Gardening

Staple diet of the ladybird, making it popular with gardeners			Aphids
Ribbon–like scars on skins of apples: left by			Apple sawfly
Depriving vegetable stems of light, to make them more tender			Blanching
Flower bud that fails to develop			Blind
Cultivator: used to			Break up clods of soil
Mattock: used for			Breaking soil surface
Main constituent of lime			Calcium
Seed that has been germinated by the grower and sent out in waterproof sachets			Chitted
Heavy loams have an excess of			Clay
Pergola: used to grow			Climbing plants
Temporary glass or plastic structure for protecting plants			Cloche
Shoddy			Compost or mulch
Pieces of crockery put in bottom of flowerpots to aid drainage			Crocks
Loppers: used for			Cutting thick branches
Tool used for making holes to plant seeds in			Dibber
Pinching out side buds to encourage central bud to develop			Disbudding
Hoe where two prongs are joined by a crosspiece			Dutch hoe
Training fruit trees by pruning and tying branches to a frame – often shaped in formal patterns, flat against a wall, fence, or trellis; also used for plants that have been shaped in this way			Espalier
A plant that is not native to the area (ecosystem) in which it grows			Exotic
Potash: nutrient which stimulates			Flowers and fruit
Dressed seed: coated, before packing, with			Fungicide
Bordeaux mixture (copper sulphate, lime, water; originally used on vines); Cheshunt powder			Fungicides
Dannocks			Gloves
Allowed at Chelsea Flower Show for the first time in 2013			Gnomes
Growing plants and digging them into the soil to provide nutrients			Green manuring (or Cover cropping or Sheet composting)
Shade–loving plant – varieties Gold Standard, Halcyon, August Moon			Hosta
Paraquat: herbicide that works by			Killing green leaves
Propagation by putting part of the stem in the ground and leaving attached to parent until it has grown roots			Layering
Ericaceous soil			Lime–free (acid)
Fertile soil with a good balance of clay, sand and decayed organic matter			Loam
Tree in its first year after grafting or budding			Maiden
Mixture of limestone and clay			Marl
Chelsea Flower Show is held in (month)			May
Protective layer of bark, gravel, straw, etc., laid over soil to control temperature, retain moisture and discourage weeds			Mulch
Balanced fertiliser: equal parts of			Nitrogen, phosphate, potassium
Water milfoil, willow moss: used in ponds as			Oxygenators
Arbrex: used for			Painting wounds after pruning trees
Hawk Crest, Bodnant Yellow, Pink Pearl: hybrids of			Rhododendron
"Sprinkler" on the end of a watering can			Rose
Disease causing brown, red or orange spots on undersides of leaves (esp. hollyhocks and roses)			Rust
Mr. Fothergills, Dobies, Suttons			Seed merchants
Methiocarb: used to control			Slugs
'Spit' to a gardener			Spade depth
Activator: used to			Speed up decay in a compost heap
Draw hoe: also known as			Swan–necked hoe
Inducing growth of side shoots			Tipping
Blossom end rot mainly affects			Tomatoes
Uppermost level of soil			Topsoil
Shallow wooden basket, typically used to carry fruit or veg from the garden			Trug
Leaves marked with a contrasting colour			Variegated
Mecoprop			Weed killer

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