HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does a biennial plant do in it second year of life?
A
it starts growing
B
it just dies randomly
C
it starts flowering
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Biennials are plants that complete their life cycle in two years. They germinate, develop a root system, stem and leaves in the first year. Later in their second year, they yield flowers and bear fruit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biennials-Plants which require two years to complete their life cycle. Biennial Foxglove. First season growth results in a small rosette of leaves near the soil surface. During the second season’s growth stem elongation, flowering and seed formation occur followed by the entire plant’s death.

Detailed explanation-3: -A biennial requires all or part of two years to complete its life cycle. During the first season, it produces vegetative structures (leaves) and food storage organs. The plant overwinters and then produces flowers, fruit and seeds during its second season.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biennials are seedlings one year, flower and set seed the next year. Although their life cycle is two years, you will find that they appear continuously in your garden. The seedlings of the second year becoming the flowers of the next year and so on.

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