Handouts

Which is more durable therefore more expensive, stainless steel or carbon manganese steel tools?

Name 4 types of trowels?

In what direction should the grains run in the handle of a tool?

What are shovels used for?

What are Spades used for?

What are forks used for?

4 ways to construct shovels and spades

What is the degree of cant?

A shovel with little or no cant is good for what purpose?

A shovel with considerable cant is good for what purpose?

Name the 3 types of shovels

Name the 5 types of Spades

Name the 5 types of GARDEN rakes

What are the two types of engines?

What are the main differences between the two types of engines?

List the disadvantages of a 2 stroke?

Disadvantages of a 4 stroke engine

What does the choke do?

Name the different kinds of roots?

Name 3 beneficial properties of organic material added to a soil?

A regular lawn should be mowed to what height?

Commercial winterizing of irrigation systems are best done with a pressure in a range of what/

What is peat moss?

What are the 2 kinds of peat moss?

What is mushroom compost made from? and what does it contain?

When mixing organic matter into a bed when planting how much do you use?

Why do you add phosphorus before tilling in the soil?

Name some characteristics of Creeping Red Fescue Grass

Name some characteristics of Kentucky Blue Grass

Bentgrass

What is the proper way to plant a tree?

How big should the hole be in planting a tree?

When planting a tree why do you add water when you have half filled the hole with soil?

What is the purpose to staking a tree?

What is a true bulb formed from?

What is a corm? and give an example

What are the reasons for Tulips only lasting a couple years?

Why do we plant tulips so late?

What are the 4 containers trees and shrubs are sold in?

What is SGRs?

How do you avoid problems from girdling roots when planting a new plant from a plastic containter?