Grow Your Own Crops - Vegetables and Herbs Flashcards
(132 cards)
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When can you sow lettuce?
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Mid winter to mid autumn
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When can you harvest lettuce?
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Early spring through late autumn
3
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What are four types of lettuce?
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- Loose-leaf
- Butterhead
- Cos
- Crisphead
4
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When can you sow cut-and-come-again?
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Mid spring through mid autumn
5
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When can you harvest cut-and-come-again?
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Late spring through mid-winter
6
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What are six types of cut-and-come-again?
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- Corn salad
- Mibuna
- Land cress
- White mustard
- Pak choi
- Mizuna
7
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When can you sow loose-leaf crops?
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Early spring through late autumn
8
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When can you harvest loose-leaf crops?
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All year round
9
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What three things should you watch out for with loose-leaf crops?
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Downy mildew
Fungal leaf spot
Slugs and snails
10
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Name four types of loose-leaf crops.
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Spinach
Swiss chard and spinach beet
Chicory
Chinese cabbage
11
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When can you sow tomatoes?
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Early spring though early summer
12
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When can you harvest tomatoes?
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Early summer through early autumn
13
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Name four types of tomatoes.
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Beefsteak
Cherry
Plum
Heirloom
14
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What two things should you watch out for with tomatoes?
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Tomato blight
Blossom end rot
15
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When can you sow peppers and chillies?
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Early spring through early summer
16
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When can you harvest peppers and chillies?
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Early summer through mid autumn
17
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Name four types of peppers and chillies.
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Sweet peppers
Scotch bonnets
Jalapeño chillies
Cayenne chillies
18
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Which two things should you watch out for with peppers and chillies?
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Aphids
Glasshouse red spider mites
19
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When can you sow aubergines?
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Mid spring through early summer
20
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When can you harvest aubergines?
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Late summer through mid autumn
21
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Which two things should you watch out for with aubergines?
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Glasshouse whitefly
Grey mould
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When can you sow cucumbers?
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Early spring through early summer
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When can you harvest cucumbers?
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Early summer through mid autumn
24
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Name three types of cucumber
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Ridge
Heritage
Greenhouse
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What two things should you watch out for with cucumbers?
Cucumber mosaic virus
Powdery mildew
26
When can you sow sweetcorn?
Early spring through mid summer
27
When can you harvest sweetcorn?
Mid summer though early autumn
28
When can you sow Florence fennel?
Early spring through mid summer
29
When can you harvest Florence fennel?
Early summer through mid autumn
30
Which two things should you watch out for with Florence fennel?
Rhizoctonia
Bolting
31
When can you sow rhubarb?
Mid autumn through end of spring
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When can you harvest rhubarb?
Late spring through end of summer
33
Which two things should you watch out for with rhubarb?
Slugs and snails
Crown rot
34
When can you sow celery?
Start of spring through early summer
35
When can you harvest celery?
Early summer through mid winter
36
Name two varieties of celery.
Trench celery
Self-blanching/naturally pale celery
37
Which two things should you watch out for with celery?
Celery leaf miner maggots
Fungal leaf spot
38
When can you sow courgettes and marrows?
Early spring through early summer
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When can you harvest courgettes and marrows?
Early summer through mid autumn
40
When can you sow summer squash?
Early spring through mid summer
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When can you harvest summer squash?
Mid summer through mid autumn
42
Name two types of summer squash.
Patty pan
Round
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Which one thing should you watch out for with summer squash?
Cucumber mosaic virus
44
When can you sow pumpkins?
Early spring through early summer
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When can you harvest pumpkins?
Late summer through late autumn
46
Which one thing should you watch out for with pumpkins?
Slugs
47
When can you sow winter squash?
Early spring through early summer
48
When can you harvest winter squash?
Late summer through mid autumn
49
Which one thing should you watch out for with winter squash?
Glasshouse red spider mite
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When can you sow radishes?
Start of spring through early autumn
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When can you harvest radishes?
Start of summer through mid winter
52
Name three types of radish.
Summer radish
Winter radish
Mooli
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Which two things should you watch out for with radishes?
Flea beatles
Cabbage root fly
54
When can you sow beetroot?
Start of spring to late summer
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When can you harvest beetroot?
Start of summer to mid autumn
56
Which two things should you watch out for with beetroot?
Aphids
Leaf-mining fly
57
When can you sow carrots?
Start of spring to mid summer
58
When can you harvest carrots?
All year round
59
Name two types of carrot.
Rounded carrots
Finger carrots
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Which two things should you watch out for with carrots?
Aphids
Carrot fly
61
When can you sow kohl rabi?
Start of spring to end of summer
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When can you harvest kohl rabi?
Mid spring to mid winter
63
Name two types of kohl rabi.
Purple varieties
White varieties
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Which two things should you watch out for with kohl rabi?
Clubroot
Leaf-eating pests
65
When can you sow potatoes?
All of spring
66
When can you harvest potatoes?
Start of summer to mid autumn
67
Name three varieties of potatoes.
First earlies
Second earlies
Maincrops
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What does chitting potatoes mean?
Placing the seed potatoes with their "eyes" facing upwards, in trays or off boxes in a warm, light place so that short green shoots (chits) appear
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When does earthing up mean?
Drawing up surrounding soil to cover the shoots, burying them by half their height
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Which two things should you watch out for with potatoes?
Potato cyst nematodes
Potato blight
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When can you sow root and stem crops?
All spring and summer
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When can you harvest root and stem crops?
All year round
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Name four types of root and stem crops.
Turnip
Swede
Parsnip
Celeriac
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Which two things should you watch out for with root and stem crops?
Carrot fly
Parsnip canker
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When can you sow onions and shallots?
Start of autumn through mid spring
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When can you harvest onions and shallots?
Start of summer through mid autumn
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Name five types of onions and shallots.
Red onions
Brown onions
Overwintering onions
Round shallots
French shallots
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Which two things should you watch out for with onions and shallots?
Onion fly
Onion white rot
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When can you sow garlic?
Mid autumn through mid spring
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When can you harvest garlic?
Late spring through mid autumn
81
Which two things should you watch out for with garlic?
Onion white rot
Rust
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When can you sow leeks?
Mid winter through end of summer
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When can you harvest leeks?
Late summer through mid spring
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Which two things should you watch out for with leeks?
Leek rust
Leaf-mining larvae
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When can you sow peas?
Mid autumn through mid summer
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When can you harvest peas?
Start of summer through mid autumn
87
Name three types of peas.
Mangetout peas
Sugar snap peas
Podding peas
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When can you sow broad beans?
Mid autumn through mid spring
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When can you harvest broad beans?
Late spring through end of summer
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Which two things should you watch out for with broad beans?
Blackfly
Chocolate spot
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When can you sow french beans?
Early spring through late summer
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When can you harvest french beans?
Start of summer through end of autumn
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Name two varieties of french beans.
Climbing varieties
Dwarf varieties
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Which two things should you watch out for with french beans?
Anthracnose
Bean halo blight
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When can you sow runner beans?
Early spring through late summer
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When can you harvest runner beans?
Mid summer through late autumn
97
Name two varieties of runner beans.
Red-flowered beans
White-flowered beans
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Which two things should you watch out for with runner beans?
Blackfly
Rust
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When can you sow cabbages?
Spring through autumn
100
When can you harvest cabbages?
All year round
101
Name four types of cabbage.
Spring cabbage and spring greens
Summer and autumn cabbage
Winter cabbage
Red cabbage
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Which two things should you watch out for with cabbages?
Clubroot
Mealy cabbage aphids
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When can you sow kale?
Mid spring to end of summer
104
When can you harvest kale?
Late autumn to mid spring
105
Name two types of kale.
Curly kale
Smooth-leaved kale
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Which two things should you watch out for with kale?
Powdery mildew
Glasshouse whitely
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When can you sow brussel sprouts?
Start of spring through early summer
108
When can you harvest brussel sprouts?
Late summer through end of winter
109
Which two things should you watch out for with brussel sprouts?
Pigeons
Caterpillars
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When can you sow broccoli?
Start of spring through end of summer
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When can you harvest broccoli?
Mid winter through mid autumn
112
Name two types of broccoli.
Calabrese
Sprouting broccoli
113
Which two things should you watch out for with broccoli?
Cabbage root fly
Pigeons
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When can you sow cauliflower?
Start of spring through mid autumn
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When can you harvest cauliflower?
Mid summer through late autumn, and all of spring
116
Name four varieties of cauliflower.
Summer cauliflower
Autumn cauliflower
Winter cauliflower
Coloured cauliflower
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Which two things should you watch out for with cauliflower?
White blister
Molybdenum deficiency
118
When can you sow globe artichokes?
Mid autumn to end of spring
119
When can you harvest artichokes?
Late spring and early summer, and early autumn
120
Which two things should you watch out for with artichokes?
Black bean aphids
Petal blight
121
When can you sow asparagus?
Mid winter to mid spring
122
When can you harvest asparagus?
Early spring to end of spring
123
Which two things should you watch out for with asparagus?
Slugs and snails
Asparagus beetle
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When can you sow annual herbs?
Start of spring through end of summer
125
When can you harvest annual herbs?
Mid spring through mid autumn
126
Which two things should you watch out for with annual herbs?
Aphids
Slugs and snails
127
Name four annual herbs.
Basil
Parsley
Dill
Coriander
128
When can you sow hardy border herbs?
Mid spring to end of summer
129
When can you harvest hardy border herbs?
Start of summer through mid winter
130
Which two things should you watch out for with hardy border herbs?
Slugs and snails
Cats
131
Name ei
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Name eight hardy border herbs
Mint
Rosemary
Thyme
Sage
Bay
Oregano
Chives
Tarragon
