2007-11-03 17:03:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
the term came from something a good gardener does.. pinching the plants.... from the time a seed gets a few true leaves onward, a gardener pinches the newest growth out of the plant in order to cause it to 'bush out' and become stronger and fuller and bear more flowers/fruit... after he pinches out so many plants , between his thumb and and forefinger fingernails, the chlorophyll from the green plants stains his thumb and fingers pretty good.... hence, 'green thumb'.... and you don't have to be good at gardening to have one, just work with due diligence..... those who work in greenhouse/nursery situations may not know beans about gardening, they just do as instructed, as in pinching the plants, and they, too have green thumbs and forefingers!...like a pal of mine says, "the sign of a good gardener isn't a green thumb, it's brown knees....*smile*......
2007-11-03 23:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Green Thumb Meaning
2016-10-02 07:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by polmanteer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What do you mean by Green Thumb ?
2015-08-16 18:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A green thumb means that you know how to care for your plants, you have alot of knowledge, you know everything about that type of plant that you have a green thumb.
2007-11-04 00:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally a term associating with someone that can grow most any green plant without problems (which is normally a person that has less body oil coming from pores of the finger tips).
2007-11-03 17:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by Carole Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means your actually Jack Horner and stuck your thumb in the wrong pie. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner humping his girlfriend dry... He stuck in his pinky and pulled it out stinky and said, Dayum, this is MUCH better than pie!
2016-03-17 06:38:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a knack, or knowledge, to plants things and get them to grow well.
2007-11-03 17:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by Laurence W 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Its actually GREEN FINGERED and it means that one has a natural knack for gardening and plants.
2007-11-03 17:14:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Being able to grow plants and help them flourish.
2007-11-05 02:23:44 · answer #9 · answered by jessiej83 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
having a knack for gardening...
2007-11-03 17:10:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋