0 an area of ground prepared for growing plants from seeds:
Prepare the seedbed thoroughly first, being sure to eliminate all weeds.
They perceive politics as the seedbed of corruption.
The discussions will serve as a seedbed for ideas.
Far too many of our hedgerows have been uprooted, and our hedgerows are the seedbeds of much of our rural tree stock.
I saw the refugee camps, not merely as relics of a past war but as seedbeds of future vengeance.
Seeds are generally sown in early summer in seedbeds, and then transplanted to larger containers.
Cultivators and harrows such as rotovators, spikes or chisel harrows are used in order to break up large clods and to create a fine seedbed.
In these agro-ecosystems, the need for tillage to prepare the seedbed is unquestionable, but the degree of tillage needed can certainly be questioned.
In order to plant on them, farmers first created seedbeds, or reed rafts, where they planted seeds and allowed them to germinate.
The summer monsoon may be preceded by a buildup of thunderstorm activity that provides water for rice seedbeds.
By bringing together different cultures in widely different settings, the empire served as a seedbed from which a multifaceted range of identities could grow.