Overview
Aims and Objectives of the Hydroponics course from Warnborough College
- To provide a sound basis of knowledge in horticultural principles as they apply to the culture, use and management of plants in various production situations.
- To provide new and existing employees who are unable to undertake on campus training with the opportunity to gain appropriate knowledge in the field of plant culture, use and management.
- To prepare employees for supervisory and managerial positions in the field of plant culture, use and management.
- To provide horticultural business owner/operators (or those contemplating ownership) with appropriate training to apply technical skills to the management of the physical, financial and human resources in which they have made, or will make, a substantial investment.
- To provide an understanding of modern technology and its application to growing plants, with emphasis being placed on hydroponics production of commercially valuable plants.
Programme Structure
This subject has 30 lessons, each requiring about 12-15 hours of study:
- Hydroponic Technology
- Plant Growth Requirements – Light , artificial light, light balancers
- Plant Growth Requirements – Nutrition- nutrient requirements, deficiencies, toxicities, pH, conductivity, salinity, growth regulators
- Plant Growth Requirements – Temperature
- Hydroponic Growing Systems- basic concepts and designs, site considerations.
- Growing Media – types, properties, uses.
- Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions – nutrient formulae, preparing solutions.
- Hydroponic Equipment – componentry, nutrient delivery, pumping, testing
- Growing Structures – Design and Construction – types
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
You may enrol and start at any time of the year – it’s all self-paced.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management 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
1580 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1580 GBP for the full programme -
National
1580 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1580 GBP for the full programme
Funding
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