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Question 1

Cuttings are made with a sharp knife or pruning shears

Answer 1

Usually 6 to 8 inches long

Question 2

Cutting wood must be of the proper _____

Answer 2

Maturity or hardness

Question 3

______Differ from the T budding procedure only in that leaf is left intact

Answer 3

Leaf bud cuttings

Question 4

For IVS, micro cuttings are planted in __________to root

Answer 4

SPHAGNUN peat-moss, of course river sand, and horticulture perlite

Question 5

For sterilizing a growing medium use______

Answer 5

One part bleach to 10 parts medium

Question 6

All cut areas that are left exposed in the grafting process should be covered with waterproof material to prevent what?

Answer 6

Drying of the cambium

Question 7

An inspection to see if the bud has grown and is alive should be made in about

Answer 7

Three weeks

Question 8

From which portion of the bud stick are the best quality buds obtained?

Answer 8

Middle

Question 9

Hardwood cuttings may be taken

Answer 9

Throughout the winter months

Question 10

In ______ layering the mother plant is burnt to the ground and buried

Answer 10

Trench

Question 11

Layering is used to propagate plants that are _________

Answer 11

Difficult to route or route naturally by layering

Question 12

Narrow leaf evergreens propagated by hardwood cuttings are often very difficult in slow to route Pines are ___________ ________ to route

Answer 12

Extremely difficult

Question 13

Potted plants such as potted Amaryllis can be forced into dormancy by withholding________

Answer 13

Water

Question 14

Propagation by hardwood cuttings is _____

Answer 14

Easy and inexpensive

Question 15

Propagation by hardwood cutting is different from softwood cuttings in which of the following ways

Answer 15

Hardwood cutting this requires storage instead of immediate planning the time of the year in which the cuttings are taking the harness maturity of wood used for the cuttings the usual absence of leaves on the cuttings

Question 16

Soil Sterilization or pasteurization requires heating the soil at ________

Answer 16

180°F for a half hour

Question 17

T budding is done when the rootstock_______

Answer 17

Is active and growth

Question 18

Side veneer grafting is the most effective way to propagate

Answer 18

Evergreen such as the blue Colorado spruce

Question 19

The Easter lily is propagated commercially with underground

Answer 19

Stem bulblets

Question 20

The gladiolus is propagated through formation of small

Answer 20

Cormels

Question 21

The term used by nursery workers for the process of planting Cuttings outside

Answer 21

Lining out

Question 22

The tops of all producing plants should be allowed to continue going until they die naturally because they

Answer 22

Continue to manufacture food for storage in the bulb

Question 23

Tuber contains stored food on which the new plant

Answer 23

Feeds until new leaves take over the job of food production

Question 24

Tubeerous roots

Answer 24

Thickend roots containing large amounts of stored food

Question 25

Biggest advantage of using chip budding

Answer 25

It can be done with the root system is not an active growth

Question 26

Which of the following plant is commonly propagated by root cutting

Answer 26

Wisteria

Question 27

After the hardening off process the cuttings are ready to be

Answer 27

Lined out