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Hort unit 7
HOrt unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Cutting wood must be of the proper____________ or hardness. |
| Oxygen | A rooting media that lets in ________ and holds water must be used. |
| Four inches | The media is placed in a container which measures at least ___ in depth. |
| Moist | The cutting wood must be kept __________ and identified with a label. |
| Rooting Hormone | To aid in the rooting process, the cutting is treated with a (an)________. |
| Two Inches | The cutting is inserted in the media no deeper than ________. |
| Watered | The rooting media is not pressed around the cutting to settle the media: rather, it is ___________. |
| variety | The container holding the cutting is labeled according to rooting hormone, date, and ____. |
| Light | If the cuttings are placed under plastic, they should be given plenty of __________, but no direct sunlight |
| Mist | If the cuttings are placed under __________, direct sunlight is preferred. |
| Pulling | As the rooting time nears, the horticulturist checks for roots by gently______ on the cuttings. |
| Rooted | The cuttings are hardened off when they have sufficiently ______________. |
| Transplanted | After hardening off, the cuttings are ready to be ______________. |
| Sterile Container | Tissue culture plants are grown in _________ to prevent attack by diseases. |
| More | the tissue culture method allow propagation of ____________ plants than other methods |
| plugs | We started tomatos from |
| seed | We started lettuce from |
| pinched | Coleus were ----- to make them branch out. |
| stem cuttings | We propagated verbia by |
| Reproduction | ____ drives nature so we need to pinch early blooms |