Basic Gardening Quiz & Answers - Pro Gardening Blog

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Basic Gardening Quiz & Answers

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1. Which of these is the fastest growing vegetable?

Radishes

Bush beans

Carrots

Asparagus

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2. Which of these fruits have seeds on the outside?

Bananas

Strawberries

Oranges

Plums

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3. Which is the main cause of blossom-end rot?

Light watering

Pests

Lack of calcium

Lack of nitrogen

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4. Which of these is the biggest flower in the world?

Rafflesia Arnoldii

Black dragon hibiscus

Sacred lotus

Dahlia

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5. Which best explains what cultivating a garden means?

Collecting and throwing unwanted wastes from the garden

Adding manure or fertilizer to the garden

Loosening soil to make it ready for planting

Spraying the garden with pesticides

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6. Which of these is not a benefit of gardening?

Improves physical fitness

Better mental health

Improves food supply

It can help you stay away from everyone

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7. Which is the odd one out?

Container gardening

In-ground gardening

Raised bed gardening

Zero grazing gardening

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8. Who invented the wheelbarrow?

Martin Luther King Jr

Zhuge Liang

Thomas Edison

Charles Babbage

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9. What are weeds?

Plants growing in the wrong place

Plants you didn’t plant

Plants that came up unexpectedly

Plants filling your garden

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10. What is the general name given to shrubs and trees whose leaves fall in autumn?

Perennials

Deciduous

Pteridophytes

Droppers

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11. Which is an excellent source of nitrogen for the soil?

Coffee grounds

Banana peels

Sugar

Maize cobs

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12. How best can you describe annuals?

Plants that thrive throughout the year

Plants that bloom once a year

Plants that shall be harvested after one year

Plants that finish their life cycle from germination to seeds and then die

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13. Which of these vegetables is a cool-weather crop?

Tomatoes

Peppers

Cauliflower

Broccoli

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14. What is an heirloom seed?

A seed your mother gave you

An expensive seed

A seed from a plant type that has been grown for years

A seed from a monarch

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15. Which one is not a root vegetable?

Radish

Cabbage

Carrot

Potato

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