Homework Vegetable and Herb Gardening Chapter 6 Name Date 1. What is the minimum number of sunlight hours needed for success with most vegetables? 2. What is the soil ph range needed for success with most vegetables? 3. What is crop rotation and why is it recommended? 4. Indicate into which vegetable family the specified veggies belong. Choose from the following families: Legume, Goosefoot, Mustard, Parsley, Nightshade, Squash, Composite, Lily, Grass. a) Tomato, potato, pepper, eggplant b) Spinach, beets, chard c) Peas, beans d) Corn e) Carrots, parsley, celery, parsnip
f) Pumpkin, cucumber, watermelon g) Onions, garlic, asparagus, leek h) Lettuce, endive, chicory, dandelion i) Cabbage, cauliflower, radish, turnip 5. What is one drawback in using a roto- tiller? 6. List some advantages of growing a cover crop? 7. Some gardners keep a 5 gallon bucket filled with sand and used motor oil. What for? 8. open- pollinated variety? 9. If vegetable seeds are stored properly, some may be viable for a number of years. What is the average number of years each of the following seeds remain viable? a) Tomato b) Onion c) Broccoli d) Sweet Corn e) Pepper f) Muskmelon g) Bean
10. What is the rule of thumb to determine how deep to plant most vegetable seeds? 11. When starting your own vegetable transplants from seed, what could be a cause of weak, leggy seedlings? 12. 13. Why would sowing lettuce seeds directly into the garden in August not be a good idea? 14. List three things that could be done to help reduce water needs in the vegetable garden. 1) 2) 3) 15. Some vegetables require more nutrients than others. It is a good idea to group veggies based on their nutritional needs. Place the following veggies into either the Heavy Feeder group or the Light Feeder group: Broccoli, garlic, carrot, cauliflower, pepper, parsley, potato, lettuce, swiss chard, cucumber, okra, tomato, spinach, turnip, onion Heavy Feeders Light Feeders
16. Does the use of leaves as an organic mulch around vegetables plants increase or decrease the need for nitrogen fertilizer? 17. What is intensive gardening? 18. What is an interplanted garden and what is a possible advantage to this technique? 19. 20. List several vegetable crops that prefer the cooler fall garden. 21. List two reasons why one would use floating row covers. 1) 2) 22. What is the general descriptive name of common herbs used in cooking? 23. How often and when should perennial herbs be divided?
24. True or False a) Asparagus is a hardy perennial b) Beans fix nitrogen after they establish a good root system c) Broccoli does best in warmer temperatures, above 75 degrees d) Brussel sprouts is a hardy biennial e) Cabbage prefers a higher ph, 7.5-8.0 f) Cauliflower is a heavy feeder g) Corn does best when planted in a long single rows h) Misshapen cucumbers can result from low fertility or poor pollination i) Eggplant is very cold hardy j) Lettuce prefers a rich, well drained loose loam k) Common insect problems include squash bugs and cucumber beetles l) Onions prefer warmer temps during initial development and cooler temps during bulbing m) Peppers are a very tender perennial n) Potatoes with green skin are due to sun exposure o) Squash is a very light feeder p) Fruit cracking in tomatoes is due to irregular soil moisture 25) List three types of Chinese bean. 1) 2) 3)
26) Coriander is the aromatic seed of which herb? 27) True or False: a) Kohlrabi is another of the cool season crops. b) Leek, a member of the onion family will usually form large bulbs. c) Parsnips, a member of the parsley family is grown for its leaves. d) Rhubarb is generally difficult to grow in Texas since it prefers cools summers and severe winters. e) Shallots, another member of the onion family, develops clusters of small bulbs. f) Jicama roots may weigh up to 50 pounds. 29) How does a tomatillo differ from a tomato?