Across
- 3. Rhizomes
- 5. A place where plants grow.
- 10. Contains ovules, stamin, anthers, pollen, etc.
- 11. This is used to raise soil pH and to provide nutrients.
- 12. Keeps unwanted critters out (usually).
- 13. A group of nitrogen fixing plants.
- 14. A type of bean that we plant to fix nitrogen.
- 17. Plants live in them; we sleep in them.
- 19. Something grown without the use of many harmful chemicals.
- 20. Flat nosed or pointed.
- 21. Landscaping kind or leaf kind.
- 24. 78% of the atmosphere is this gas.
- 26. Small mammals that live underground most of the time and eat plant roots.
- 30. Methods for watering your plants.
- 31. A mixture of minerals, organic material, rocks, moisture, air, microorganisms, etc.
- 33. A method for thoroughly mixing soil.
- 34. pH.
- 35. Most growth occurs during this season.
- 38. An agricultural growing style that may use chemical fertilizers and/or insecticides, etc.
- 39. Calcium, Sulfur, Magnesium.
- 40. Rich in nitrogen and comes from animals.
Down
- 1. Plant root crops, cover crops, and cole crops during this season.
- 2. The study of plants.
- 4. Plants need to breathe this gas in.
- 6. Water is made of oxygen and two of these atoms.
- 7. Small structures that an entire plant can grow from.
- 8. Kind of like mini solar panels for plants.
- 9. Nitrite is converted into this form through nitrification.
- 10. Substances that provide essential nutrients to plants.
- 13. These insects eat aphids.
- 15. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, & Potassium.
- 16. Gymnosperms produce these.
- 18. A good season to start seeds.
- 22. Little bugs that bite into your plants to feed.
- 23. An invertebrate that eats and digests soil which enriches it.
- 25. Harvest season!
- 27. Plants exhale this gas.
- 28. A useful tool for turning compost piles.
- 29. Water flows through this.
- 32. Dead, decaying organic material that can enrich your soil.
- 36. A symbiotic relationship between fungi and the roots of plants.
- 37. Aka primary producers.