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Home Gardening 3/4 Test Flashcards

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1
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what are the 6 biggest economic plants?

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  1. chocolate, 2. Corn, 3. Citrus, 4. Tea, 5. Cotton, 6. Rice
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why did we have victory gardens?

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show patriotism, more flavor, save $$$, new skill, build community

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3
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what is the UK version of the victory gardens?

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Allotment

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4
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what are the benefits and drawbacks of organic fertilizer?

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-benefits: use what you have, return to earth, natural things
-drawbacks: can bring other problems, might change the PH

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5
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what are the benefits and drawbacks of synthetic fertilizers?

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-benefits: know exactly what you are getting
-Drawbacks: could hurt plants around it, could hurt animals or people without research

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6
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what is Liebig’s law?

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even if you have a lot of strong things, the bottom one can bring down the rest

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what are the 3 big things in fertilizer?

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NPK: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium

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name examples of natural ferilizer?

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compost, chicken parts, seaweed, blood meal

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9
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what are reasons to garden?

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flavor, more nutrition, save $$$, teach kids, bonding family time, share with others

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10
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what is main soil mixture?

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Peat moss, vermiculite, and perlite

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11
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what is the LDS agrarian?

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  1. make the desert blossom as a rose
  2. planting for others to harvest
  3. talks from the pulpit
  4. water management
  5. church farms
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12
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name some of the ten basics of square foot gardening

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-must be in 4 by 4 area
-must have a grid
-never walk on soil
-conserve seeds (only 1-3)
-water that sun-warmed

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13
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what are bro nelson’s improvements to square foot gardening?

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-water from anywhere
-seeds like chicken feed (lettuce)
-drop irrigation through grid

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what is the benefit of an awe walk?

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more time, feeling connected, positive mood, cognitive performance, stress manager

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what is IPM?

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the most efficient use of strategies available to control pest problems

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what are some tools of IPM?

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resistant crop varieties, insecticides, soaps, pheromone traps, pesticides, prayer!

17
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how do you care for a tree?

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-water deeply and infrequent
-maintain space from trunk
-fertilize early in the year
-IPM as needed

18
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what are some pruning tools?

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loppers, hand pruners, saw

19
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what are the rules of pruning?

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remove dead wood, remove sprouts/ suckers, remove rubbing, remove no more than 25-30%

20
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Alex Shigo

A

CODIT:
C-compartmentalization
O- of
D- decay
I- in
T- trees

21
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of heirlooms?

A

ad:
-flavor
-not in stores
-same as parents
-seed exchanges

Dis:
-lack size and yield
-disease and viruses
-not pic perfect

22
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what is a hybrid plant?

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-created through cross pollination
-years of breeding (50-100)
-fruit seeds not same as parents

23
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what is a weed?

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displaced plant

24
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what is a noxious weed?

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non-native plant that is legally mandated to kill plant

25
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how do weeds damage plants?

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  1. reduces yields
  2. reduces crop goodness
  3. takes away $$$
  4. reduces value of property
26
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name some mechanical weed killing

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  • mowing
    -tilling
    -hand pulling
    -burning
27
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describe cutting propagation

A

2 or more nodes in medium to grow new root

28
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describe layering propagation

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remains partially attached while growing new root

29
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describe division propagation

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dig up plant and divide

30
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describe budding propagation

A

single bud put into plant

31
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describe grafting propagation

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taking rootstock and scion and putting them together

32
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describe tissue culture propagation

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all micro and collect tissue of clone plant

33
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describe genetic engineering propagation

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copies from desired traits that adds to new plant in lab

34
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examples of cool and warm season veggies

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cool: lettuce, onion, brassica
warm: tomato, watermelon, berries

35
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how do you store seeds?

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in a cool, dark place

36
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what is isolation in seed saving?

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keeping plants away from other ones to maintain genetic purity, easy way is distance

37
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What does IPM stand for?

A

Intergraded pest management

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