1.Which of the following elements in the growth of a flowering bulb provides a grower with the greatest flexibility of seasonal production, allowing the grower to target a particular calendar point for bloom time? a. period of dormancy between bloom and grow seasons

b. length of entire bloom period

c. period from first growth to budding

d. time from breaking dormancy to first growth emerges

2.If a grower wishes to work in wholesale floriculture, which of the following will prove most broadly helpful when determining what plants to focus on and what timeframe to aim for when scheduling the production process?

A. growing degree days (GDD) indicating total hours of heat to reach maturity

B. natural bloom time in a non-greenhouse environment

C. a schedule indicating seed germination period from planting to sprouting

D. a schedule indicating preferred products through the year

3.Which of the following terms refers to the commercial production of decorative plants and flowers?

a. horticulture

b. botany

c. pomology

d. floriculture

4.The practice of designing a business plan based on demand, distribution, growing time, and preferred customer/market is known as which of the following?

a. seasonal wholesale

b. supply-chain management

c. contract sales

d. propagation business

5.Which of the following is the term for a plastic unit containing four or six seedlings?

a. flat

b. plug

c. cell pack

d. tray pack

6.When developing a business plan for a greenhouse, one of the things a grower will wish to do is calculate crop costs and crop yield estimates using what base unit?

a. per acre

b. per building

c. per square yard

d. per square foot

Please just answer all correctly