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R State Standard £ Institutionally Developed College: NA

EHO 105 - Nursery Production
Course Description Develops skills necessary to propagate and produce both container and field grown nursery stock. Topics include: industry overview, facility design, propagation techniques and environment, field grown and container production, and managerial functions for nursery production.
Competency Areas	Hours
Industry Overview	Class	2
Facility Design	D. Lab	2
Propagation Techniques and Environment	P. Lab/O.B.I.	3
Field Grown and Container Production	Credit	4
Managerial Functions for Nursery Production

Prerequisite:	Provisional Admission
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW		4	0	0
Career opportunities	Describe career opportunities offered by the nursery industry.
Scope and size	Discuss the scope, size, and economic importance of the nursery industry.
FACILITY DESIGN		2	5	7
Layout	Design temporary growing structures for a production nursery.
	Construct temporary growing structures for a production nursery.
	Discuss the facility requirements for a typical production nursery.
Irrigation	Design an irrigation system for nursery production.
	Construct an irrigation system for nursery production.
	Evaluate irrigation requirements for a typical production nursery.
Water supply	Identify factors affecting water quality in a production nursery.
	Evaluate nursery site location on the basis of water availability and quality.
Location	Identify factors affecting choice of a nursery location. Evaluate potential nursery location sites.
PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES AND ENVIRONMENT		5	5	9
Techniques	Take cuttings from nursery plants.
	"Harden off" nursery cuttings.
	Propagate nursery plants using grafting techniques.
	Propagate nursery plants using layering techniques.
	Propagate nursery plants by division.
Environment	Place nursery plant cuttings in a medium other than water or mist.
	Remove nursery plant cuttings from the propagating area.
	Set time clocks for nursery plant mist systems.
	Identify spacing requirements for nursery-grown species during propagation.
FIELD GROWN AND CONTAINER PRODUCTION		5	10	14
Container grown	Pasteurize container growing media.
	Sterilize container media with chemical soil sterilant.
	Mix growing media for container- grown plants.
	Prepare mulch beds for storage of plant materials.
	Plan container-grown plant production schedules for nursery crops.
	Plan container-grown plant propagation schedules for nursery crops.
	Irrigate container-grown plants.
	Shear container-grown plants.
	Pot plants.
	Transplant container-grown trees and shrubs.
	Label container-grown plants.
	Pinch container-grown plants.
	Inspect nursery stock for pests.
	Fertilize container-grown nursery crops for pests.
	Identify insects for insect control in container grown plants.
	Identify diseases for disease control in container-grown plants.
	Spray container-grown plants for pest control.
Field grown	Transplant field-grown trees and shrubs.
	Prepare mulch beds for storage of plant materials.
	Plan field-grown plant production schedules.
	Irrigate field-grown plants.
	Prune field-grown plants.
	Shear field-grown plants.
	Label field-grown plants.
	Pinch field-grown plants.
	Fertilize field-grown plants.
	Inspect field-grown plants.
	Identify insects for insect control in field-grown crops.
	Identify diseases for disease control in field-grown crops.
	Spray field-grown plants for pest control.
Cultural requirements	Establish plant spacing for field-grown crops.
MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS FOR NURSERY PRODUCTION		4	0	0
Marketing	Maintain horticultural supply and stock inventory.
	Store production nursery stock and supplies.
	Plan plant stock production needs.
	Plan production nursery marketing strategy.
Post-production handling	Procure plant materials for nursery production.
	Store plant materials for nursery production.
	Dig bareroot trees and shrubs.
	Ball trees and shrubs.
	Bundle plant materials.
	Prepare plant materials for shipment.
	Perform post-harvest handling of plant materials.
Grades and standards	Identify plant grades and other standards used to classify nursery-grown plants.
	Grade nursery-grown plant materials.

Suggested Resources

Print	Davidson, H. (2000). Nursery Management, Administration and Culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Print	Whitcomb, C. (2001). Production of Landscape Plants II. Stillwater, OK: Lacebark, Inc.
Print	Whitcomb, C. (2003). Plant Production in Containers II. Stillwater, OK: Lacebark, Inc.

Posted: 11/12/08