Vegetable Gardening Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is microclimate? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the climate of a small specific place
within a larger area
How will a microclimate affect a garden? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The microclimate
helps determine length of growing season
Low-lying areas (called frost pockets) - frosts occur later in spring and earlier in fall
Restricted air flow - traps cold air
Avoid structures or evergreen trees on downhill side of garden
What are some things when planning a garden? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Vegetable
gardens are best in full sun for at least 6 hours
Poorly drained areas should be avoided or improved
Level sites = less erosion
Slight south facing slope = earlier warming and drying of soil
Consider:
Reasons for the garden
Location
Budget
size of the garden
plants desired
,What is succession planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Planting one crop immediately
after another to maximize yield
What is varietal planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Planting a range of cultivars having
different harvest dates at the same time.
What is temporal planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Temporal succession: Planting the
same cultivar periodically over the course of the season.
What is crop rotation? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the system of growing a different crop in
a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
What good does crop rotation do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is done so that the soil of
farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases
soil fertility and crop yield.
What the difference between warm and cool season crops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cool
season veggies prefer temperatures between 55° and 75° F. Additionally cool season
vegetable seeds will germinate with much lower soil temperatures. Seeds will come up with
soil temps as low at 40°, but optimal soil temp for germination is around 70°F.
Name six warm season vegetables - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Corn Beans Tomatoes
Melons Potatoes Summer Squash
Name six cool season vegetables - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Lettuce Spinach Carrots
Swiss Chard Beets Radish
What is a cultivar? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cultivated variety
What is direct seeding? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔seed directly into ground
What is transplanting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Shifting of plants from one soil or
growing medium to another
, Pros and Cons for Direct seeding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pros
Some plants don't like to be transplanted so you'll need to direct sow them into their final
location.These usually consist of plants with a delicate root system.
Plants that germinate and mature quickly are best grown from seeds, like beets and radishes.
More cost effective; a packet of seeds will provide you with tens if not hundreds of seeds!
cons
Sometimes nature doesn't go as planned. Seeds are more susceptible to droughts and floods.
Pros and Cons for transplating - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pros Transplants are more mature
once you place them into the ground. This allows them to be more resistant to insects and
pests.
Transplanting also gives you a more predictable garden with more controlled results. By
planting baby plants you are getting a huge jumpstart on your gardening.
Plants that have a long growing season are best transplanted.
cons
Transplants can introduce unwanted weeds into your garden.
Transplants also assume the risk of transplant shock. This is the result of directly planting into
a home garden after being in a controlled environment for so long.
More expensive than purchasing seeds.
What are some seed quality characteristics? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Physical Quality,
Genetic purity, Physiological Quality, Seed Health.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is microclimate? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the climate of a small specific place
within a larger area
How will a microclimate affect a garden? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The microclimate
helps determine length of growing season
Low-lying areas (called frost pockets) - frosts occur later in spring and earlier in fall
Restricted air flow - traps cold air
Avoid structures or evergreen trees on downhill side of garden
What are some things when planning a garden? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Vegetable
gardens are best in full sun for at least 6 hours
Poorly drained areas should be avoided or improved
Level sites = less erosion
Slight south facing slope = earlier warming and drying of soil
Consider:
Reasons for the garden
Location
Budget
size of the garden
plants desired
,What is succession planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Planting one crop immediately
after another to maximize yield
What is varietal planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Planting a range of cultivars having
different harvest dates at the same time.
What is temporal planting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Temporal succession: Planting the
same cultivar periodically over the course of the season.
What is crop rotation? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the system of growing a different crop in
a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
What good does crop rotation do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is done so that the soil of
farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases
soil fertility and crop yield.
What the difference between warm and cool season crops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cool
season veggies prefer temperatures between 55° and 75° F. Additionally cool season
vegetable seeds will germinate with much lower soil temperatures. Seeds will come up with
soil temps as low at 40°, but optimal soil temp for germination is around 70°F.
Name six warm season vegetables - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Corn Beans Tomatoes
Melons Potatoes Summer Squash
Name six cool season vegetables - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Lettuce Spinach Carrots
Swiss Chard Beets Radish
What is a cultivar? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔cultivated variety
What is direct seeding? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔seed directly into ground
What is transplanting? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Shifting of plants from one soil or
growing medium to another
, Pros and Cons for Direct seeding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pros
Some plants don't like to be transplanted so you'll need to direct sow them into their final
location.These usually consist of plants with a delicate root system.
Plants that germinate and mature quickly are best grown from seeds, like beets and radishes.
More cost effective; a packet of seeds will provide you with tens if not hundreds of seeds!
cons
Sometimes nature doesn't go as planned. Seeds are more susceptible to droughts and floods.
Pros and Cons for transplating - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔pros Transplants are more mature
once you place them into the ground. This allows them to be more resistant to insects and
pests.
Transplanting also gives you a more predictable garden with more controlled results. By
planting baby plants you are getting a huge jumpstart on your gardening.
Plants that have a long growing season are best transplanted.
cons
Transplants can introduce unwanted weeds into your garden.
Transplants also assume the risk of transplant shock. This is the result of directly planting into
a home garden after being in a controlled environment for so long.
More expensive than purchasing seeds.
What are some seed quality characteristics? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Physical Quality,
Genetic purity, Physiological Quality, Seed Health.
