Title: Research cultural practices to ensure the health of landscape plants.
Course: Landscaping II (18054-II) > Section: Maintaining the Landscape

Research should include

- identifying Integrated Pest Management (IPM) procedures
- identifying pesticide certification programs
- identifying common landscape-plant injuries (and recommended treatment), including those resulting from
  - mowers and mechanical equipment
  - snow, ice, wind, sun scald, hail, and soil heaving
  - drought
  - fertilizer burn
  - chemical injury
  - nutrient deficiencies
  - vandalism
  - incorrect light exposure
  - poor drainage
- identifying common landscape plant pests (and recommendations for management), such as
  - insects
  - mites
  - fungi
  - bacteria
  - viruses
  - nematodes
  - rodents, rabbits, and deer
  - parasitic plants
- identifying landscape winterization procedures.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What nutrient is in short supply when a plant's leaves are yellowing between the veins?
- What pests could cause holes in hosta leaves?
- How are viruses transmitted among plants?
- What alternatives to pesticides are there to deter insects and animals?