Ornamental Horticulture Objectives
Yearlong: Life Skills and FFA
 Demonstrate good work ethic.
 Develop, maintain and keep records on an agricultural project.
 Create a budget.
 Write a SMART goal.
 Use your knowledge of learning styles to benefit a team.
 Identify and develop qualities of leadership (strengths) you possess.
 Identify and address weaknesses you possess.
 Track income, expense and time.
 Write a business letter, professional email, thank you letter.
 Complete 4 hours of community service per semester.
 Attend 2 FFA Activities per semester.
 Contribute to an FFA committee.
 Complete 20 hours of time in an Agricultural project per nine week
 Write a skill-based resume.
 Complete a job application.
 Interview for a horticultural job.
Plants and Society
 Explain how plants support life and society.
 Explain a plant’s role in an ecosystem (autotroph).
 Explain how humans have impacted plant genetics.
 Examine the botanical definition of fruit.
Classification of Plants
 Classify a plant based on angiosperm, gymnosperm, annual, perennial, monocot, dicot.
 Use a dichotomous key to identify a plant.
 Select a tomato based on use, type, determinate, indeterminate, heirloom, hybrid.
 Interpret a plant label: Hardiness, lifecycle, growth requirements.
 ID 100 common cut flowers, annuals/ perennials, houseplants, trees/ shrubs.
 Differentiate major leaf arrangements.
 Distinguish between types of flowers.
 Establish plant suitability for selected sites, based on hardiness zone and heat zone maps.
 Plan and plant a cool season garden
Plant Needs
 ID parts of a root, stem, leaf and flower.
 Pollinate a flower by hand.
 Take and root a leaf cutting.
 List functions of roots, leaves stems, flowers.
 Compare photosynthesis and cellular respiration.(chlorophyll, mitochondria)
 Compare xylem and phloem.
 Examine the effects of light quality on plant growth.
 Examine the effects of water quality on plant growth.
 Examine the effects of temperature on plant growth.
 Investigate plant tropisms.
 ID symptoms of cultural problems in plants.
Plant Propagation
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Graft a tomato.
Plant a bulb.
Propagate a potato from seedstock.
Take and root a stem cutting.
Clone a plant from stem and leaf cuttings.
Germinate a seed
Greenhouse Operations and Sales
 Manipulate a greenhouse to optimize plant growth: germination, photosynthesis.
 Select, propagate, raise and market a greenhouse crop.
 Calculate budget and ask for a loan.
 Maintain appropriate records on a greenhouse crop.
 Sell a greenhouse crop.
 Create a bench card and print media advertisement.
 Complete 2 days of customer service at the RLHS plant sale.
 Calculate profit.
 Transplant a plant to nursery standards.
 Deadhead plants to encourage reflowering.
 Perform hard and soft pinches to enhance plant growth.
 Plan a growing schedule for a nursery crop.
 Prepare plants for sale.
 Harden off greenhouse plants.
 ID symptoms of over and under watering.
 Demonstrate proper watering techniques.
Soils and Growing Media
 List the components of soil.
 Texture a soil and make appropriate suggestions for soil improvement.
 Select/ mix a growing media for greenhouse propagation.
 ID different greenhouse growing medias.
 Test pH, nitrates, phosphates and potassium levels of a soil sample.
 Interpret soil test results and make recommendations.
 Explain how plant needs are met in a soilless system.
 Explain the importance of microorganisms in the soil.
Fertilizers
 Identify plant macronutrients.
 Explain the importance of N,P,K.
 Interpret a fertilizer label.
 Select a fertilizer based on need.
 ID and compare methods of application.
 Correlate plant symptoms to the appropriate nutritional deficiencies for N, P, K, I, Ca.
 Explain factors affecting nutrient availability.
 Explain slow release, organic, liquid, granular, and other common buying options.
Pest Control
 ID aphid, powdery mildew, mealybug, codling moth.
 Explain Integrated Pest Management strategies.
 Compare types of pesticide applications
 Interpret pesticide labels.
 Utilize safety procedures when applying pesticides.
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ID and properly use personal protective equipment.
Read, understand and follow label directions and MSDS.
Complete Worker Protection Handler Verification Training