Level: 2
Requirements
- Select 4 different small fruits grown in your area such as strawberries, grapes, raspberries, lingonberries, etc. and determine the soil requirements for each.
- Write a one page report telling how to grow one of the fruits selected above. Include the following:
- Variety selection
- Soil preparation
- Planting techniques
- Fertilizing
- Pruning
- Watering
- Pest control
- Harvesting
- Name several varieties of each fruit that will grow well in your area.
- Properly prune at least 2 bushes or vines of small fruits in the family garden or for a friend or neighbor.
- What is a perishable crop?
- How long can the fruits mentioned in requirement #1 be stored?
- Describe a serious insect pest or disease for each fruit. Include when the problem occurs, damage caused, and natural or chemical treatment needed. Utilize pictures or drawings if possible.
- Take a soil test from a garden and determine which fruits will grow there. Ask for fertilizer recommendations for one of the crops and determine the cost of fertilizer needed for six 30-meter rows.
NOTE: This Honor involves the growing of fruits produced on plants, brambles or vines. Fruits produced on trees are dealt with in the Fruit Growing Honor.
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