Hort 2 Unit 3 Part 2

A disadvantage of producing field-grown nursery stock compared to container-grown nursery stock is that field-grown stock:

• has higher start up cost

• has more shock when moved

• requires more water

• requires more winter protection

Sammy needs to do something to his nursery plants to cause the growth to be thicker. What should he do?

• lime

• prune

• transplant

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Using a socket pot to hold a potted plant is what type of production

• pot in pot

• container

• field grown

• greenhouse

Erosion control is most difficult to control in what type of growing environment?

• PNP

• container

• field grown

• coldframe

A disadvantage of producing container-grown nursery stock compared to producing field-grown nursery stock is that container grown plants

• are difficult to move

• become pot bound

• have low start up costs

• have uniform media

Bill needs to shape his azalea plants in the nursery. Which procedure for growing container stock should he use?

• fertilize

• prune

• lime

• transplant

Producing field-grown nursery plants is being replaced by container-grown plants because container-grown plants:

• have lower start up costs

• receive less shock when moved

• require less water

• require less winter protection

Which procedure should Thomas use to remove dead or diseased branches from his nursery plants?

• fertilize

• landscape

• prune

• transplant

The traditional nursery method of growing plants in the field is what type of production?

• pot in pot

• container

• field grown

• coldframe