Germination
This method means planting seeds straight into the garden bed (e.g carrots, beans and squash).
What is direct sowing?
This is the scientific term for the study of plant life.
What is botany?
Nitrogen-rich compost material like fruit scraps, veggie peels, and grass clippings is known by this color name.
What are "greens"?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This slang term, describing the mental fog from consuming too much low-quality online content, was named Oxford's Word of the Year in 2024.
What is "brainrot"?
Seeds should generally be planted this many times as deep as their own diameter.
What is 2–3 times?
Plants with internal tubes that move water and nutrients are called this.
What are vascular plants?
Carbon-rich compost material like dried leaves, cardboard, and straw is known by this color name.
What are "browns"?
This is the process by which plants use light energy to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
This word, meaning content or comments deliberately crafted to provoke outragewas named Oxford's 2025 Word of the Year.
What is "ragebait"?
This is the ideal soil temperature range, in Fahrenheit, for most seeds to germinate best.
What is 65°F–75°F?
These are the two big groups of vascular plants that produce seeds.
What are angiosperms and gymnosperms?
A healthy compost pile should feel like this.
What is moist?
This mathematical constant, roughly 3.14, is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
What is pi (π)?
This now-discontinued photo app sent users a random daily notification and gave them two minutes to post an unedited photo of whatever they were doing.
What is BeReal?
This fungal disease, which kills seedlings, is caused by using regular garden soil instead of a sterile starting mix.
What is damping off?
Angiosperms with just one seed leaf are called this.
What are monocots?
Bacteria and fungi that break down organic matter into finished compost are known by this term.
What are microorganisms (decomposers)?
This organ in the human body is the largest one.
What is the skin?
The name of the island is Ms Jack from and the language(s) do they speak there?
Where is Dominica and what is English/French-based Patois?
Before transplanting outside, seedlings should be acclimated to outdoor conditions for this many days to avoid shock.
What is 7–10 days?
Angiosperms with two seed leaves are called this.
What are dicots?
This is the roughly ideal ratio of browns to greens that keeps a compost pile balanced and breaking down well.
What is about 3 parts brown to 1 part green?
The greatest performing artist of all time
Beyoncé
This is the two-letter chemical symbol for the element gold.
What is Au?