Lesson 7: Bed width and orientation, sides or not Quiz

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What sort of cardboard is good to use as a base layer, to clear weeds?

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Some that is as thick as possible

Amazon boxes laid side by side

Any cardboard will work, including shiny card

Food boxes with polythene between the cardboard

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What width should new vegetable beds be?

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The width which works best for you and your space

1m (3ft) wide

1.2m (4ft) wide

2m (7ft) wideption 1

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It doesn’t matter how long beds are.

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True

False

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Why is it often said, in an all-embracing dictum, that ‘you must never walk on beds’? Choose two answers.

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Because your footprints make a sunken mess of compacted soil

Because it's commonly thought that roots need mechanically-loosened soil to grow in

Because it's assumed that soil is loose after digging and tilling, and therefore will be squashed down again

Because you’re likely to damage roots near the surface

Choose the best option for creating beds on top of concrete.

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A layer of gravel, then 15cm (6in) compost

A slight slope, or holes made in the concrete to ensure drainage, and 20 cm (8 in) of compost

10cm (4in) of compost

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You always need to orientate beds north to south.

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True

False

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What are two considerations for orientating beds?

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The rotation of your plants

Access points for paths

Any general slope of the land

Your soil type

Why is it better to run beds up and down, instead of across, slopes of less than about 10 degrees?

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It looks more professional

No dig soil is firm and stable, so there is little erosion in heavy rain

Plants prefer it

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Which factor is most relevant when deciding when to remove temporary wooden sides to new beds?

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When the wood disintegrates

When the compost has settled and won’t roll into the path

When they stop looking nice

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