Across
- 2. Occurs when a plant is exposed to excessive heat or sun. The plant produces seeds or flower instead of a crop. Example: When a lettuce bolts prematurely, the flower head in the center pops up and goes to seed, while the lettuce leaves turn bitter and inedible.
- 3. A garden bed that has been elevated, which allows for warmer soil and better drainage.
- 5. Plants that live for multiple seasons/years.
- 7. To cut or pinch off dead flowers.
- 10. A plant grown for aesthetic purposes, rather than for eating.
- 12. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year- meaning you have to plant every year to continue to harvest.
- 13. often referred to as "days to maturity" or "days to harvest," is the time it takes for a plant to reach the stage where its foliage or fruit is ready for consumption or harvest
- 14. Planting and germinating seeds directly in the ground where you want them to grow, as opposed to starting them indoors and transplanting.
- 16. To remove plant seedlings or plants from one place and plant them somewhere else. Example: Many seeds need to be started indoors in small cells of soil, but as they grow and need more space, they must be transplanted in a larger pot or in the ground.
- 18. A plant variety that has been crossbred from two or more plants of different parent varieties with different characteristics in order to create a more “desirable” plant.
- 19. A zone determined by average temperature of your geographical location. There are 11 main zones, with subcategories of a and b (ex. Zone 7A or Zone 11B), which help to categorize which plants can grow in certain areas. We are in zone 7B
Down
- 1. When a cold-hardy plant is planted in the fall and lives to spring to be harvested; lasts “over winter”.
- 2. A plant that completes its life cycle in two years.
- 4. Plants with seeds that develop through natural pollination. Example: Wind, insects, or animals.
- 6. An open-pollinated variety that has remained unchanged (not hybridized) for at least 50-100 years.
- 8. the process by which a plant grows from a seed into a seedling. Seeds remain dormant until conditions are favorable for germination.
- 9. A form of support for climbing plants. Example, a wide-windowed net to support Morning Glory and beans, or stakes and twine to support a tomato plant.
- 11. The science of cultivating plants.
- 15. To put some form of a stake into the ground next to a plant to provide it support while it is growing.
- 17. To remove excess seedlings (often the weak or dying ones) in order to provide more room, oxygen, and sunlight to the remaining seedlings, allowing them to thrive.