BYU Gardening Exam Review UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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BYU Gardening
BYU Gardening Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Some vegetables work better as a vertical crop than others. Some crops that work well in a
vertical trellis or fence are - CORRECT ANSWER- tomatoes, squash, melons,
cucumbers, and pole beans
The six important poin...
BYU Gardening Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Some vegetables work better as a vertical crop than others. Some crops that work well in a
vertical trellis or fence are - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tomatoes, squash, melons,
cucumbers, and pole beans
The six important points one needs to consider when planning a garden are - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔soil, water, space, light, time, and energy
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A rule of thumb concerning how to treat the soil is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Never allow
your growing area to sit bare.
Why is corn difficult to grow in a very small garden area? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Corn
takes a lot of space, one stalk per square foot, usually no more than two ears on one stalk.
Crop rotation is important because - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔This lessens the chance of
buildup of harmful microbes, parasites, and diseases in the soil.
If one eats the vegetative portion of a plant, it usually indicates the plant is a _____________
crop. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cool
If one eats the flowering portion of a plant, it usually indicates the plant is a _____________
crop. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔warm
One reason a pea plant is considered a cool crop, even though we eat the flowering part of the
plant, is because - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔it prefers cooler days and nights to flower and
does not need cross-pollination to produce peas as do squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and other
warm crops.
,An approximate number of lettuce plants per person per year is - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔twelve to twenty-four
If you were to plant nine spinach plants, you would want to place - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔about nine plants in one square foot
Planting cabbage first and then green beans later in the season after the cabbage has been
pulled is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔succession cropping
Planting melons on a trellis is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔vertical cropping
Recommended daily servings of vegetables per person are - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔three
to five servings per person
Planting peas first and following with a crop of corn is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔succession cropping
Planting lettuce and spinach next to tomatoes at the same time is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔intercropping
Planting potatoes in a different area of the garden about every two years is an example of -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔crop rotation
Planting radishes with cucumbers at the same time is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔double cropping
In your garden, it is wise not to plant all plants from the same family in the same area. Which
statement is not true?
-Many diseases that a vegetable family shares will be easily passed from plant to plant if in
the same vicinity.
-It looks pretty in a garden if all the same family members are planted together.
-Planting all like family members together makes an easy target for pests that like those crops
to overpopulate, thus causing many problems for the gardener. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔It looks pretty in a garden if all the same family members are planted together.
, One ideal method to conserve water when watering your garden is to - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔use a soaker hose
When considering space in your garden, consider planning about a minimum of
_____________ square feet per person as a start - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔thirty-two
Realistically, a good fruit and vegetable garden may be able to supply a person with about
_____ percent of their daily nutritional needs - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔50-60
The maximum number of onion sets one should plant in a one-square-foot area is -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔twelve to sixteen
The space required to grow enough bush green beans for fresh eating for a family of four
would be approximately - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔four to five square feet
Almost all vegetables will require at least _____________ hours of sunlight - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔nine
Good vegetables to try vertical cropping would be - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tomatoes
Which of the following is a good reason for keeping a gardening journal?
-One can keep track of where the bulbs and perennials are planted even when they are not
visible in the winter months.
-One can keep track of what was planted and where it was planted from season to season.
-One can keep track of the time it takes for certain crops to germinate and mature as well as
pests and diseases that may be noticed and when they appeared.
-All of the above are good reasons for keeping a journal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-All of
the above are good reasons for keeping a journal
An example of vertical cropping is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔planting your crops in
trellises, fences, and strings attached to stakes
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