Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In
the past, your stem tip cuttings of Verbena produced an 85% rooting rate. You have contracted
with Classic Retail Nursery for 2000 4” pots of homestead verbena for April 1st. Using
your records, approximately how many cuttings should you propagate to have 2000 plants ready by April
1st?
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You
are producing a crop of 500 Geranium plants. It is time to transplant the rooted cuttings into
6” standard pots. One cubic foot of potting media will fill 16 pots. How many 3
cubic foot bags of potting media will you need? a. | 9 bags | c. | 13 bags | b. | 11
bags | d. | 15
bags | | | | |
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Select the answer that correctly identifies the methods of propagation
shown
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2. 
3. 
a. | 1. Air layering,
2. Grafting, 3. Stem-tip cutting | b. | 1. Budding, 2. Stem-tip cutting, 3. Leaf
cutting | c. | 1. Grafting, 2. Leaf cutting, 3. Air
layering | d. | 1. Stem-tip cutting, 2. Air layering, 3. Leaf
cutting | | |
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How
much will the media cost for your crop of 100 Betterboy Tomatoes if you grow the tomatoes in
one-gallon nursery containers? One cubic foot of media will fill 9 one-gallon containers.
Each 3 cubic foot bag of media costs $ 18.75. a. | $
75.00 | c. | $
118.00 | b. | $ 83.40 | d. | $ 140.75 | | | | |
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Choose the correct materials below to air layer a Dracena Corn Plant. a. | 4”
container, peat-vermiculite mix, rooting hormone, anvil shears, mist
irrigation | b. | spaghum moss, knife, rooting hormone, plastic, mist bottle,
twist ties | c. | peat-vermiculite-bark mix, rooting hormone, 6” container,
bypass shear, drip irrigation | d. | 11” x 22” flat, peat-vermiculite mix, humidity dome,
hand seedling mist nozzle | | |
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