Nursery/landscape 22-26 Set 2

Which of the following goverment organaztion would you want to talk to if you shipped nursery plants across state lines without a license?

• USDA

• FBI

• IRS

• OSHA

Joe's landscaping pays rent, legal fees, utillites, all of which are classified as

• contingency cost

• marginal cost

• variable cost

• overhead cost

plants that evolve and grow naturally in an area are termed----- plants

• Exotic

• native

• specimen

• accent

The viability of a group of seeds is measured by

• the number of seeds per pound

• maturity of the seeds

• the germination percentage

• permeability of the seeds

Failure to firm down the soil around newly planted trees or shrubs results in air pockets. This may cause

• drying of plant roots

• over-eating problems

• soil heaving in the winter

• disease

the terms triploid, diploid, and haploid refer to

• number of flower stem

• number of bud breaks expected after pruning

• number of chromosomes

• formation of leaves

examples of cool-season grasses include perennial ryegrass,bentgrass, and :

• fescue

• bermudagrasss

• St. Augustine

• zoysia

in nursery production, a "liner" refers to

• a plastic bag

• plastic mulch covering

• a rooted cutting or small seeding

• a type of garden tool

hardiness refers to

• the quality of being strong and being able to survive in certain in a certain region

• the hardness of the soil in which a plant is being planted

• the ability a plant to grow indoors

• the strength of the wood of a tree

which of the follwing statements is NOT true?

• frost is most likely to form when there is a low, heavy cloud cover and a slight cool breeze

• the heat given off from water sprinkled over plants may prevent frost from forming if the temperature is only slightly below freezing

• frost is more likely to form in low lying ares or pockets, when tempters are at freezing point

• frost may form if the sky is clear, the air is calm and the night temperature is only slightly below freezing