sideshoot

From side +‎ shoot.

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sideshoot (plural sideshoots)

1. A branch or offshoot on the side of a plant's stem.
   • 2002, Reader's Digest all-season guide to gardening: late spring‎^[1], Reader's Digest Association, →ISBN, page 6:

     […] when their stems are hard and ripe, heel A small strip of bark torn from the main stem when a sideshoot is pulled off to make a (heel) cutting.

   • 2006, Clevely, A. M., The allotment book: a practical guide to creating and enjoying your own perfect plot‎^[2], Collins, →ISBN, page 97:

     […] the sideshoots grow instead of the main stem, with each sideshoot producing more sideshoots as soon as a flower truss develops.

   • 2013, Brickell, Christopher; Cole, Trevor, Canadian encyclopedia of gardening‎^[3], DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 77:

     Using a sharp knife, take heel cuttings from healthy sideshoots, including a sliver of hardened wood from the main stem […] Alternatively, take 4-6in (10-15cm) long cuttings from leaders or sideshoots and trim immediately below a node.

sideshoot (third-person singular simple present sideshoots, present participle sideshooting, simple past and past participle sideshooted)

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   • 1984, Larkcom, Joy, The salad garden‎^[4], Windward, →ISBN, page 96:

     Tall varieties need to be sideshooted and ‘stopped’ in midsummer. They will produce anything from three to six trusses depending on the area. In dry weather they will need heavy watering (see above).

   • 1993, Courtier, Jane, The gardening year‎^[5], Ward Lock, page 42:

     Train outdoor tomatoes, tying them to their supports and sideshooting if necessary. Many outdoor varieties are grown as bushes that do not need sideshooting.

   • 1996, Edwards, Johnathan, Greenhouse gardening : step by step to growing success‎^[6], Crowood Press, →ISBN, page 62:

     Don’t do this before training just in case there is an accident and the growing point is broken out — if this happens before sideshooting, then the most vigorous sideshoot can be trained up instead of the broken growing point.