h2.3

How should you remove dead, damaged, or diseased branches from your nursery plants?

• Fertilize

• Landscape

• Prune

• Transplant

Compared to field-grown plants, container-grown plants

• have lower startup costs

• receive less shock when moved

• require less water

• require less protection in winter

The traditional nursery method of growing plants in the field

• PNP

• Container

• Field-grown

• Cold Frame

The procedure for growing container stock that Bill uses to shape his azalea plants in the nursery is

• Fertilizing

• liming

• pruning

• transplanting

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

• PNP

• Container

• Field-grown

• Greenhouse

When a nursery plant reaches max size for its container, it should be transplanted to a larger container to prevent the plant from

• becoming pot-bound

• becoming too compact

• growing too tall

• growing too wide

What type of nursery structure uses manure or hay as a source of heat?

• Shade house

• hot bed

• PNP

• Cold frame

What can Noah do to cause his nursery plants to grow more compact?

• Lime

• Prune

• Transplant

• Water

What type of nursery structure protects plants from adverse winter conditions when covered in white plastic?

• shade house

• hotbeds

• PNP

• Shed

a disadvantage of producing field grown

• higher startup costs

• more shock when moved

• requires more water

• more winter protection