plant ID

a circular design does not have

focal point

most fungal diseases grow best in

high moisture conditions

mums are considered a short-day crop; that is, the plant sets flower buds and blooms only when

nights are long and days are short

during respiration, plants

use oxygen

if green plants show a color, this suggests a nitrogen deficiency

purple

exists when terminal bud produces hormones that inhibit or prevent the growth of axillary buds on the same shoot

apical dominance

floral foam is sufficiently soaked when

air bubbles are no longer coming out of foam

seeding is when seeds are sown in a separate place from where the plants will eventually grow to maturity

indirect

is used to accentuate the flowers and color used in a design

repetition

are chemicals used to control snails and slugs

molluscicides

small green insects with piercing mouth parts

aphids

the recommended daytime temperature range for indoor plants is

50-85 F

in one of the basic floral design shapes

circular

in the list of flowers/materials below, which list is not all line flowers

bells of Ireland, carnations, branches, snapdragons

joe placed a box of apple in his flower cooler. the next day he saw come cut flowers looking bad and deteriorating. could the apples have caused this problem

yes, fruit produces ethylene gas

floral foam should be hydrated before use in a flower arrangement. which of these methods is the best for accomplishing the soaking of the foam

the foam is allowed to float on the surface until it is soaked

a wholesale greenhouse operation has grown 4,250 six inch pots on poinsettias. at the end of the Christmas season, 3,780 pots were sold. the wholesale selling price was $3.85 per pot. the retail businesses sold the pots of poinsettias for $6.89. the cost

$5,407.65

you work for a retail flower shop in Bloomington, Indiana. you are figuring a bill for a customer. in Bloomington the state sales tax is 5% the city sales tax is 0.5% and the country sales tax is 1% the cost of the arrangement for the customer is $72.45 w

$77.16

the wire services that a retail flower shop can use are

FTD, Teleflora, florafax, American floral services, and clarik

in growing potted chrysanthemums, the desirable temperature range for flower bud initiation is

62 to 65 degrees F at night

as a grower you want to use 'soft" pesticides for plant pest control. which group below includes "soft" pesticides

insect growth regulators, botanical insectivides, horticultural oild