sept 28

The soil lab we will finish on Monday. There is a sheet on line to fill out for the soil lab. Unit 37 self evaluation is due on Tuesday. By 3 pm I will have graded all the work so far. If you do not see a grade for 7, 9, 11, 12, 35, 36 self evils, then they were not handed in.

sept 27

Great job on the lawn establishment quiz! Tomorrow we will discuss sodding and sprigging and then how to maintain a lawn. Your homework is to read the chapter and do the self assessment for unit 36. We will be filling in a worksheet that you can use as a study reference.

sept 26

If you are absent Thursday or anytime in the next week, notice the powerpoints available to you and other resources as well about lawns. Remember to do the self-evaluation for 35 tonight.

Sept 25

Test one is over! Time to move on to lawns...establishing, maintaining and fixing lawns. Of all the knowledge you get in class, this is the information most adults and homeowners want to know. This is the perfect time of year to establish a lawn, late August and September. Start reading chapter 35 and do the self assessment 35 for Thursday. 36 and 37 will be due next week.

Sept 24

There is a test on propagation tomorrow. Make sure to go over th list of plants and know what kind of propagation is typically done on them. Daylily daffodol coleus Jade grapes blackberries. Apples Cox hosta peony Gladiolus tulip garlic potato sweet potato oranges Weeping cherry beans tomatoes Cactus Swedish ivy rhododendron dahlia crocus blue spruce Saracens snake plant know why we propane asexually instead of sexually. Chapters in the book are 7-10

sept 20

Most people did not do well on the quiz today on the five modified plant parts and the five types of layering and examples of what plants they can be done on. I asked that you do it as a hw assignment and you can use it to replace the quiz grade. make sure to write out the question/layeringtype or modified plant part type and which plant it goes with, not just a letter.

sept 17

Time to start reading chapter 12 on layering.

Sept 13

Welcome parents!

Today we started learning about propagation of perennials by division. We learned about the specialized structures associated with each type of plant such as, rhizomes, bulbs, corms, tubers and tuberous roots. These are plants that bloom for a short period, but live for many years.
examples we used were daylilies, German iris, peonies, and hosta. We learned reasons why you divide. Your student should have finished two homework assignments by now. I have not posted them as many are late.

Sept 12, 2012 hw

Today we demonstrated scooping and scoring of bulbs. You also potted up your succulent cuttings of Jade, Snake plant and cactus. You learned that you had to wait to do the succulents until they 'callous off'.
I did not get back hardly any unit 9 self evaluations and they are worth 20% of your grade. Have them in tomorrow!
Thursday we will learn about perennials and why we divide them. There is a propagation poserpoint in the student resources that has those notes in it.
Look over the notes to prepare for class.

Sept 10 hw

Time to read chapt 9 on separation and division. Also learn about scooping and scoring of bulbs. Thsi is a billion dollar business.
The division of perennials is something anyone could do as a business, or to make more plants for your garden.
Wednesday I will collect the chapter 9 self evaluation.

Sept 7 hw

Monday is the last day I will accept chapter 7 hw.
Read chapter 8 on hardwood cuttings. I summarized it pretty well in class, but there are some pictures to go with it. We will fill out the class worksheet we started on Wednesday. It is in the student resources. We will have a quiz on tuesday: softwood, semi hardwood or hardwood...based on the statement you will choose which we are describing. We will practice it on Monday. There is no point in actually making hardwood cuttings in class because it is too early.

Next we will move on to chapter 9 and you will do the self-evaluation for Wednesday, so if you work you can get that done whenever you can before Wednesday. We will divide perennials in class.

sept 5 hw

Your homework is to do the self evaluation part A and part B on page 83 at the end of unit 7 in your text. To get credit for self evaluations you must:
Write out the questions by hand
Write out the answer in word phrase or sentence form (not A, B, C, or D)
write down the page number that the answer can be found on.
The answers are not only on the text or written part, but may be embedded in the diagrams and tables within the chapter.
You do not have to get 1oo % to get the highest grade, But you must get the ones that I select to check, which are the ones that are straight forward questions. Copies or electronic documents are not accepted, it is too easy to cheat in this format, and I am more concerned that you learn it. Writing it down also helps to encode it into the brain as a long term memory.
There is a quiz tomorrow, so study the order that the softwood cuttings are prepared on your classwork today.
I will attach any notes I can find in the resources in the sidebar.
Good luck

sept 4 hw

Today we went over a list of objectives for the unit. Tomorrow we will make cuttings of a swedish ivy which is another softwood plant. Finish reading the chapter on softwood cuttings and make sure you know the steps to making softwood cuttings. Tomorrow I will show you how I want the self evaluation done at the end of the chapter. Also can you list reasons why sometimes we use seeds (sexual reproduction) to grow plants and why sometimes you use vegetative (asexual) reproduction to make more plants?