Landscaping Maintenance Test Review questions with || || || || || ||
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Name reasons it is important to break up plant roots when transplanting? ✔✔ - Roots can
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expand and get nutrients || || || ||
- Grow more
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- Encourage root growth
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Explain why it is important to dig a hole that will allow the plant to be at the same level it
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was in the pot? ✔✔ You cannot cover the stem or any leaves or they will rot and it also
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covers the roots || ||
Discuss how to firm the soil around a new plant in the ground. ✔✔ Do not pack the soil. It
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will make it harder for plants to root themselves
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Explain why you must water after transplanting. ✔✔ - You would need to water twice a day
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or more until the plant is established
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- Settles the soil around the roots
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- Transplanting is stressful for the plant
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What do the 3 numbers on the fertilizer represent? What does the 1st & 2nd numbers do?
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✔✔ - The 1st number is the amount of nitrogen (N) and the 2nd number is the amount of
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phosplate and the 3rd is the amount of potassium || || || || || || || || ||
Nitrogen is for the leaf/stem growth || || || || || ||
Potassium is for the root growth || || || || || ||
Phosphate is for the fruit/flower || || || ||
accurate detailed answers || ||
Name reasons it is important to break up plant roots when transplanting? ✔✔ - Roots can
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expand and get nutrients || || || ||
- Grow more
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- Encourage root growth
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Explain why it is important to dig a hole that will allow the plant to be at the same level it
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was in the pot? ✔✔ You cannot cover the stem or any leaves or they will rot and it also
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covers the roots || ||
Discuss how to firm the soil around a new plant in the ground. ✔✔ Do not pack the soil. It
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will make it harder for plants to root themselves
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Explain why you must water after transplanting. ✔✔ - You would need to water twice a day
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or more until the plant is established
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- Settles the soil around the roots
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- Transplanting is stressful for the plant
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What do the 3 numbers on the fertilizer represent? What does the 1st & 2nd numbers do?
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✔✔ - The 1st number is the amount of nitrogen (N) and the 2nd number is the amount of
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phosplate and the 3rd is the amount of potassium || || || || || || || || ||
Nitrogen is for the leaf/stem growth || || || || || ||
Potassium is for the root growth || || || || || ||
Phosphate is for the fruit/flower || || || ||
