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Essence of Ireland Holiday Competition

Please answer all of the questions below and then fill in your contact details at the bottom of the page.

1. A nice loamy garden soil is made up of near equal parts of sand, silt, and clay.
True False

2. An ample supply of phosphorus is needed for good root growth for newly transplanted plants such as tomato, pepper, and petunia.
True False

3. For tomato and pepper to produce a good crop, lots of bees are needed for pollination
True False

4. If you plan to save seeds of pumpkins for planting the next year, do not use hybrid varieties.
True False

5. If you would like to have a beautiful flowering perennial along a stone wall, you might want to consider planting:
Tall Marigolds Delphiniums Delphiniums Hybrid Impatiens

6. The best time to prune flowering shrubs such as forsythia and rhododendrons is:
in the autumn following the first heavy frost right after the spring flowers have faded away in the spring just before the flowers open.

7. When the bottom of a tomato fruit turns brown, it is called blossom-end rot. The best way to solve this problem is to
supply more water to the soil around the plants pick off the affected fruits prune off all leaves that touch the ground

8. An effective way to warm up garden soil in early spring is to
apply hay or straw mulch set up a portable heater cover the soil with black plastic mulch

9. Most viruses that infect garden plants are spread by insects such as aphids. Therefore insect control is very important.
True False

10. If you pruned some of your shrubs into the shape of an animal or into a geometric shape, you would be practicing the ancient art of topiary.
True False

11. Which of these spring flowering plants is not planted in the spring?
petunia tulip sunflower salvia

12. To make the best use of available water
lightly sprinkle the garden or lawn each day water only at night utilize a drip irrigation system

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