Plant problems
Plant identification
Plant biology/care
Home Gardening
Miscellaneous
100
This action causes succulents and many other houseplants to rot and turn brown (and mushy). This is something that nearly all indoor gardeners are guilty of.
What is Overwatering?
100
What is a Monstera?
100
This compound is what makes plants green. It allows plants to convert sunlight into food. Contains the atoms Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Magnesium.
What is Chlorophyll?
100
These types of plants grow for 1 growing season and need to be replanted each year (examples include tomatoes and peppers)
What are Annuals?
100
The trait that characterizes the appearance of different colored zones on leaves, stems, fruit or flowers. Plants that possess this trait are often considered high value and fetch a premium price due to their aesthetics.
What is Variegation?
200
These are small and often red and make webs on leaves and at nodes. They are particularly prevalent in areas of low humidity. A common greenhouse pest.
What are Spider Mites?
200
What is a Peperomia (sp. caperata 'Schumi red')?
200
The 3 macronutrients found in fertelizer.
What are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium?
200
These types of plants come back every year.
What are Perennials?
200
The branch of horticulture that deals with the cultivation and management of cut flowers, flowering plants, and foliage plants.
What is Floriculture?
300
These flies are particularly small and are prevalent in wet soils in indoor pots. In large numbers, the larvae may damage plant roots. A solution is to set up sticky traps to catch the adults. Another solution is to cover the soil surface in a layer of sand or vermiculite.
What are Fungus Gnats?
300
Hint: Illinois's state flower
What is Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)?
300
This soil amendment is white in color and is used to improve aeration and modify the soil substructure, keeping it loose, well-draining, and preventing compaction. This is made from expanded volcanic glass, heated to 1000°C until it suddenly expands to many times its original size.
What is Perlite?
300
This category of plants have a two year life span and flower in their second year.
What are Biennials?
300
The process plants use to transport water up to their leaves while traveling against gravity.
What is Capillary Action?
400
These are small and green. They cause leaves to deform when they feed on plants by piercing leaves with their mouthparts. Adults may have wings. Common pest on vegetable plants.
What are Aphids?
400
What is a Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus guatemalensis hybrid)?
400
The process of joining a scion with a rootstock. This process is used to make a vast majority of the commercially available fruit trees since growing them from seed takes way too long and often leads to poor fruit.
What is Grafting?
400
What plant hardiness zone are we in (Urbana-Champaign)?
What is Zone 5b?
400
The family of plants the Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) plant belongs to.
What is The Orchid Family (Orchidaceae)?
500
This family of diseases is caused by fungus-like organisms (Oomycetes) that spread through potato and tomato foliage, particularly during wet weather. It also spreads quickly, causing leaves to discolor, rot and collapse.
What is Blight?
500
What is a Swamp Milkweed?
500
The scientific name of a plant consists of what two things in what order?
What are Genus and Specific epithets (order matters)?
500
Name a plant in the family Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbits). Common names are fine.
500
This individual was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. He also developed crop-rotation practices for nutrient-depleted fields. He was the first African American to enroll at Iowa State University and later received his bachelor's and master's degrees from there.
Who was George Washington Carver?