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Setzpflanzen

English translation: Seedlings / young plants

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German term or phrase:Setzpflanzen
English translation:Seedlings / young plants
Entered by: Christine Lam

19:55 Jul 10, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
German term or phrase: Setzpflanzen
Neben unseren Erntesystemen ermöglichen wir mit Hilfe unserer Pflanztechnik mit und ohne Trennsystem die schnelle, effiziente und trenngenaue Ausbringung von Setzpflanzen.

I saw "planting shoots" and "set" in one dictionary, but the Google search with these terms is not very convincing. What are they called?
Thanks
Christine Lam
Local time: 16:12
Seedlings
Explanation:
Here in the US these are mainly called seedlings
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bhpirch
Local time: 15:12
Grading comment
thank you all. My dictionary confirms seedling as being a "young plant or tree grown from a seed"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Seedlings
bhpirch
4nursery plants
Anton Baer
4young plants
Cetacea


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nursery plants


Explanation:
or nursery stock...

Anton Baer
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Seedlings


Explanation:
Here in the US these are mainly called seedlings


    Reference: http://dict.leo.org
bhpirch
Local time: 15:12
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you all. My dictionary confirms seedling as being a "young plant or tree grown from a seed"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick
51 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
2 hrs
neutral  Cetacea: "seedling" is "Sämling" in German, which is younger and not ready to be planted in the open ("Ausbringung") yet.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
young plants


Explanation:
or plantlets. Young plants is probably your safest bet.


    Reference: http://www.agnet.org/library/article/tb163a.html
Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 22:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 48
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