Forcing: nm In agriculture and horticulture, forcing is a cultivation technique that aims to grow plants outside their normal growing season and which generally have large roots. This result is generally obtained by modifying the climatic conditions of the crop, mainly the temperature.
One of the forerunners of forcing was the French agronomist Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie (1624-1688).
Example of forced cultivation: endives or chicory....
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