1. the act or practice of planting more crops or plants than is advisable or sustainable in a given area
Usage: agriculture; environmental

1. to plant too many crops or plants in a space, reducing soil quality, water availability, or yield
Usage: present participle of overplant

Examples

• Overplanting in the region led to soil depletion and reduced harvests.
• Farmers are overplanting corn without rotating crops, which damages long-term productivity.
• The gardener avoided overplanting by spacing the seedlings properly.
• Overplanting trees in the small yard created too much shade for the grass.
• Climate experts warn that overplanting without irrigation in dry regions wastes water.
• By overplanting the field, the farmer exhausted the soil's nutrients in just two seasons.