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CARNATIONS (Ht408)
COURSE OUTLINE
A serious course equally valuable to the home enthusiast or the commercial cut flower grower.
You learn about growing quality carnations (planting, watering, pest & disease control, fertilizing), different ways of growing
them (e.g. as row crops in soil, in hydroponics, in a greenhouse); and harvesting, post-harvest treatments, and quality control.
COURSE DETAILS
Duration:
100 hours (study at your own pace, the average time to complete this module is 4-6 months part time)
Enrolments:
Open all year
Fee Code: S2 (see current Fee Schedule)
Services:
On enrolment, you will receive:
Course Materials including:
- A Subject Guide
- Accompanying Notes
- Carnation Manual
- Pests and Disease
- Greenhouse Management for Cut Flowers
- Irrigation Notes
- Sixteen Hydroponic Ideas
- One reference book such as Growing Carnations by Joy Jarratt
Videos
Videos are available for loan through the school's library.
Tutors
Throughout the course, you are guided by tutors, who are accessible by mail, fax, email, phone or in person. Tutors are accessible 5 days a week. If necessary, we can arrange for tutors to contact a student after hours.
Library
Students within driving distance of our office are welcome to make use of our school's library. Alternatively, tutors can provide additional information for your course upon request.
Online Facilities
Students can access our chat rooms and web based resources. Courses are constantly being added online.
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 8 lessons as follows:
- Introduction
- Review of the system of plant identification
- Physiology
- Information sources
- Culture
- Planting
- staking
- mulching
- watering
- feeding
- pruning, etc.
- Propagation
- Methods of propagating this group of plants
- Propagation of selected varieties
- Hydroponics
- Pest and Disease
- Irrigation
- Greenhouse Management
- Harvest, Post Harvest and Quality
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.
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Testimonials
"...it is very informative and worthwile. I am glad I started the course. Of
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