Huerto11-12-Ch11,12-3,7Jan,21Feb

Question 1

A vigorous and diverse garden attracts beneficial insects.

Answer 1

Un huerto vigoroso y diverso atrae a los insectos beneficiosos/benéficos.

benéficos = adj. beneficial beh-NEH-fee-kohs
beneficiosos = adj.
beneficial=some religious thing, does not mean beneficial in Spanish
beneficio = noun, profit, benefit
to a verb, drop the end, add oso makes it an adj
beneficiar-beneficioso

Question 2

the harmful insects
the damaged insects
Poison is very harmful.

Answer 2

• los insectos dañosos/dañinos
• los insectos dañados
• El veneno es muy dañino.
  dañino=harmful, bad, hurtful, destructive adj.

Question 3

Compost provides a great range of nutrients.

Answer 3

La composta proporciona/provee una gran gama de nutrientes.
la gama = range, spectrum (think the firing range is a game)
proh-ve-eh (my spelling)
provenir=to come from
proveer=to provide
Europa cubre una amplia gama de climas.

Question 4

the appropriate/suitable/right quantity of water

Answer 4

la cantidad adecuada de agua

adecuada=appropriate/suitable/right but NOT adequate I don´t think

Question 5

the sprinkler/spray

Answer 5

• el rociador some say like for firefighting purposes BUT rociar= to spray/sprinkle/ douse/ wash down with
• sprinkler also is el aspersor (think ass size of pear sore)
• sprayer also is el pulverizador
  pulverizar=to spray/to convert into powder/to pulverize

Question 6

the chili

the chilis

Answer 6

el ají
los ajís or ajíes
or just chile/chiles

Question 7

Dissolve soap in water and then dilute it with more water.

dissolve - dilute

Answer 7

Disolver el jabón en agua y luego diluirlo con más agua.
disolver - diluir

• luir=to polish

Question 8

for the years to come

for the coming year

Answer 8

durante los años venideros
para el año venidero
venidero adj = coming/to come/future
para los años venideros/que vienen

dero-dera suffix = an object/person that serves a function somehow related to the noun or verb
panadero

Question 9

This ensures that we can have our favorite varieties available when we want them.

Answer 9

Esto nos asegura que podamos tener disponibles nuestras variedades favoritas cuando las queramos.
1st subj two clauses dif subj joined by que requires subj, 2nd subj is because of cuando - if for future then subj

Question 10

the method/process/procedure/proceedings

Answer 10

el procedimiento

Question 11

to reduce inbreeding

Answer 11

reducir la endogamia
(think of the end dog of mine - being weird because of inbreeding)
Eng word is endogomy

Question 12

A self-pollinating plant produces flowers that fertilize themselves and their seeds can produce plants identical to the mother plants.

Answer 12

Una planta autopolinizante (o que se autopoliniza) produce flores que se fertilizan a ellas mismas
y sus semillas pueden producir plantas idénticas a las plantas madre.

ante suffix can be adj with ending “ING”

Question 13

Green beans, lettuces, and tomatoes are examples of self-pollinating/pollinated plants.

Answer 13

Los ejotes, las lechugas y los tomates son ejemplos de plantas autopolinizantes/autopolinizada.

• polizinANTE adj is pollinatING
• polinizANDO is present part pollinatING
• polinizADA is past part used as an adj meaning polinatED
• polinizaCÏON is self polinizaTION

Question 14

Cross-pollinated plants, such as carrots and corn, produce flowers that need to be pollinated with pollen from the flowers of other plants.

Answer 14

Las plantas de polinización cruzada, como las zanahorias y el maíz, producen flores que necesitan ser polinizadas con el polen en las flores de otras plantas.

Question 15

Cross-pollination can be done by the wind or insects, especially bees.

Answer 15

Polinización cruzada puede hacerse por medio del viento o los insectos, especialmente las abejas.

Question 16

When naturally pollinated plants (open-pollinated plants) of different varieties exchange pollen, their seeds can produce an unpredictable mixture of plants and the seeds of these plants cannot be considered pure or true.

Answer 16

Cuando las plantas polinizadas naturalmente (las plantas de polinización abierta) de diferentes variedades intercambian polen, sus semillas pueden producir una mezcla impredecible de plantas y las semillas de estas plantas no pueden considerarse puras o verdaderas.

Question 17

the undesirable characteristics

Answer 17

las características indeseables

desear=to want/wish

Question 18

if they are stored well

Answer 18

si se almacenan bien
o
si están bien almacenados

Question 19

Seed viability is the capacity of seeds to germinate and develop.

Answer 19

La viabilidad de las semillas es la capacidad de éstas para germinar y desarrollarse.

Question 20

the storage

the event

the resupply/refuel

the city/town council/hall

Answer 20

• el almacenamiento (almacenar = to store)
• el acontecimiento (acontecer=to take place/to happen)
• el reabastecimiento (abastecer= to supply)
  el ayuntamiento (ayuntar=to join)

Question 21

submerge, immerse, plunge, dip

the bottom, the back, the end

Answer 21

sumergir (think summer´s here, time to submerge/immerse yourself in the canal, take a plunge-dip)

el fondo

Question 22

is from the same series-batch-group

Answer 22

es de la misma tanda

Question 23

the vine

the pod

Answer 23

la vid (veed) (vineyard)
la parra (climbing vine-grapevine)
la vaina

Question 24

to pull out

Answer 24

arrancar

can also use jalar I think - but jalar is to pull/haul/pick-up

Question 25

to shell/hull/husk

the helmet

the shell/hull

Answer 25

• descascarar
• also desgranar=to shell/thresh/cut the kernels off
• the helmet = el casco (also means the hull of a ship)
• the shell/hull = la cáscara Molly quebró las cáscaras.

Question 26

My father shelled corn by hand.

Answer 26

Mi padre descascaraba/desgranaba el maíz a mano.

Question 27

We´ll encounter a wide-range of problems.

Answer 27

Nos encontraremos con una amplia gama de problemas.