Lawns Test Continued

  1. If you were going to choose a grass to sow from seed that would be drought tolerant, what grass would you sow and why?
  1. What would be a good grass to grow in Raleigh that would remain green most of the year? What are one advantage and one disadvantage of growing this grass?

Grass:

Advantage:

Disadvantage:

  1. If we were going to grow grass for the football field, which grass would we choose to put on the field? Why?
  1. I am going to move into my new house in Youngsville. If I have a bare lawn and haven’t done a thing, what are the steps I need to take to prepare for seeding my lawn? List 5 things I must do.

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  1. How are plugging, sprigging, and sodding alike? How are they all different from one another?

Alike / Different
Sodding
Plugging
Sprigging
  1. Fill in the blanks
  • Drainage is necessary for proper ______growth.
  • ______inches of topsoil should be spread over subsoil.
  • ______and ______should be added and mixed into the soil before seeding or sodding.
  • ______and fertilizer should be added to make the pH of 6.5 to _____ and to meet fertilizer recommendations.
  • Soil should be tilled to ______up the soil into small particle.s
  • Planting at the proper time of year is important: ______for warm season grasses and ______for cool season grasses.
  • Sow ______the recommended rate of seed in one direction and sow the other ______across the lawn at a ____ degree angle to the first half.
  • ______seeds by lightly raking so that seeds will have contact with the soil.
  • ______with wheat straw or a light cover, especially on slopes.
  • ______to keep seeds moist and new seedlings moist until they are well established.
  • Sod must be watered ______for the first 6-8 weeks, or until established and it can’t be pulled up from the soil.

48. T or F (if false, correct the false statement). North Carolina grows better cool season grasses than warm season grasses.

49. T or F (if false, correct the false statement). Most warm season grasses are established most easily asexually.

50. T or F (if false, correct the false statement). Only gnomes can plant sod.

Bonus: List five insects or diseases weeds that impact turfgrasses (you can use any combination of those pests).

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Lawns Review Turn in for Five Points Bonus

  1. If you were going to choose a grass to sow from seed that would be drought tolerant, what grass would you sow and why?
  1. What would be a good grass to grow in Raleigh that would remain green most of the year? What is one advantage and one disadvantage of growing this grass?

Grass:

Advantage:

Disadvantage:

  1. If we were going to grow grass for the football field, which grass would we choose to put on the field? Why?
  1. I am going to move into my new house in Youngsville. If I have a bare lawn and haven’t done a thing, what are the steps I need to take to prepare for seeding my lawn? List 5 things I must do.

A

B

C

D

E

  1. How are plugging, sprigging, and sodding alike? How are they all different from one another?

Alike / Different
Sodding
Plugging
Sprigging
  1. Fill in the blanks
  • Drainage is necessary for proper ______growth.
  • ______inches of topsoil should be spread over subsoil.
  • ______and ______should be added and mixed into the soil before seeding or sodding.
  • ______and fertilizer should be added to make the pH of 6.5 to _____ and to meet fertilizer recommendations.
  • Soil should be tilled to ______up the soil into small particle.s
  • Planting at the proper time of year is important: ______for warm season grasses and ______for cool season grasses.
  • Sow ______the recommended rate of seed in one direction and sow the other ______across the lawn at a ____ degree angle to the first half.
  • ______seeds by lightly raking so that seeds will have contact with the soil.
  • ______with wheat straw or a light cover, especially on slopes.
  • ______to keep seeds moist and new seedlings moist until they are well established.
  • Sod must be watered ______for the first 6-8 weeks, or until established and it can’t be pulled up from the soil.
  1. If you are mowing fescue and it says to mow at 3”, you should mow before it reaches a height of ______.
  2. Which cool-season grass grows from rhizomes and has fine texture leaves?
  3. What is a warm-season grass with coarse texture?
  4. What grass would a home owner in western NC use for high traffic?
  5. The four steps of preparing a lawn seed bed are soil test, fertilizing, planting, and …
  6. What is the most commonly used method to start a lawn?
  7. The proper time of the year to plant warm-season grasses is…
  8. The most expensive method of establishing a lawn is…
  9. The major expense for using plugging is …
  10. A cool-season grass with fie texture leaves and bunch-type growth is…
  11. Which warm-season grass grows from stolons and has medium texture?
  12. Which cool-season grass has coarse texture and is bunch-type?
  13. The plant part that is used in sodding and plugging that is not used in sprigging and stolonizing is the …
  14. Which grass should a homeowner in eastern NC plant if it needs high traffic?