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Calendar Contest
By Courtney Connelly
All the winners for this quiz have been chosen!
If you'd still like to take the quiz you can check your answers at the bottom.
1) How can you prevent tip burn in Lucky Bamboo?
a. Limiting the amount of fluoride the plant is exposed to. Many municipalities in the United States add fluoride to tap water to prevent tooth decay. So watering your plants with fluoride-free bottled water may reduce or even eliminate fluoride, chlorine, and salts.
b. Place your plant in bright, indirect light and change the water once a week.
c. Both.
Hint
2) What type of soil does Rosemary grow best in?
a. Well-drained, sandy, or gravelly soil and full sun.
b. Tolerates a variety of soils, as long as those soils are well drained.
c. Grows best in rich, moist, well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade
Hint
3) True or False: Lack of water causes Petunias to wilt.
Hint
4) What is the most effect way to grow corn?
a. Long Rows
b. Square Plots
c. Neither.
Hint
5) What is the most common cause of Catfacing?
a. Exposure to temperatures below 50 degrees F during flowering and fruit set
b. Excessive soil nitrogen.
c. Exposure to 2, 4-D
Hint
6) What are some ways to scare away deer?
a. With a dog (or the scent of one)
b. Repellents like soap, human hair, or hot sauce.
c. Electric fencing.
d. All of the above.
Hint
7) T or F: To successfully grow herbs indoors, choose the weakest ones in your garden so they can be nursed to health in a new environment.
Hint
8) Which of these is not a flower name?
a. Foxglove
b. Horse's Ear
c. Dog-tooth Violet
d. Deer's Tongue
9) T or F: In composting, "browns" refer to the compost ingredients that a high percentage of carbon and "greens" refer to the compost ingredients that contain a high percentage of nitrogen.
Hint
10) T or F: Espeliar is a deliciously spicy French herb.
Hint
Answers:
1. C
2. A
3. F
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. F
8. B
9. T
10. F
