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Greenhouse
Hort Business
Hort Industry
Garden
Growing Media
100
Natural cooling is made possible with______________.
Vents
100
Creating goods and offering services to meet the needs or demands of consumers is__________________.
What is Entrepreneurship
100
What are 3 leading states in the fresh produce industry?
Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and California
100
___________ ________ for your area is the avg. date of the last 32 degrees freeze in teh spring or the first freeze in the fall.
Frost-freeze date
100
Is the outer portion of the Earth's crust that supports Plant Growth.
Soil
200
Devices used to turn greenhouse systems on and off, including heating and cooling.
Environmental Controls- Thermostats
200
The possibility of losing what has been invested.
What is Risk
200
What is the % of Apples, Pears, Plums, and Prunes are produced in the US
10%
200
Trick! -50 points
What is Sorry :-(
200
______________ is the presence of oxygen and is another important factor to the growing media.
Aeration
300
What style of of cooling system do we use in our greenhouse?
fan and pad cooling system
300
What are 2 examples of entrepreneurs in the horticulture industry.
Floral shops, landscape design companies, greenhouses
300
What types of degree's will you need to work in the horticulture industry?
Associates, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral
300
Why is it important to use Clean Seed?
So you do not spread disease, have weeds, or have tainted or damage seeds
300
What are pore spaces and what do they provide?
Air holes between the particles Oxygen
400
What are 2 methods of heating a greenhouse?
hot water heat system steam heat Unit heaters Infrared heat systems
400
The person responsible for operating a business
What is Manager
400
T F Floriculture is an international, multibillion dollar industry.
True
400
Is the application of water to the soil by flood, sprinkle, or trickle means to supplement natural rainfall.
Irrigation
400
Two jobs that growing media provide to plants
anchoring of the roots, oxygen, and Nutrients
500
Trick! -50 points
What is Sorry:(
500
What is a Mission statement and why would you want to have one in the business industry?
A brief statement that describes the purpose of a business and the customers it serves
500
______ and ________, like vegetables, are also important to our daily nutrition and the US economy.
Fruits and Nuts
500
Organic Fertilizers are composed of: List 3 components
Living Organisms, manure, fish meal, bonemeal, cottonseed meal, compost
500
What kind of soil did we use in the greenhouse and how did we properly treat it.
An Organic Blend Storing in a dry, safe environment, and mixing in clean containers with water