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Some vegetables work better as a vertical crop than others. Some crops
that work well in a vertical trellis or fence are - ✔✔tomatoes, squash,
melons, cucumbers, and pole beans
The six important points one needs to consider when planning a garden are
- ✔✔soil, water, space, light, time, and energy
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A rule of thumb concerning how to treat the soil is - ✔✔Never allow your
growing area to sit bare.
Why is corn difficult to grow in a very small garden area? - ✔✔Corn takes a
lot of space, one stalk per square foot, usually no more than two ears on
one stalk.
Crop rotation is important because - ✔✔This lessens the chance of buildup
of harmful microbes, parasites, and diseases in the soil.
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If one eats the vegetative portion of a plant, it usually indicates the plant is
a _____________ crop. - ✔✔cool
If one eats the flowering portion of a plant, it usually indicates the plant is a
_____________ crop. - ✔✔warm
One reason a pea plant is considered a cool crop, even though we eat the
flowering part of the plant, is because - ✔✔it prefers cooler days and nights
to flower and does not need cross-pollination to produce peas as do
squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and other warm crops.
An approximate number of lettuce plants per person per year is - ✔✔twelve
to twenty-four
If you were to plant nine spinach plants, you would want to place -
✔✔about nine plants in one square foot
Planting cabbage first and then green beans later in the season after the
cabbage has been pulled is an example of - ✔✔succession cropping
Planting melons on a trellis is an example of - ✔✔vertical cropping
Recommended daily servings of vegetables per person are - ✔✔three to
five servings per person
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Planting peas first and following with a crop of corn is an example of -
✔✔succession cropping
Planting lettuce and spinach next to tomatoes at the same time is an
example of - ✔✔intercropping
Planting potatoes in a different area of the garden about every two years is
an example of - ✔✔crop rotation
Planting radishes with cucumbers at the same time is an example of -
✔✔double cropping
In your garden, it is wise not to plant all plants from the same family in the
same area. Which statement is not true?
-Many diseases that a vegetable family shares will be easily passed from
plant to plant if in the same vicinity.
-It looks pretty in a garden if all the same family members are planted
together.
-Planting all like family members together makes an easy target for pests
that like those crops to overpopulate, thus causing many problems for the
gardener. - ✔✔It looks pretty in a garden if all the same family members
are planted together.