Commercial Vegetable Production

Commercial Vegetable Production

Course info

Learn about productively growing vegetable crops through the importance of soils, cultural practices and pest and disease management.

What will you achieve from this course?

After completing Commercial Vegetable Production you will have the knowledge necessary to select appropriate vegetable varieties for different situations as well as have an understanding of general cultural practices used for vegetable production, the management of potential problems, harvesting, marketing and more!

Lessons:

•     Introduction to Vegetable Growing - Understand the planning processes required in setting up a farming enterprise; Select appropriate crops.
•     Cultural Practices for Vegetables - Explain general cultural practices used for vegetable production.
•     Pest, Disease & Weed Control - Explain the management of potential problems, including pests, diseases, weeds, and environmental disorders in vegetable production.
•     Hydroponic & Greenhouse Growing - Explain alternative cultural techniques, including greenhouse and hydroponic production, for vegetables.
•     Growing Selected Vegetable Varieties - Determine specific cultural practices for selected vegetable varieties.
•     Irrigation - To develop understanding of how efficiently manage the availability of water to vegetable crops in order to achieve optimum growth.
•     Harvest & Post-Harvest - Determine the harvesting, and post-harvest treatment of different vegetables.
•     Marketing Vegetables - Develop marketing strategies for different vegetables.

Course Delivery

This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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