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Course Title: Cut Flower Bulbs BHT317

Cut Flower Bulbs BHT317

Horticulture Course
Price:£325 Qualification: Certificate

Become an expert at growing bulbs! A course for the enthusiast or commercial bulb grower, with ten lessons. Learn to grow bulbs as a flower crop indoors (in a greenhouse) or in an open field.

This course is designed to develop your ability to select and cultivate appropriate varieties of bulbs as cut flowers, in different situations. It gives you an understanding of the plant families bulbs belong to, their cultural needs, how to prevent and treat pest and disease problems plus the basis of horticultural knowledge: soil types and plant nutritional needs.

Course Structure for Cut Flower Bulbs BHT317

  1. Introduction to Cut Flower Bulb Production
  2. Cultural Practices that effect the production of flowering bulbs, such as soils, nutrition, etc.
  3. Flower Initiation & Development. Consideration for the affects different cultural practices can have on flower production.
  4. Pest & Disease Control. various pest and disease problems are over-viewed.
  5. Managing Yield, Greenhouse Culture. We look at the specific aspects of growing greenhouse crops.
  6. Management, Harvest & Post Harvest
  7. Gladiolus and Liliums
  8. Narcissus
  9. Iris
  10. Other Bulbs

Aims of Cut Flower Bulbs BHT317

  • Describe cultural practices for production of different cut flower bulbs, including the basis of all good Horticulture with understanding of soils, plant nutrition, and weed control
  • Understand the initiation and development of flowers in plants with bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, corms or other specialized parts
    A look at the factors affecting the flowering stages
  • Learn how to manage any pests and diseases for a crop of cut flower bulbs or in the home garden
  • Manage the quantity and quality of a crop of cut flower bulbs, both grown in the open and in a greenhouse. In this lesson we also have a good look at the various systems of growing cut flower bulbs in greenhouses and look at ways to manage the environmental conditions in them.
  • Learn about the management and the harvest/post harvest of cut flower bulbs
  • Explain the production of Lilium and Gladioli cut flower crops
  • Explain the production of Narcissus cut flower crops
  • Explain the production of Iris and Gladioli cut flower crops
  • We look at the a comparison of a variety of different cut flower bulb crops

Price: £340
Qualification: Certificate
Estimated Course Duration: 100 hours
Available Learning Methods: Online, USB and Correspondence (+£35)
Enrolment Dates: Our courses are self-paced and you can start at anytime

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