Lesson 17: A new bed – plantings and harvests over five years

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How much time do you need to wait before planting a newly filled bed, which has weeds below the bed filling?

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One week

You don’t need to wait

Three to four weeks

Wait until it has rained a couple of times

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How much new compost did this bed need before spring plantings, in it’s second year (2016)?

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2.5cm (1in) of homemade compost

None

5cm (2in) of multi-purpose compost

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Why did the bed need so little new compost in 2016?

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Because of the compost types we used

Because the bed always had plants growing in it

Because we walked on the compost to make it firm, before the first plantings in May 2015

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Can you plant vegetables in the same holes/exact place in which the previous planting grew?

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This works only with beetroot

Yes

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In early spring, why might you use a fleece/row cover/reemay to protect plants? Choose two answers.

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To protect plants from birds and rabbits

To shelter leaves and stems from cold winds

To increase the temperature of the bed before sowing and planting

To shield plants from hot sun

Do root vegetables fork when they are sown in compost, spread as a mulch on a no dig soil surface?

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No, this is a myth

Sometimes, if the soil had been particularly weedy

Always, because the soil below is too firm

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In temperate climates (not polar or tropical), which is the best time to sow salad plants for winter picking?

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Midsummer (July at Homeacres)

Mid to late Autumn (October and November at Homeacres)

Late summer and early autumn (August and September at Homeacres)

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New plantings grow poorly after you clear soybeans.

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True

False

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