overplant
verbEtymology From over- + plant.
1
To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).
- With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.
2
To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.
- Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".
- He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.
3
To plant (a place) with too many plants.
- The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.
- Related terms
- overseed