2 2 hort life cycles & names
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Introduction to Horticulture
Plant of the day: Calendula
Term of the day: Senescence
Calendula• Pot Marigold or English Marigold• Plant type: Annual, Herb • Height: 12" to 24“, Spread: 4" to 6" • Exposure: full sun • Bloom Color: Yellow – Orange• Season – Cool season Marigold • Leaf Color: Green • Growth Rate: average • Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Massing• Herb Garden- used to repel insects from other plants
Senescence
• The stage of life when plant tissue deterioration occurs.
• Refers to the natural life cycle– Not forgetting to water or freezing
• Can lead to leaf drop (fall leaves)
• Can lead to plant death
• Frequently necessary for seeds
• Triggered by plant hormones
The Basics
• FFA Mission– The basis of it all
• All programs and activities in FFA are based on the components of the mission
– What are the 3 main parts?• Premier Leadership• Personal Growth • Career Success
– Play introduction movie
The Basics
• FFA Organization• Local – Fauquier Chapter – Have our own Officers & Delegates
• Federation – Schools in Fauquier, Culpeper & Madison• Area (Central) – Piedmont area north of Richmond
• State – Officers selected from last year’s seniors• National – Selected from last year’s state officers
National FFA
• Play Convention Movie
The Basics
• Levels of FFA Membership– Like moving from pre-school to elementary to middle school to high school
– 4 levels for membership• Enter a new level as we get older and more
experienced
The Basics• Levels of FFA Membership
1. Active• Middle and High School• Enrolled in an Ag Ed Class• Paid FFA dues
2. Collegiate• Post-high school• Pursuing an ag-related career or interest in the
future of the agricultural industry• Paid FFA dues
The Basics
• Levels of FFA Membership3. Alumni
• Past FFA members and supporters of FFA• Paid FFA alumni dues• 40,000 members across the United States
4. Honorary• FFA supporter who’s gone above and beyond the
necessary• Nominated to receive the membership – no dues
The Basics
• FFA Motto– 12 words for FFA members to live by:
• Learning to Do,• Doing to Learn,• Earning to Live,• Living to Serve
– What does it mean?
The Basics
• FFA Colors– Adopted in 1929– What are they?
• National Blue:– Nation’s Flag
• Corn Gold– Fields of Ripened Corn
The Basics
• The FFA Salute
– You’ve done this one a time or two!– “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
– What do you notice about the punctuation?
The Basics
• The Code of Ethics– We will conduct ourselves at all times in order
to be a credit to our organization, chapter, school and community by:
Ethical Attitudes & Behaviors
• Dress • Respect. • Honesty• Conduct• Sportsmanship • Attending • Taking pride • Sharing• Striving• Diversity
The FFA Emblem (28-29)
• Knowledge
• Progress
• Unity
• Freedom
• Labor and Tillage of the Soil
FFA Official Dress
FFA Degrees
Grades SAE Rqd? # yrs Ag Ed
Discovery
Greenhand
Chapter
State
American
• Complete the chart.
The Creed
• Creed Movie
• Creed activity
Problems
• Sometimes what seem like overwhelming problems to us have simple solutions.
Link
Stretch Break
Plant ClassificationsTextbook Page 61 – 63
Write the descriptions (3-4 words)
• Stems– Herb– Shrub– Tree
• Foliage– Deciduous– Evergreen
• Stem Type– Woody– Herbaceous
• Hardiness– Tender– Hardy
• Cotyledons– Monocots– Dicots
• Use– Edible– Ornamental
Plant Names
• Kingdom• Phlylum• Class• Order• Family• Genus• Species• Variety or Cultivar• Form
• Major Taxa – don’t use in the name
• Minor Taxa – do use in the botanical name for the plant
Sweet Pea Example
• Genus• Species• Cultivar• Form
• Lathyrus• oderatus• “Royal”• n/a
Lathyrus oderatus “Royal”
Plant Life Cycles
Vegetative
Reproductive
Dormancy
Annuals
• Germinate from seed• Grow to Maturity• Flower• Produce Seeds• Die
• All in one growing season
Biennials –Complete life cycle in 2 years
• 1st year– Summer – vegetative
growth– Winter - dormancy
• 2nd Year– Flower– Produce Seeds/Fruit– Die
Examples: Blackberries, Hollyhocks, Cabbage
Perennials
• Live for 3 or more seasons
• The above ground portion may die in the winter, but new growth will grow from the roots the next spring
• Examples: Strawberries, daffodils, trees, vines
Perennials grown as Annuals
• Some plants cannot survive winter cold.
• They are by nature perennials
• They are grown as annuals for summer color.
• Frequently called “Tender Perennials”