Course Title: Wholesale Nursery Management BHT212
Wholesale Nursery Management BHT212
Learn to produce great plants in a commercially successful way. Managing a production nursery involves more than just propagating and potting up plants. Even the small nursery must be able to not only produce plants, but do it at a pre determined cost, then sustain those plants before and during marketing. The nursery industry currently has a real need for people with skills and knowledge in managing production in plant nurseries! This course provides a solid grounding for developing those skills.
Course Structure for Wholesale Nursery Management BHT212
There are 8 lessons:
1 Nursery Site Organisation
- Nature and Scope of Wholesale Nurseries
- Specialist Nurseries
- Location and Site Selection Characteristics;market proximity, land cost, climate, isolation, air quality, water etc
- What to Grow
- Determining Marketable varieties
- Site Surveying
2 Management
- Starting as a Nursery Producer
- The Mission Statement
- Controlling Quality
- Revamping an Existing Nursery
- Nursery Standards; Cost Efficiency, Quality standards, Size
- Business Planning
- Quantity
- Case Study
- Production Systems
- Flow Chart for Growing a Nursery Crop
- Production Methods
- Cutting Production Efficiencies
- Work Scheduling
- Type and Number of Employees
- Human Resource Management
3 Nutrition and Pest Management
- Overview of Nursery Pests and Diseases
- Identifying Problems
- Disease and pest management
- Nursery Hygiene
- Resistant Plants
- Controlling Problems through Cultural Practices
- Physical Control of Problems
- Biological Control
- Chemical Control
- Minimising Chemical Use
- Conducting Inspections within the Nursery
- Nutrient Management
- Fertiliser use and plant nutrition.
4 Growing media
- Growing Media for Container and Field Grown Plants
- Understanding soils
- Soil Testing
- Improving Soils
- Potting Mixes and soil-free mixes
- Components of Potting Media
- Selecting Potting Media
- Problems with Potting Media
- Propagation Media
- Sanitation
- Sterilisation techniques.
5 Irrigation
- Water Supply
- Town Water
- Water Courses and Groundwater
- Rainwater
- Water Quality
- Water Treatment
- Recycling Water
- Irrigation Systems; overhead sprinkler, drip, etc
- Pulse Watering, Demand Watering, Precision etc
- Pumps
- Scheduling Irrigation
- Irrigation System Maintenance
- Use of liquid fertilisers through irrigation.
6 Modifying Plant Growth
- Plant Uniformity
- Holding Stock
- Making Stems Sturdier
- Making Plants Taller
- Developing a Compact Root System
- Creating a denser, bushier Plant
- Improving Foliage Colour
- Encouraging Flowering
- Flower forcing out of Season
- Using Light to Modify Plant Growth
- Greenhouses and other protective plant structures.
7 Marketing Strategies
- Overview of Nursery Marketing
- Nursery Products
- Marketing Mix
- Market Research
- Marketing Budget
- Marketing Plan.
8 Selection of Nursery Crops
- Considering Options
- Choosing a Plant Variety to Market
- Developing a stock list
- Criteria for Selecting Plants
- Quarantine Concerns
- Clearing Surplus Stocks
- Nursery Industry Trends
- Surveying Customers
- Terminology
Lesson Aims
- Describe how site characteristics influence the establishment and management of wholesale nurseries
- Explain management structures and work scheduling in wholesale nurseries
- Describe the management of pests and diseases and plant nutrition in production nurseries
- Explain the physical and chemical properties of growing media used in production nurseries
- Describe the techniques and equipment used to irrigate plants in nurseries
- Explain techniques used to modify and influence the growth of plants in production nurseries
- Describe strategies used by production nurseries to increase sales
Price: £340
Qualification: Certificate
Estimated Course Duration: 100 hours
Available Learning Methods: Online, USB (+£5) and Correspondence (+£35)
Enrolment Dates: Our courses are self-paced and you can start at anytime
Enrol today to help yourself forge a career in the Nursery Management Industry
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