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Pop Quiz: All About Gardening

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1.

This popular type of plant blooms only once and must be replaced at the end of the gardening season:

Annual
Perennial
Biannual

2.

Fertilizer is most effective when applied during which season?

Spring
Winter
Fall

3.

This common household product can be added to pesticide sprays to make them adhere to plants more easily:

Krazy Glue
Dishwashing liquid
Tape

4.

The following practice can help extend the blooming season for your plants and flowers:

“Tucking”
“Sugaring”
“Dead-heading”

5.

This type of garden is characterized by its concern for balance and its use of waterfalls, bridges, stones, and trees:

Japanese garden
Organic garden
Hollywood garden

6.

Before lawn mowers were invented, people used to cut their grass with the following tool:

Lawn shears
Scythe
Loppers

7.

This type of invasive weed is prevalent in the southern part of the United States:

Kudzu
Crabgrass
Queen Ann’s Lace

8.

Organic gardeners often use this to fertilize soil:

Compost
Organic Teas
Natural Scat

9.

A hydroponic garden is a garden in which:

Stones are the central element
Plants are cultivated without soil
Water is not used