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Landscape Maintenance

Landscape Maintenance. Learning Objectives. List the tools required for general landscape maintenance. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of irrigation. Describe four mulches suitable for use in landscapes.

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Landscape Maintenance

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  1. Landscape Maintenance

  2. Learning Objectives • List the tools required for general landscape maintenance. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of irrigation. • Describe four mulches suitable for use in landscapes. • Recognize common landscape plant problems, such as crossing branches, girdling roots, and suckering. • List the three main purposes of pruning.

  3. Low Maintenance Landscapes Features: • Groundcover areas instead of lawns • Mulches around trees and shrubs • Automatic irrigation system • Low-maintenance plants • Flowering shrubs rather than annual and perennial flowers • Plants that are disease-and insect-resistant • Plant adapted to the local climate

  4. Tools • Soil-working tools • Watering equipment • Rakes • Fertilizing Equipment

  5. Power Equipment • Hedge trimmer –good for long sections of formal hedge • Power blower–blowing grass and leaves off paved areas • String trimmer –trim grass beside paved areas • Edger–maintains a clean line between turf and non-turf areas • Chain Saw –removal of large trees and shrubs • Power pruner –for high branches

  6. Safety around Power Equipment • Eye protection • Remove sticks, stones, and other debris • Keep people and pets 50 ft. away • Do not use lawn edgers in graveled areas • Hearing protection around gas-powered (2-stroke) engines • Safety footwear

  7. Irrigation • Sprinklers • Hand-watering • Drip or trickle irrigation

  8. Fertilizing • Timing • Usually just before or during active plant growth • Spring most common • Rate • Trees: 6 lbs actual N per 1,000 sqft • Shrubs: 2-4 lbs actual N per 100 sqft • Groundcovers: 2-4 lbs actual N per 1,000 sqft

  9. Cultural Weed Control • Hand-pulling • Cultivating with a hoe • Weed barriers • Mulching • Solarization

  10. Chemical Weed Control • Pre-emergence • Trifluralin • Oryzalin • Only kill germinating seedlings, not established plants • Post-emergence • 2,4-D (dandelion control in lawns) • Glyphosate(non-selective, spot-treatment) • Kill weeds on contact • Bio-herbicides • Wheat or corn gluten meal

  11. Mulches • Organic • Plant-derived • Should be weed-and pesticide-free • Shredded bark, pine straw, etc • Inorganic • Rock • Marble chips • Recycled tires

  12. Common Landscape Problems • Suckers • Mower Blight • Crossing Branches • Stem Girdling Roots

  13. Why Prune? • Size Control • Health Improvement • Appearance

  14. Review Questions • Name three examples of personal protective gear to be worn around power equipment. • A benefit of drip irrigation is that water is applied directly to roots of desired plants, minimizing growth of __________. • Describe one major difference between organic and inorganic mulches. • Mulching around landscape plants can protect trees from which common landscape problem?

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