budset

noun4

1. •
   The development of buds on a plant.

   • Some programs use drought stress to cause budset and harden the crop in preparation for winter. — 2011
2. •
   The time in a plant's lifecycle when visible buds first appear.

   • Proper bud pruning, green harvests where whole clusters are dumped on the ground to bolster final berry concentration, as well as a myriad of intensive practices between budset and harvest. — 2009
3. •
   A bud, immature shoot, or growth tip on a cultivated plant.

   • And growers using AQUA-GRO report greater budsets and faster crops with better rooting. — 1985
4. •
   A variety of tea made from the budsets of the tea plant.

   • Assam bush is the best choice for making many world famous teas, but not for white tea, either budset or leaf style. — 2011