This course will improve your understanding of plant propagation, help you gain industry specific qualifications as well as improving your job prospects. This course requires a general foundation of plant propagation. This is anywhere from significant amateur experience to industry experience. Anyone with minimal experience or knowledge is recommended to do some additional reading of Seed Propagation before starting this course.
Seeds can be propagated in many different ways, including:
- Sowing directly into the open ground.
- Sowing into natural soil, improved soil in a controlled environment (eg. in a greenhouse, with heating cables in the ground or in raised beds, and with irrigation).
- Sowing into specialised propagating media in a controlled propagating environment.
Many seedling production nurseries (both private and commercial) specialise in the production of specific types of plants for example:
- vegetable seedlings
- colourful annuals
- forestry trees
- natives trees for re-vegetation projects
- seedling trees for use as root stock
- ferns
- perennials
- biennials
- cut flowers
- herbs
E-Learning Structure:
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 9 in-depth lessons:
1. Introduction
- scope, open ground propagation, controlled environment propagation
2. Seed Botany
- Anatomy and physiology, pollination, hybridisation, genetic purity, etc.
3. Seed Sources
- selection, collection, timing, wild collecting
4. Seed Storage
- treatments; cleaning, drying, storage, disease control, germination testing
5. Dormancy
- and breaking dormancy
6. Germinating
- Annuals, Perennials and Vegetables
7. Propagating
- Woody Species
8. Direct Seeding
- grasses, woody species, revegetation projects, etc.
9. Seedling Management
How does a Warnborough Online Course work?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
If you have any questions please contact us.
