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 start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Horticulture and Crop Science Botany View 115 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in United KingdomAcademic 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/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.