In this section, they want you to discuss the relationship between plant health and resilience to pests and pathogens. AO2: techniques that can be applied to keep plants healthy eg: spacing, planting depth. AO3: the role of garden health plans to strategically mitigate and manage plant health risks. The role of resistant cultivars/species. A healthy… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 6 – Maintaining plant health
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Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 5 – Biosecurity and Plant Passports
This section is new and wasn't in the old exams, so I've done a bit of research to come up with the following. Biosecurity is the taking of precautions to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful organisms. There has been an significant increase in non-native tree pests and diseases since the early 2000s (according… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 5 – Biosecurity and Plant Passports
Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 4 – Pests and Pathogens
This element is about how pests and pathogens are introduced to a site and the impact on plant health. You will need to discuss control measures to prevent and manage outbreaks of pests and pathogens to include: Physical Cultural Chemical Biological These are covered here: R2103 Maintaining plant health. You also have to know something about… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 4 – Pests and Pathogens
Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 3 – Impact of competition on plant health
This element is all about weeds. Weeds are discussed here: R2103 Weeds and herbicides but you don't need to know the types of weeds. You will need to be able to talk about the benefits of weeds as cover crops (like clover), nutrient recyclers, habitats and food sources. You could talk about a whole range of… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 3 – Impact of competition on plant health
Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 2 – plant nutrition & plant health
This element covers the role of nutrition in ensuring plant health: R2102 – nutrients but the part about fertilizers and teas is not needed for the new-style exam. You will need to know the symptoms of nutritional deficiency including: effect of nutrient mobility which informs the location of the deficiency symptom within the plant [see… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2, Element 2 – plant nutrition & plant health
Unit 1, Topic 2 – Plant Health
Element 1 - Environmental conditions These are abiotic conditions that can adversely affect plant health and are to include: temperature wind water relative humidity light levels oxygen These are covered here R2103 plant disorders AO2: you should be able to talk about the impact of the conditions above on the growth of named plant species.… Continue reading Unit 1, Topic 2 – Plant Health
Gardening studies 