Nursery Hands Course 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 11 lessons:

1. Introduction to the Nursery Industry
   • production systems, transport regulations, PVR
2. Plant Identification and Taxonomy
   • systematic botany, plant families, leaf and flower parts
3. Nursery Structures and Buildings
   • greenhouse management, structures for nurseries
4. Potting Mixes
   • U.C. soil mixes, understanding soils, growing media
5. Seed Propagation
   • quality, sources, storage, germination treatments
6. Cutting Propagation
   • stock plants, hormones
7. Other Propagation Techniques
   • tissue culture, division, separation, layering, grafting
8. Plant Nutrition in the Nursery
   • nutrition management,
9. Pests and Diseases Control
   • hygeine
10. Other Nursery Tasks
    • nursery irrigation, modifying plant growth
11. Marketing and Sales
    • sales methods

Student Comments

"The course was a valuable learning experience, giving me a good insight into the Nursery Industry and Propagation. The course was clear and concise, and set out the aims of the unit at the start." Karen, UK

• Understand plant propagation techniques and efficiency and quality control measures for the nursery.
• Understand means of identifying and naming plants through International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
• Describe pros and cons of different nursery structures and understand effective management techniques.
• Describe different types of potting mix, their uses and pros and cons.
• Discuss different sources, maintenance of genetic identity, hybridisation techniques, storage and germination; of seeds.
• Understand different means of propagating cuttings.
• Understand alternative methods of propagation and their appropriate uses.
• Discuss the importance of major and minor elements to plant health and the effect of their deficiencies upon plant nutrition.
• Understand the effects of pests and diseases on the livelihood of the nursery and the importance of good hygiene standards in their control.
• Understand different methods of controlling plant growth.