Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing, Certificate | Part time online | Warnborough College | United Kingdom
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Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing

4 days
Duration
395 GBP/full
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About

The demand for organically grown vegetables is currently a major growth area in commercial horticulture. This Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing course from Warnborough College is a good starting point in learning all aspects of organic vegetable production.

Overview

You can start this Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing course from Warnborough College whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors.

Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.

Course aims

  • Discuss general horticulture and plant taxonomy principles
  • Describe a range of cultivation and planting techniques
  • Explain soil properties, and their relationship to organic plant production
  • Diagnose basic soil nutrient deficiencies
  • Discus major and minor commercial vegetable varieties
  • Describe a variety of pest and disease management principles
  • Explain the use of seed in commercial organic agriculture, including storage, viability, germination, genetic purity, and hybridisation
  • Discuss the principles of greenhouse growing
  • Describe a variety of irrigation methods suitable for organic vegetable production
  • Explain organic weed control methods
  • Explain issues relating to harvesting and marketing of vegetables

Programme Structure

Lessons:

  • Cultivation and Planting
  • Soils and Nutrition
  • Soil Management
  • Review of Major Vegetable Varieties
  • Pests and Disease
  • Seed
  • Greenhouse Growing
  • Lesser Grown Varieties and Herbs
  • Irrigation
  • Mulching
  • Harvesting and Marketing

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 4 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
  • You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    395 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.
  • National

    395 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.

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