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Intro to horticulture
- 2. Today we will: • Explain the purpose of horticulture practices. • Identify the basic parts of a plant.
- 3. Horticulture • The ART of cultivating fruits, nuts, vegetables, or ornamental plants. • Horti = garden • Culture = garden
- 4. Floriculture • The cultivation of ornamental flowering plants.
- 5. Botany • The SCIENCE of plants to include anatomy, physiology and taxonomy.
- 6. Pomology • The science and practice of growing, harvesting and marketing tree fruits and nuts. Olericulture • The science and practice of growing, harvesting and marketing vegetables.
- 7. Agronomy The science and practice of grass and soils.
- 8. Annual • A plant which grows, flowers, produces seeds, and dies in one year. Must be replanted each year. Perennial • A plant that grows year after year without replanting. A plant whose roots lives year to year.
- 9. Parts of a Plant
- 11. The Stem: • holds up the plant parts above the ground. • has tiny tubes to transport water an nutrients to the plant’s parts.
- 12. Leaves: • Make food for plants which is sugar • Take in carbon dioxide through tiny openings in the leaves
- 13. Roots: • Hold the plant in the ground • Take in water and nutrients for the plant’s growth
- 14. Petals: • Are the colored part of the plant
- 16. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant holds it in the ground?
- 17. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant holds it in the ground? •Roots
- 18. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant makes food for the plant?
- 19. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant makes food for the plant? •leaves
- 20. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant holds it above the ground?
- 21. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant holds it above the ground? •stem
- 22. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant is usually colored?
- 23. Let’s see what you learned: • Which part of the plant is usually colored? •petal
- 24. Node • The “joint” of a stem, the swollen place where leaves and buds are attached. Roots form here when cuttings are made. Internode • The space between the nodes on a stem.
- 26. Petiole • The stalk structure which supports the blade of the leaf. It attaches the leaf blade to the stem.
- 28. Simple leaf • A solitary leaf attached to a stem by a petiole. Compound Leaf • A group of leaflets which compose the entire compound leaf.
- 30. Leaf Margin • The outer edge of a leaf …. • Serrate, entire, lobed, etc.
- 32. Today we have… • Explained he purpose of horticulture practices. • Identified the basic parts of a plant.