept into my brain and planted rhizomes, utterly entrancing me for the last week or so.

To find out how old the marsh in the Plum Island estuary in Massachusetts is, Kirwan dated fossil plant rhizomes — found in marshes but not open water — from 45 sediment cores.

Plant the rhizome sections upright, 4 - 6 inches (10 - 15 cm) deep, and covered with two inches (5 cm) of soil.

Because it is sterile, Long and his colleagues had to plant rhizomes, its underground stems, which took a long time.

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A rhizome, from what I gathered, is a type of plant that spontaneously spreads through sending out shoots which then multiplies and sends out more shoots.

Herbalism is the use of plants (such as leaves, flowers, fruit, seed, stems, wood, bark, roots, rhizomes or other plant parts) to heal and...

Arrowroot powder — Arrowroot powder is a starch obtained from the rhizomes of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava, which is often labelled as arrowroot.

Around A.D. 400, Chinese ships carried live ginger plants growing in ceramic pots, probably because eating the rhizomes eased seasickness — a common use in folk medicine today.

As temperatures rise, stored carbohydrates in the plants» rhizomes are converted into mobile forms to fuel growing tissues.

In addition, the new species» one - to - four inflorescences — flower - bearing structures — are produced on a shoot that extends along the ground from an underground stem (rhizome), a very unusual plant character.

The carbon deposits accumulated within these systems are stored aboveground in the biomass of plants (tree trunks, stems and leaves), below ground in the plant biomass (root systems and rhizomes), and in the carbon - rich organic soils typical to these ecosystems.

The roots and rhizomes of the plant can brewed.

Clusters of white flowers appear in the summertime, but they have almost no medicinal value compared to the plant's deep, spreading rhizomes.

Among herbal medicine practitioners, the most prized part of this plant is the rhizome, or its underground thick roots, which contain most of its active compounds.

Our Arrowroot is derived from the rhizomes of the Maranta Arundinacea plant, found in Thailand.

Ancient Chinese medicine also tapped on the roots and rhizomes of the plant to treat different kinds of illnesses.

The Inuit — While they ate a high - fat, high - protein, low - carb diet consisting of the fat and meat from seal, walrus, whale, caribou, fish, and other wild game, the Inuit actually utilized a wide variety of plant foods including berries, sea vegetables, lichens, and rhizomes.

Inulin is a dietary fiber extracted from the roots or rhizomes of plants with minimal impact on blood sugar.

The underground stem or rhizome is the most valuable part of the plant.

Within those plants berberine is found in the stem bark, roots and rhizomes.

Turmeric powder is a bright yellow colored spice from the rhizome of CURCUMA LONGA plant.

The rhizome roots of the plant were originally used by the Celts and early Russian populations for culinary purposes, and can still be foraged in many parts of the northern hemisphere.

One containing 5 % extract from the rhizome of the turmeric plant, or in other words, plenty of turmeric power.

Damping off, a disease characterized by the rot of roots and stems, is often a result of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani, and occurs when the rhizomes have been planted in soil that does not drain well.

Fructooligosaccharides, (FOS), are a type of dietary fiber and are found in many plants, most often in roots and rhizomes, including onions, leeks, jicama, garlic, and asparagus.

The rhizome is the food storage center of the plant, which is packed with nutrients and used to grow new plants.

To use it, wash the rhizome (the part of the plant commonly mistaken as the root, which resembles ginger), peel the skin, and chop, dice, or grate it.

Turmeric root and the rhizome are the most common parts of the plant to be used medicinally.

Turmeric rhizome is the thick orange horizontal stem of the plant, found underground in a cluster with thin roots shooting out from underneath its various nodes.

The Zingiberaceae family includes flowering plants, mostly aromatic perennial herbs, such as turmeric, ginger, and cardamom, which have tuberous rhizomes (underground stems with roots and nodes) that are often used to color condiments, used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, used in textile dyes, used in religious ceremonies, or used medicinally.

Some people call it the yellow root because the rhizome (root) part of the plant, Curcuma longa, is yellow in color.

About Ginger Ginger, Zingiber officinale also known as ginger root is a rhizome of the plant.

The herb itself is derived from the rhizome of the plant, which is dried before the useful powdered form can be acquired.

Turmeric is a plant that is prized for its rhizome (the root).

He locates an exotic grass and points out the dense rhizomes that enable the plant to spread: an organic lesson about invasive species.

I had also taken a few hop rhizomes out on to the property and did some wild planting.

To establish mondo, which is cold hardy to zones 5 - 6 in protected areas (against a house or under a tree) and spreads by underground rhizomes, start with plants placed every 6 to 8 inches apart in soil amended with 2 inches of organic matter worked into the top 6 inches of soil.