Nursery Growers, Certificate | Part time online | Warnborough College | United Kingdom
4 days
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395 GBP/full
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About

The Nursery Growers course from Warnborough College is an introductory course which shows the beginner how to get started in the nursery business. 

Overview

You learn how to propagate plants, decide what to propagate, how to start a small inexpensive operation, and to go about selling what you grow. Part of every lesson is devoted to the important area of building up your knowledge of plants.

Through this Nursery Growers course from Warnborough College you will learn how many established nurseries have started out slowly as a small part time operation, and how you can follow the same path. (If you intend studying propagation and wholesale nursery management, do not do this course!).

Course Aims

  • Develop a budget for a hypothetical nursery operation
  • Name a soil based on criteria given in the course
  • Create a potting mix using a given recipe
  • Assess a number of plants for growing profitability
  • Prepare a pot of cuttings and estimate the cost of production for each cutting produced
  • Prepare a range of different types of cuttings
  • Find two plants with insect damage and determine the problem and possible remedies.
  • Collect information on various chemicals used in the nursery industry.
  • Assess plant ill health caused by agents other than insects.

Programme Structure

The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 6 in-depth lessons:

  • Plant Identification and Culture – How plants are named, scientific and common names, watering, weed control, when and how to use a glasshouse/shadehouse.
  • Plant Propagation – Overview of propagation techniques, propagating mixes, pots, hormones, propagating structures and aids.
  • Soils and Nutrition Soil structure, soil additives, major nutrients, minor nutrients, nutrient deficiencies, salt toxicity, soil mixes, fertilisers.
  • Seed Propagation and Nursery Business – Handling seed, pre-germination treatments, handling seedlings, propagating selected species.
  • Cutting Propagation – Stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, leaf bud cuttings, propagating selected species by cuttings.
  • Pest and Disease – Identifying a problem, insects, fungal diseases, nursery hygiene.

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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