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	BBC Homepage Lifestyle Gardening Part One Part Two
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New visitors Welcome, create your own unique bbc.co.uk member name and password Why become a member?     Returning members Enter member name  Enter password  Forgotten your password?         Remember me What does this mean?     Roughly how much bulky organic matter should you dig in per square metre?   Half a wheelbarrow load   A handful   Half a tonne     Which of these is NOT recommended as bulky organic matter for digging in?   Well-rotted cow manure from a farm   Mushroom compost   Fresh horse manure from a stable     Why is digging necessary? There are two correct answers.   Because it is the way of incorporating fertilizer and organic matter   Because it keeps you out of trouble at weekends   Because it fluffs up compressed soil and controls weeds     What are 'plugs'?   Paving material   Young plants   Watering equipment     You spot a really healthy looking plant that has lots of roots growing out of the bottom of its pot. What should you do?   Leave it in the nursery and buy a completely different plant instead   Buy it, and when planting it, tease out some of its roots   Take the less pot-bound plant that has damaged leaves     Which of the following might you see on a plant label? There are two correct answers.   Name   Flowering time   Weight     You want to plant a new tree into an area of lawn, you should dig the hole   The same size as the pot   Twice the diameter of the pot and twice its height   Four times the diameter of the pot and 1.5 times its height     What depth should MOST bulbs be planted?   Three times as deep as they are tall   As deep as they are tall   So their noses are poking out of the soil     At what height should the union of a grafted plant be in relation to soil level?   It should be 10cm above soil level   It should be at soil level   It should be 10-15cm below soil     How much watering space should you leave at the top of a container?   1cm   2cm   3cm

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