Meaning of overplant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).
   intransitive
2. To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.
   transitive
3. To plant (a place) with too many plants.
   transitive

Examples

“With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.”

“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.”

“The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.”

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