LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE

LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE

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One inch of water per week. Do not like wet feet. Regular feeding from March through late august - ----Answers--- Discuss the watering and feeding requirements for roses

Thrips, Aphids, spider mites.Black spot fungus - ----Answers---What prinicpal insects causes problems on roses? Diseases?

Arborist, retail florist, wholesale florist, horticulturalist, landscape architect, landscape contractor - ----Answers--- Give five examples of horticulture professions regulated by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Pass a state licensing exam and pay an annual fee - ---- Answers---In order to obtain a license, a landscape contractor must ____ and _____

• Insurance
• Accountants
• Bonding - ----Answers---Name three services needed by a

contracting business 1 / 3

Landscape architiects are responsible for all aspects of the landscape design, including preparing the drawings necessary for the implementation of the project and estimating the proposed cost for the client - ----Answers---What do landscape architects do?

Labor Materials Indirect job expenses (down time, rain time, cancelled apts) Overhead expenses Contingency cost (unexpected expenses) Guarantee cost (expectation of having to fulfill warranty) - --- -Answers---Name six types of expenses that should be considered when developing competitive bids

A contract is an agreement enforceable by law - ---- Answers---What is a contract?

False, go check it out - ----Answers---True or False: it is not

necessary for the bidder to visit the project site for personal inspection or meet with the prospective client before bidding on a job

• Lump sum / fixed price contracts
• Unit price contracts 2 / 3

3.Cost-plus contracts - ----Answers---Name and briefly describe three types of contracts

• ----Answers---In reviewing contracts and subcontracts,

list five of the "unexpected" costs that can seriously affect cost estimates and should be given careful consideration bfore submitting a bid

False, although 90 days is a common practice - ----Answers-

--True or false: Louisiana law requires a warranty or

guarantee for plants installed by the landscape contractor

Stolonizing -- Shredded sod is spread over a well prepared seedbed (bermudagrass & zoysiagrass)

Sprigging -- Stolons are placed (usually mechanically) partially above the ground.

Plugging -- Small soil plugs are used. Slower establishment rate than stolonizing.

Sodding -- "Instant lawn" with few weed problems. Most expensive.

Strip sodding -- Golf course fairways with zoysiagrass. Only strips of the bed are covered with sod, and new growth fills in the whole area - ----Answers---Discuss the five ways to vegetatively establish turfgrass

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