Grow Biointensive Supplementary Tools Flashcards
Prickling out
Bumping up
Dibbling out all mean
Moving from flats with closely spaced seeds to flats with greater spacing
Good to plant around fruit trees and raspberries
Garlic
Tomatoes grow poorly with (2)
Corn
Strawberries
Onion/garlic don’t go well with
Cucumber
Best time of year to solve garden problems before they begin
January
Corn variety resistant to ear worms
Honeycross
Can be planted all summer long (2)
Beans
Carrots
Why seedlings shouldn’t have rich soil
Roots searching for nutrients grow better
If you have problems with insects or disease you can _ your potting mix by baking it
Sterilize
How to sterilize potting soil mix
Bake in shallow pan 45 mins 180f
Preferred temp for seedlings at day
70-75f
Preferred temp for seedlings at night
60-65
Good to start indoors
Eggplant
Most seedlings like to be _ inches from light source (range)
6-8
Spray to deter aphids is made of
Ground up onion and garlic
Plant peas as soon as
The ground can be worked
While you wait for ground to dry out enough for planting
Gather all organic matter you can find and till it into the soil
Organic matter will keep your soil soft so that
Root tips can penetrate it
_ can be present in farm animals manure
Tetanus germ
Can grow in March even when snow covers them
Low bush peas
Can be used to screen compost pile from sun
Jerusalem artichokes
You can dig Jerusalem artichokes all winter because
Freezing doesn’t hurt them
Jerusalem artichokes are healthier than potatoes because (2)
Few calories
No starch
Jerusalem artichokes will come up year-to-year from
Tubers left in the ground
4-6 wks before average last frost date it is good to plant
Hardy veggies
Hardy veggies include (2)
Peas
Potatoes
Onion
Spinach
Cabbage are
Hardy
Turnips
Lettuce
Broccoli are
Hardy
4wks before last expected frost date plant (2)
Beets
Carrots
Plant radishes, parsnips, cauliflower _ before last expected frost date
4wks
