ONLINE COURSE ACACIAS
Learn how to Grow and Use Acacia Plants: A correspondence course for the enthusiast or commercial grower.
Wattles can be grown for a range or amenity purposes (eg. land rehabilitation, decorative garden plants, windbreaks etc), timber production, a cut flower, for tanning, as a food (bush tucker plant), etc.
Their flowers are small, grouped in large numbers to create round balls or cylindrical spikes. These balls or spikes normally occur on peduncles (ie: a ball or a cylinder on the end of a stalk). They occur either singly, in pairs or racemes emerging from the axils of the leaves or phyllodes. The tiny flowers each have 4 to 5 sepals, 4 to 5 petals and numerous staemens. The fruit is a leguminous pod, often long. When mature, the pod will open releasing large hard coated seeds from inside.
In most species, there are no leaves. Instead, the plant has leaf like structures (considered to be modified petioles or leaf stalks), called "phyllodes".
Lesson Structure
There are 7 lessons in this course:
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Introduction
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Review of the system of plant identification, information sources, etc.
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Plant reviews
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Physiology of Acacias
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Flower structure
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Foliage types within the genus
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Flower types within the genus
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Acacia fruits
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Plant reviews
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Culture
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Planting, staking, mulching, watering, feeding, pruning, etc
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Plant reviews
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Propagation
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Methods of propagating Acacias.
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Propagation of selected varieties.
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Plant reviews
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Acacias in the Garden
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Landscape uses
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Plant selection
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Acacias for different situations (Cold hardy, drought hardy, humid climates, summer flowering, autumn flowering, etc)
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The Design Process
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Plant reviews
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Other Uses for Acacias
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Timber uses
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Tanning
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Cut Flowers
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Food Source
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Gum Arabic
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Plant reviews
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Pest & Diseases
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Galls, Beetles, Weevils, etc
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Environmental problems: Frost, Shade, Temperature, Wind
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Special Project
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PBL project where you plan the establishment of a collection of different cultivars of Acacias suited to growing in a specified locality.
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
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Describe the way in which Acacias are classified.
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Determine how to find reliable resource information that relates to Acacias
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Describe the physiology of Acacias
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Determine cultural requirements that are common to Acacias
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Determine propagation methods that are commonly applicable to Acacias.
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Describe a variety of commercial uses for Acacias.
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Describe a range of other practical uses for Acacias.
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Identify and recommend treatment for a variety of health problems occurring with Acacias.
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Develop an in depth understanding of one aspect of Acacia Growing.
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