Overview
Key facts
This Home Hydroponics course from Warnborough College is NOT intended for commercial growing in any way. You will learn the theory behind hydroponic culture, as well as receive first hand practical experience as you set up your own basic hydroponic system.
Develop a solid grounding in the principles of soil less cultivation of plants. When you remove the soil from a plant and take control of it’s roots, it is essential that you have a good understanding of how it grows. Any body can grow plants in soil with reasonable success.
To grow plants in hydroponics you must understand how the plant grows so that you can control the temperature, water, oxygen, nutrients etc. in the root zone.
Aims
- Explain basic plant nutrition chemistry in order to describe the composition and function of hydroponic nutrients.
- Differentiate between a variety of fertilisers and hydroponic nutrients, and suggest how these might be used appropriately in the growing of different types of plants in a hydroponic garden.
- Compare options for media and systems, in order to choose what is appropriate to a specific home situation.
- Design a hydroponic system suited to a particular home situation
- Diagnose common ailments in a hydroponic system, make a determine appropriate action.
- Describe the course of a hydroponic crop in a home situation from initial planting to harvest, and treatment of the harvested crop.
- Differentiate between solid media and nutrient film hydroponic techniques, and the way in which plants may be treated differently in each.
- Plan the production of a sequence of vegetable and herb produce for household use from hydroponic production.
- Determine appropriate methods for hydroponic cut flower production in a home situation.
Programme Structure
There are 12 lessons as follows:
- Basic Chemistry and Plant Nutrition – atoms, elements, nutrient deficiency symptoms
- Nutrient Solutions – calculating formulae, hydroponic nutrition, preparing nutrient solutions
- Types of Systems A – classification of hydroponic systems, ingredients of hydroponic systems, rockwool.
- Types of Systems B – what makes up a system, 16 hydroponic ideas, NFT, solution dispensation.
- Plant Problems in Hydroponics – pests and diseases, nutritional and environmental problems, water and plant relationships, pH.
- How a Plant Grows – growth, nutrient solutions, preparing a solution, mechanisms of nutrient uptake, photosynthesis.
- Plant Culture – controlling environmental features, post harvest storage.
- Hydroponic Vegetable Production – how to grow vegetables hydroponically.
- Hydroponic Cut Flower Production – growing flowers in hydroponics, carnations.
- Soil Media vs Nutrient Film
- Greenhouse Operation & Management
- Special Assignment
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management Horticulture and Crop Science Botany View 21 other Short Courses in Hydrology & Water Management 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 -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme