Hort II, Unit 4, Nursery Production

Fran stops watering container grown nursery stock when:

• she gets tired

• water stands in the pot

• water runs over the top of the pot

• water runs through the bottom of the pot

Field-grown, container, and Pot-In-Pot plants should be watered in the morning for:

• maximum absorption

• minimum absorption

• more water pressure

• less water pressure

Watering is more important for container-grown plants than field grown plants because:

• spacing the pots in the nursery would have to increase

• plants would have to be hand watered

• roots can go no deeper or spread any wider than the container

• plants can only live in a container for one year

Soil for container plant production should be:

• porous

• clayey

• nonporous

• Sandy

Forcing roots to develop while the plant is still connected to the parent plant prior to separation is known as:

• cutting

• grafting

• layering

• budding

Chilling seeds to simulate winter conditions before germination is known as:

• Scarification

• Stratification

• Budding

• Amending

Propagating nursery plants by using of piece of the stem or root is known as:

• Layering

• Cutting

• Budding

• Grafting

Propagating nursery plants using a scion and rootstock is known as:

• layering

• grafting

• cutting

• budding

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

• PNP

• Field Grown

• Hotbed

• Coldframe

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

• Prune

• transplant

• lime

• retain