CH Study Guide 2026
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📋 CH Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CH Topics to Study (22)
✍️ Sample CH Questions & Answers
1. Tensiometers measure soil moisture by indicating:
Tensiometers measure matric potential — the suction force with which soil particles hold water — which indicates how hard plant roots must work to extract moisture.
2. Zoysiagrass is best characterized as:
Zoysiagrass is a warm-season grass prized for its dense, wear-tolerant turf and relatively slow growth rate compared to bermudagrass.
3. Air layering is a propagation method best suited for:
Air layering wounds a stem on the parent plant, packs the wound with moist sphagnum, and wraps it to encourage roots to form before the new plant is severed.
4. Which soil texture typically requires the most frequent irrigation due to its low water-holding capacity?
Sandy soils have large pore spaces that drain rapidly, holding little plant-available water between irrigations and requiring more frequent but smaller applications.
5. A distribution uniformity (DU) test for a sprinkler system measures:
DU compares catch-can volumes across the irrigated zone to determine how uniformly water is distributed; low DU indicates dry spots requiring over-irrigation elsewhere.
6. Which soil pH range generally maximizes nutrient availability for most landscape plants?
A pH of 5.5–6.5 keeps most macro- and micronutrients in plant-available forms and is the optimum range for the majority of landscape species.