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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?     A spade, trowel watering can and secateurs are all good basic tools for gardening. What other three tools do we recommend for a beginner gardener?   A hoe, border spade and shears   A dibber, trenching tool and strimmer   A hoe, rake and fork     How can you tell if a plant in a pot needs watering? There are two correct answers.   The plant looks wilted and the pot feels light   The pot feels heavy and the compost is stuck to the side of the container   The compost has come away from the edge of the container     In hot weather, when is the best time of day to water?   Midday   Evening   Morning     Why is it a good idea to store rainwater? There are two correct answers.   It's perfect for watering ericaceous plants if you have hard tap water   Plants in containers only like to be watered with rainwater   It is a good back-up should there be a hosepipe ban     Why do gardeners need to add nutrients to the soil? There are two correct answers.   Because garden plants are more hungry than those in the wild   Because gardeners remove plant bits that normally rot and return nutrients to the soil   Because plants take them out of the soil     At what time of year should solid fertilisers be applied to beds and borders?   In mid-autumn, followed by a top-up dose in early winter   In early spring, followed by a top-up dose in mid-summer   In late summer, followed by a top-up dose in early winter     A fertiliser packet which has N:P:K ratio of 7:7:7 tells you that this fertiliser will be good for what?   Encouraging root growth   Encouraging flowers   Encouraging all round growth     How many times a year should you clip a leafy hedge?   Once a month   Once or twice   Three times     You are pruning a shrub that has single buds. Where do you make the cut?   20mm (2cm) above a bud   5mm (0.5cm) above a bud   On the bud itself     You want to prune a shrub that flowers in August, when should you do it?   The previous May   September   The winter after it has flowered

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