Horticulture?

October 15th, 2008 | by admin |

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  2. By Chops on Oct 18, 2008 | Reply

    Sounds like you’re in a Hort. class at a community college. I’d recommend reading your text book and writing down your own answers to help you retain this ‘knowlege’ you’re supposedly needing to get a grade….or drop out and change your major to something that interests you more.

  3. By fluffernut on Oct 19, 2008 | Reply

    Dang, I’d have to look up some of the floriculture questions…..LOL, as I’m sure I’d forget one or two items.

    Lawns. Ah…..better questions

    1. Soil texture,soil aeration, soil drainage, current soil fertility and supplements as needed for your area (lime for example). Obviously you must deal with whatever is currently growing on the site and how to eliminate it. Also what about a slope or swales….? Existing large plants such as trees and their root system, the shade the tree casts. Grade changes and how will that affect existing trees. Existing watering system?? Has it been tested for efficacy, even coverage and application rate?

    2. Sodding, spriging, plugging…….hmmm, is there another?

    3. Soil absorption rate…..see soil texture. Water application rate. Grass water needs and specific needs due to microclimate…..evapotranspiration. Soil’s water holding capacity……see soil texture again.
    Water pressure vs. velocity…….there’s a big difference. Drop size as it relates to soil absorption rate as well as environment (wind effect on fine spray, evaporation)

    4. Look at the New Lawn Starter type fertilizers and the established lawn fertilizers. New lawn is often higher in phosphorus and potassium and lower in nitrogen. As the plants mature the nitrogen needs increase. Also a new lawn on virgin soils may have sufficient micronutrients, but with time and irrigation leaching, these micros might become depleted……in our area iron is a big problem. Depending on climate, a new lawn hopefully has a nice organic matter % to aid in grass establishment, but in hot dry climates the OM level drops, except of course at the thatch/soil interface. Also established lawns are more compacted due to watering, play, etc and the lack of soil oxygen will affect nutrient uptake. A new lawn with it’s freshly rototilled soil should have a nice soil oxygen profile.

    These are just a few ideas, with time I might come up with more…….I’m sure you have some to add too.

    Sorry about the floriculture……..I can draw the various design forms but the proper names don’t come to mind……round, cascade…??

    And flower shape I might confuse floral design terminology with botanic terminology, tho I know there is some over lap: “spike: for example but I doubt “raceme” is in there. There’s probably a floral design book somewhere in this mess…………..

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