Keep Calm and Garden 7 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm

Active Ingredients of Herbicides 11 Jun 2013 | 01:07 pm

For RHS Level 2 – R2103 Maintaining Plant Health, you need to know the name of one active ingredient of one example of each type of herbicide: Contact Herbicide – diquat – e.g. Weedol – Contact herbi...

Examples of Weeds for R2103 – RHS Level 2 11 Jun 2013 | 12:46 pm

For R2103 you need two named examples of the following types of weed: Ephemeral – Senecio vulgaris – Groundsel; Cardamine hirsuta – hairy bittercress Annual – Chenopodium album – Fat Hen; Galium apa...

Biological, Chemical, Cultural and Integrated Methods of Pest Control 11 Jun 2013 | 12:24 pm

For the Level 2 exam you need to know one example of each of: biological, chemical, physical (or cultural) and integrated methods of pest and disease control. Example of Biological Control – ‘Nemaslu...

R2103 – Exam Question – Biological and Chemical Control 11 Jun 2013 | 11:40 am

Exam Question from R2103 – Maintaining Plant Health – February 2011 Q.1. a) Describe ONE named example of biological control for one NAMED plant pest. (2) b) State TWO benefits and TWO limitations o...

Definitions of Annual, Biennial, Perennial, and Ephemeral 1 Jun 2013 | 06:07 pm

Annuals are plants that go through their entire lifecycle in one growing season. Hardy annuals are plants that go through their entire life cycle in one season and that can be sown outside in the ope...

R2101 Exam Question – Seed Structure and Germination 1 Jun 2013 | 06:04 pm

R2101 – Question from Monday 13 February 2012 Q.6. a) Name TWO functions of the fruit in plant reproduction. (2) b) Label EACH of the following features in the diagram below: (6) i)scutellum/coptyl...

Epigeal and Hypogeal Germination 1 Jun 2013 | 05:27 pm

In hypogeal germination the epicotyl extends and the cotyledons stay in the ground, whereas in epigeal germination the hypocotyl extends and the cotyledons come out of the ground. (It is where the cot...

Internal Structure of Dicot and Monocot Seeds 1 Jun 2013 | 05:01 pm

Monocots have only one cotyledon inside the seed coat. It is often only small because the endosperm to feed the new plant is not inside the cotyledon. For the RHS Level 2, you need to know about the i...

Lawn Mixes 27 May 2013 | 03:18 pm

RHS Students often ask us about the ideal lawn mix for different situations. The short answer is that there is more than one suitable mix for most situations. But we’ve put together a chart showing on...