Grow Biointensive Supplementary Tools

Question 1

Prickling out

Bumping up

Dibbling out all mean

Answer 1

Moving from flats with closely spaced seeds to flats with greater spacing

Question 2

Good to plant around fruit trees and raspberries

Answer 2

Garlic

Question 3

Tomatoes grow poorly with (2)

Answer 3

Corn

Strawberries

Question 4

Onion/garlic don’t go well with

Answer 4

Cucumber

Question 5

Best time of year to solve garden problems before they begin

Answer 5

January

Question 6

Corn variety resistant to ear worms

Answer 6

Honeycross

Question 7

Can be planted all summer long (2)

Answer 7

Beans

Carrots

Question 8

Why seedlings shouldn’t have rich soil

Answer 8

Roots searching for nutrients grow better

Question 9

If you have problems with insects or disease you can _ your potting mix by baking it

Answer 9

Sterilize

Question 10

How to sterilize potting soil mix

Answer 10

Bake in shallow pan 45 mins 180f

Question 11

Preferred temp for seedlings at day

Answer 11

70-75f

Question 12

Preferred temp for seedlings at night

Answer 12

60-65

Question 13

Good to start indoors

Answer 13

Eggplant

Question 14

Most seedlings like to be _ inches from light source (range)

Answer 14

6-8

Question 15

Spray to deter aphids is made of

Answer 15

Ground up onion and garlic

Question 16

Plant peas as soon as

Answer 16

The ground can be worked

Question 17

While you wait for ground to dry out enough for planting

Answer 17

Gather all organic matter you can find and till it into the soil

Question 18

Organic matter will keep your soil soft so that

Answer 18

Root tips can penetrate it

Question 19

_ can be present in farm animals manure

Answer 19

Tetanus germ

Question 20

Can grow in March even when snow covers them

Answer 20

Low bush peas

Question 21

Can be used to screen compost pile from sun

Answer 21

Jerusalem artichokes

Question 22

You can dig Jerusalem artichokes all winter because

Answer 22

Freezing doesn’t hurt them

Question 23

Jerusalem artichokes are healthier than potatoes because (2)

Answer 23

Few calories

No starch

Question 24

Jerusalem artichokes will come up year-to-year from

Answer 24

Tubers left in the ground

Question 25

4-6 wks before average last frost date it is good to plant

Answer 25

Hardy veggies

Question 26

Hardy veggies include (2)

Answer 26

Peas Potatoes

Question 27

Onion Spinach Cabbage are

Answer 27

Hardy

Question 28

Turnips Lettuce Broccoli are

Answer 28

Hardy

Question 29

4wks before last expected frost date plant (2)

Answer 29

Beets Carrots

Question 30

Plant radishes, parsnips, cauliflower _ before last expected frost date

Answer 30

4wks