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Where does a maintenance gardener spray? - (ANSWER)On or around ornamental plants, turf, fruit
trees, shrubs, and small fruits and berries. Areas typically include homes, businesses, cemeteries, parks,
malls and places with indoor plants. Work often around human activities.
Why does a maintenance gardener spray? - (ANSWER)To control a pest so that it does not compete with
other plants for nutrition, and for aesthetics.
What is a weed? - (ANSWER)A weed is a plant that is not desired in a landscape. Weeds also compete
with desired plants for water, nutrition, and space.
What is a pest? - (ANSWER)A pest is an organism that can cause problems in various ways including:
competing with people for food and fiber; transmitting diseases between plants, damaging plants, and
damaging structures
Why is it important to identify a pest? - (ANSWER)Misidentification and lack of information about a pest
could cause you to choose the wrong control method or apply the control at the wrong time.
True or False? Pesticide labels refer to most pests by their common names. - (ANSWER)True, like
housefly, roof rat, american cockroach
Name four stages of insect growth changes. - (ANSWER)Eggs, larval, pupal, and adult
What stage of growth are weeds most readily controlled? - (ANSWER)Seedling Stage
True or False? Most perennial weeds are not susceptible to herbicides during early bloom stages. -
(ANSWER)True
What is the difference between a summer annual and a winter annual? - (ANSWER)Seeds of a summer
annual sprout in spring, and the plants produce seeds and die in the summer or fall.
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Where does a maintenance gardener spray? - (ANSWER)On or around ornamental plants, turf, fruit
trees, shrubs, and small fruits and berries. Areas typically include homes, businesses, cemeteries, parks,
malls and places with indoor plants. Work often around human activities.
Why does a maintenance gardener spray? - (ANSWER)To control a pest so that it does not compete with
other plants for nutrition, and for aesthetics.
What is a weed? - (ANSWER)A weed is a plant that is not desired in a landscape. Weeds also compete
with desired plants for water, nutrition, and space.
What is a pest? - (ANSWER)A pest is an organism that can cause problems in various ways including:
competing with people for food and fiber; transmitting diseases between plants, damaging plants, and
damaging structures
Why is it important to identify a pest? - (ANSWER)Misidentification and lack of information about a pest
could cause you to choose the wrong control method or apply the control at the wrong time.
True or False? Pesticide labels refer to most pests by their common names. - (ANSWER)True, like
housefly, roof rat, american cockroach
Name four stages of insect growth changes. - (ANSWER)Eggs, larval, pupal, and adult
What stage of growth are weeds most readily controlled? - (ANSWER)Seedling Stage
True or False? Most perennial weeds are not susceptible to herbicides during early bloom stages. -
(ANSWER)True
What is the difference between a summer annual and a winter annual? - (ANSWER)Seeds of a summer
annual sprout in spring, and the plants produce seeds and die in the summer or fall.
