overplant means to plant too many plants (of any particular crop). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From over- + plant.
verb
- To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).“With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.”
- To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.“Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".”
- To plant (a place) with too many plants.“The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.”