Cut Flower Production
Cut Flower Production
Course info
Have you always wanted to know more about growing your own flowers from bulbs? And would you like to do it commercially? This is a course designed for the flowering bulb enthusiast or the commercial bulb grower supplying the cut flower market. You will learn the basics of horticultural management covering soil types, plant nutrition, pest and diseases. It also covers the various types of bulbs used for production and in the home garden.
What will you achieve from this course?
After completing Cut Flower Production you will have an understanding of the physiological processes which affect flower development in plants as well as have the knowledge necessary to determine: soil and nutrition requirements; harvest and post-harvest management practices; export market opportunities for cut flowers and more!
Lessons:
- Introduction to Cut Flower Production - To develop a broad perspective on the nature and scope of the cut flower industry.
- Soils & Nutrition - Determine soil and nutrition requirements for cut flower growing.
- Cultural Practices - Determine the cultural requirements for commercial production of a cut flower crop.
- Flower Initiation & Development - Explain the physiological processes which affect flower development in plants.
- Pest & Disease Control - Determine the cultural requirements for commercial production of a cut flower crop.
- Australian Natives & Related Plants - Evaluate the suitability of different plants as cut flower crops.
- Greenhouse Culture - Determine the cultural requirements for commercial production of a cut flower crop.
- Harvest & Post Harvest - Determine harvest and post-harvest management practices for cut flower crops.
- Developing A Production Plan
- Export Marketing
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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