Master Gardener Final Exam study
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Fire Blight - ANS A bacterial disease that primarily affects apple, pear and hawthorn trees.
Looks like: brown foliage and death of branches. Spread by honeybees.Tips of branches look
like a shepherd's hook.
Brown Rot - ANS a fungal disease of peach trees where fruit rots and mummifies on trees.
plant selection design - ANS scale, proportion, balance, repetition, harmony, and bringing
elements together
7 steps in plant selection design - ANS 1. choose plants suited to local climate; 2. mass plant
groupings of similar plants(3,5,7); 3. use straight lines for formal look or relaxed lines for
informal; 4. accent with an unusual plant or feature for focal point; 5. allow room for growth; 6.
install smaller turf area; 7. mix it up alternating colors, forms, and textures.
high humidity lawn diseases - ANS brown patch, dollar spot, take all root rot
pruning techniques - ANS heading, thinning, renewal & three way cuts for large limbs on trees
turf grass establishment - ANS soil preparation, planting (seeding,spriging, or sodding), care
and maintenance for 2-4 weeks after planting
tree planting - ANS best time is late fall/early winter; plant at original depth(or a little higher to
allow for settling) in a hole 2 X the diameter of root system; create mound and spread roots;
back fill, water and mulch.
landscape plan steps - ANS Create a base map including site characteristics and shade; plan
for different uses and establish water use zones.
soil sample timing - ANS anytime works but fall is most desirable
herb site requirements - ANS full sun to partial shade, fertile, well drained soil with ph of 6-6.5.
Perennial ones should be placed in area undisturbed by tillage.
, IPM Steps - ANS 1. Identify pest; 2. Identify the current stage in the pest's life cycle; 3. note
location of pest; 4. determine number of insects, weeds, or disease infected plants.
pruning time - ANS winter or dormant periods except for spring bloomers which should be
pruned after blooming; dead items can be removed anytime
pest control tactics - ANS choose resistant varieties/right plant, right place/ cultural controls
such as crop rotation/mechanical controls such as traps and nets/sanitation controls such as
clean seeds, tools, equipment, and mulches/Chemical controls used as last resort/biological
controls by using natural predators or phereomes
fertilizer analysis label - ANS numbers on bag label representing the percentage of Nitrogen
(N), Phosphorus(P), and Potassium (K) that is available from the bag of fertilizer.
German cockroach environment - ANS found indoors only mainly in kitchens under refrigerators
and stoves or in crevices
smokey brown cockroach - ANS will live in any part of home but prefer to live in areas of
abundant moisture such as crawl spaces or gutters; will also live in mulch, woodpiles and leaf
litter--or any protected moist environment
common thatch insects - ANS roots: white grubs and mole crickets; stems, leaves, and plant
juices: army worms and cinch bugs
efficient irrigation methods - ANS Establish three water use zones(high, moderate, low); Low
use: trees and shrubs--only water when planting and getting established; moderate use: water
only when plants show stress in periods of limited rainfall using soaker hoses or hand watering ;
high: annuals and turf--turf may warrant the use of a permanent irrigation system with automatic
controls
disease vectors - ANS organisms which spread disease such as insects(ex. bees or leaf
hoppers), pruners, wind, birds etc. These can spread disease from fungi, bacteria, viruses from
plant to plant.
cover crops - ANS Plants, such as rye, alfalfa, buckwheat, or clover, that can be planted
immediately after harvest to hold and protect the soil from erosion and improve the soil by
adding nitrogen and/or organic matter if tilled in.
crop rotation - ANS The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year,
to avoid exhausting the soil or of positioning vegetables from differing families in a different spot
in the garden plot each year to minimize soil born diseases and manage soil fertility.
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review
Fire Blight - ANS A bacterial disease that primarily affects apple, pear and hawthorn trees.
Looks like: brown foliage and death of branches. Spread by honeybees.Tips of branches look
like a shepherd's hook.
Brown Rot - ANS a fungal disease of peach trees where fruit rots and mummifies on trees.
plant selection design - ANS scale, proportion, balance, repetition, harmony, and bringing
elements together
7 steps in plant selection design - ANS 1. choose plants suited to local climate; 2. mass plant
groupings of similar plants(3,5,7); 3. use straight lines for formal look or relaxed lines for
informal; 4. accent with an unusual plant or feature for focal point; 5. allow room for growth; 6.
install smaller turf area; 7. mix it up alternating colors, forms, and textures.
high humidity lawn diseases - ANS brown patch, dollar spot, take all root rot
pruning techniques - ANS heading, thinning, renewal & three way cuts for large limbs on trees
turf grass establishment - ANS soil preparation, planting (seeding,spriging, or sodding), care
and maintenance for 2-4 weeks after planting
tree planting - ANS best time is late fall/early winter; plant at original depth(or a little higher to
allow for settling) in a hole 2 X the diameter of root system; create mound and spread roots;
back fill, water and mulch.
landscape plan steps - ANS Create a base map including site characteristics and shade; plan
for different uses and establish water use zones.
soil sample timing - ANS anytime works but fall is most desirable
herb site requirements - ANS full sun to partial shade, fertile, well drained soil with ph of 6-6.5.
Perennial ones should be placed in area undisturbed by tillage.
, IPM Steps - ANS 1. Identify pest; 2. Identify the current stage in the pest's life cycle; 3. note
location of pest; 4. determine number of insects, weeds, or disease infected plants.
pruning time - ANS winter or dormant periods except for spring bloomers which should be
pruned after blooming; dead items can be removed anytime
pest control tactics - ANS choose resistant varieties/right plant, right place/ cultural controls
such as crop rotation/mechanical controls such as traps and nets/sanitation controls such as
clean seeds, tools, equipment, and mulches/Chemical controls used as last resort/biological
controls by using natural predators or phereomes
fertilizer analysis label - ANS numbers on bag label representing the percentage of Nitrogen
(N), Phosphorus(P), and Potassium (K) that is available from the bag of fertilizer.
German cockroach environment - ANS found indoors only mainly in kitchens under refrigerators
and stoves or in crevices
smokey brown cockroach - ANS will live in any part of home but prefer to live in areas of
abundant moisture such as crawl spaces or gutters; will also live in mulch, woodpiles and leaf
litter--or any protected moist environment
common thatch insects - ANS roots: white grubs and mole crickets; stems, leaves, and plant
juices: army worms and cinch bugs
efficient irrigation methods - ANS Establish three water use zones(high, moderate, low); Low
use: trees and shrubs--only water when planting and getting established; moderate use: water
only when plants show stress in periods of limited rainfall using soaker hoses or hand watering ;
high: annuals and turf--turf may warrant the use of a permanent irrigation system with automatic
controls
disease vectors - ANS organisms which spread disease such as insects(ex. bees or leaf
hoppers), pruners, wind, birds etc. These can spread disease from fungi, bacteria, viruses from
plant to plant.
cover crops - ANS Plants, such as rye, alfalfa, buckwheat, or clover, that can be planted
immediately after harvest to hold and protect the soil from erosion and improve the soil by
adding nitrogen and/or organic matter if tilled in.
crop rotation - ANS The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year,
to avoid exhausting the soil or of positioning vegetables from differing families in a different spot
in the garden plot each year to minimize soil born diseases and manage soil fertility.
