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NC Hort I Repro
Hort I Plant Reproduction for North Carolina
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reproducing plants from seeds is what type of reproduction? | sexual |
| Are larger seeds planted deeper or shallower than small seeds? | deeper |
| Small, young plants are called what? | seedlings |
| When the first true leaves appear, what is it time to do? | transplant |
| What type of reproduction includes growing plants from cuttings? | asexual |
| Rooting media should be how deep? | four inches |
| What do you dip cuttings in to speed up rooting? | hormones and fungicides |
| What time of the day is the best for taking cuttings? | early morning |
| Air and trench are types of what? | layering |
| Cutting or pulling apart bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, etc, is called what? | division or separating |
| What is a form of grafting when a bud is used? | budding |
| Joining separate plant parts together so that they form a union and grow together to make one plant is called what? | grafting |
| What is the piece of plant called at the root or bottom of a graft? | rootstock |
| What is the piece of plant called at the top of a graft? | scion |
| You must have a sterile environment to use what type of asexual reproduction? | tissue culture |
| When using asexual reproduction plants mature faster or slower than sexual reproduction? | faster |
| You cannot take cuttings from a plant if it is what? | patented |