Gardening Intro

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Across
  1. 3. Is the % of N. P, and K in a fertilizer.
  2. 4. In order to reduce acidity to soils we add _______.
  3. 7. pH affects the ____________ of plant nutrients.
  4. 9. Decayed plants like leaves, grass clippings, old hay. Usually in a pile.
  5. 11. This is actulayy a great source of bacteria and fungi to do the composting.
  6. 13. Selecting plants with ___________ rsistance is wise.
  7. 16. When soils are alkaline we add this to adjust pH.
  8. 17. This is how much a crop produces like pounds or bushels.
Down
  1. 1. Organic matter in the soil acts like little ________ to hold water.
  2. 2. This nutrient helps plants with disease resistance.
  3. 5. You need a source of this to do gardening.
  4. 6. This nutrient gines plants their dark green color.
  5. 8. Findinf the right _____________ is impoerant in when starting a garden
  6. 10. The plant is purple when this nutrient is deficient.
  7. 12. Its best if a garden is away from _________ trees.
  8. 14. This element is added to compost piles to feed the bacteria and fungi and speed up composting.
  9. 15. The workability of the soil. How easy it is to till it.