Title: Maintain landscape plant materials.
Course: Landscaping II (18054-II) > Section: Maintaining the Landscape

Maintenance should include

- reviewing the options in plant nutrition and soil analysis methods
- outlining mulching procedures and comparing mulching products
- describing the methods for edging plant beds
- identifying when and where edging is erroneous
- researching tools, techniques, and timing of pruning practices
- delineating the options of weed management
- identifying water requirements based on plant maturity and climate conditions.

Process/Skill Questions:

- When should evergreen trees be pruned?
- What are some mechanical ways of edging plant beds?
- How can weeds be prevented?
- Why are white rocks comparable to using mulch?
- How effective are fertilizer stakes?