Introduction to Horticulture

Plant of the day: Calendula

Term of the day: Senescence

Calendula• Pot Marigold or English Marigold• Plant type: Annual, Herb • Height: 12" to 24“, Spread: 4" to 6" • Exposure: full sun • Bloom Color: Yellow – Orange• Season – Cool season Marigold • Leaf Color: Green • Growth Rate: average • Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Massing• Herb Garden- used to repel insects from other plants

Senescence

• The stage of life when plant tissue deterioration occurs.

• Refers to the natural life cycle– Not forgetting to water or freezing

• Can lead to leaf drop (fall leaves)

• Can lead to plant death

• Frequently necessary for seeds

• Triggered by plant hormones

The Basics

• FFA Mission– The basis of it all

• All programs and activities in FFA are based on the components of the mission

– What are the 3 main parts?• Premier Leadership• Personal Growth • Career Success

– Play introduction movie

The Basics

• FFA Organization• Local – Fauquier Chapter – Have our own Officers & Delegates

• Federation – Schools in Fauquier, Culpeper & Madison• Area (Central) – Piedmont area north of Richmond

• State – Officers selected from last year’s seniors• National – Selected from last year’s state officers

National FFA

• Play Convention Movie

The Basics

• Levels of FFA Membership– Like moving from pre-school to elementary to middle school to high school

– 4 levels for membership• Enter a new level as we get older and more

experienced

The Basics• Levels of FFA Membership

1. Active• Middle and High School• Enrolled in an Ag Ed Class• Paid FFA dues

2. Collegiate• Post-high school• Pursuing an ag-related career or interest in the

future of the agricultural industry• Paid FFA dues

The Basics

• Levels of FFA Membership3. Alumni

• Past FFA members and supporters of FFA• Paid FFA alumni dues• 40,000 members across the United States

4. Honorary• FFA supporter who’s gone above and beyond the

necessary• Nominated to receive the membership – no dues

The Basics

• FFA Motto– 12 words for FFA members to live by:

• Learning to Do,• Doing to Learn,• Earning to Live,• Living to Serve

– What does it mean?

The Basics

• FFA Colors– Adopted in 1929– What are they?

• National Blue:– Nation’s Flag

• Corn Gold– Fields of Ripened Corn

The Basics

• The FFA Salute

– You’ve done this one a time or two!– “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

– What do you notice about the punctuation?

The Basics

• The Code of Ethics– We will conduct ourselves at all times in order

to be a credit to our organization, chapter, school and community by:

Ethical Attitudes & Behaviors

• Dress • Respect. • Honesty• Conduct• Sportsmanship • Attending • Taking pride • Sharing• Striving• Diversity

The FFA Emblem (28-29)

• Knowledge

• Progress

• Unity

• Freedom

• Labor and Tillage of the Soil

FFA Official Dress

FFA Degrees

Grades SAE Rqd? # yrs Ag Ed

Discovery

Greenhand

Chapter

State

American

• Complete the chart.

The Creed

• Creed Movie

• Creed activity

Problems

• Sometimes what seem like overwhelming problems to us have simple solutions.

Link

Stretch Break

Plant ClassificationsTextbook Page 61 – 63

Write the descriptions (3-4 words)

• Stems– Herb– Shrub– Tree

• Foliage– Deciduous– Evergreen

• Stem Type– Woody– Herbaceous

• Hardiness– Tender– Hardy

• Cotyledons– Monocots– Dicots

• Use– Edible– Ornamental

Plant Names

• Kingdom• Phlylum• Class• Order• Family• Genus• Species• Variety or Cultivar• Form

• Major Taxa – don’t use in the name

• Minor Taxa – do use in the botanical name for the plant

Sweet Pea Example

• Genus• Species• Cultivar• Form

• Lathyrus• oderatus• “Royal”• n/a

Lathyrus oderatus “Royal”

Plant Life Cycles

Vegetative

Reproductive

Dormancy

Annuals

• Germinate from seed• Grow to Maturity• Flower• Produce Seeds• Die

• All in one growing season

Biennials –Complete life cycle in 2 years

• 1st year– Summer – vegetative

growth– Winter - dormancy

• 2nd Year– Flower– Produce Seeds/Fruit– Die

Examples: Blackberries, Hollyhocks, Cabbage

Perennials

• Live for 3 or more seasons

• The above ground portion may die in the winter, but new growth will grow from the roots the next spring

• Examples: Strawberries, daffodils, trees, vines

Perennials grown as Annuals

• Some plants cannot survive winter cold.

• They are by nature perennials

• They are grown as annuals for summer color.

• Frequently called “Tender Perennials”