Gardening 1

2. fertilizer that gives plants their dark green color
5. Eastern Kansas soils have a lot of this the smallest soil particle
8. a popular garden vegetable
9. very popular flower in Kansas-can tolerate full sun
11. the macronutrient important for strong stalks and disease resistance.
14. A pile of decaying grass clippings, egg shells, leaves, etc
16. Shoots that come from the mother strawberry plant that give you more plants.
17. a disease where the end of the tomato turns black. ________ end rot
19. plants that can tolerate a frost
20. plants that cannot tolerate cold temperatures
23. below seven on the pH scale
25. Plants that come back more than two years.
26. long slender, threadlike structure that wraps around a trellis
27. An important item necessary for gardening...(from the sky)

1. to grow more plants
3. The best time to water.
4. require two growing seasons to complete their life cycle
6. tomatoes that have a short growth habit
7. a material ysed to cover the ground to conserve water and control weeds
10. America's number one bedding plant; tolerates shade
12. plants whose life cycle is one year.
13. the base of the strawberry plant where the leaves come together at one point.
15. the plant nutrient important for blooming and rooting
18. side shoots on a tomato plant
21. removing the old or spent flowers
22. A type of strawberry- ______ bearing
24. This material can be used for mulch.
28. Removing some plants that are too crowded.