Plant Parts & Functions
This part of the plant takes in water and minerals from the soil.
What is "the root"
This type of garden bed is built above ground and often framed with wood
What is a raised bed
This kitchen spice comes from the dried bark of a tree and was once worth more than gold.
What is Cinnamon?
Name three good containers for container gardening.
5-gallon buckets
Old recycling bins
Wine barrels
A bag of potting soil with holes poked in the bottom
Grow Bags
This part of the plant makes food through photosynthesis
what are the leaves
Planting marigolds near tomatoes to deter pests is an example of what practice
What is Companion Planting
This fruit is about 92% water, which is why it floats so easily in a bucket.
What is the watermelon?
This type of gardening can attract rodents.
Straw bale gardening
This structure holds up the plant and transport nutrients.
What is the stem?
This term describes rotating crops each year to prevent soil depletion
What is Crop rotation
This vegetable was painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs over 4,000 years ago and is still one of the most common crops in gardens today.
What is the onion
What is the name of the type of gardening for small spaces?
Square Foot Gardenng
This part protects the seed until conditions are right to grow.
This layout strategy uses vertical supports to grow climbing plants
What is trellising?
This herb is nicknamed “nature’s band-aid” because its leaves can soothe cuts, scrapes, and insect bites when rubbed on the skin.
What is Plantain Weed
Name a bad container to use for container gardening.
Buckets that contained chemicals, laundry soap, kitty litter
See-through containers
Tires
Old treated wood
Painted wood
The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma is called this.
What is "Pollination"
Planting crops in a way that maximizes yield in a small space is called this
What is intensive planting OR square foot gardening.
Archaeologists discovered that this vegetable was cultivated in Peru over 7,000 years ago — long before it became Ireland’s staple.
what is the potato?
What are the three plants used for Three Sisters Gardening?
Corn
Beans
Squash