Lectures will be held from 8:00 to 8:55 am on Monday, Wednesdays in Room 1205 Miller Plant Science Building, ground floor. Please be prompt. Students are expected to read the assigned notes, study the live plant material and review the lecture material, prior to coming to class. The handouts & reading assignments will be included in the exams given in class. Quizzes are plant identification for that specified weeks plants. Quizzes will be held in the classroom or in the greenhouse on Fridays at 8:00 am sharp.

 

In order to view some of the handouts, you will need Acrobat Reader 5.0,
which is available as a free download at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
 
 
 
 
Teaching Greenhouse and Floral Skills and Management - ALEC Course Outline
Unit 1: Jan 7th Lecture 1: Orientation To Teaching Greenhouse Management (Hamlin/Thomas)
Jan 9th - Lecture 2: Developing Ag Supervisory Experience Programs (Hamlin)
...Preparing "How To" Lessons
. ..................... Jan 11th - Lab 1: Planning Spring Greenhouse Crops, Preparation & Organization of the Greenhouse Labs (Hamlin)
     
     
    Unit 2: Jan 14th - Lecture 3 - Greenhouse Structures / Specifications for Educational Greenhouse (Hamlin)
    Jan 16h - Lecture 4: Location of Greenhouse (Thomas)
            See Hort 4050 Web Lecture
    Jan 18th - Lab 2: Identification of Required Equipment and Supplies for Classes (Thomas)
     
     
    Unit 3: Jan 21st - Martin Luthr King Holiday - No Class
    Jan 23th - Lecture 5: Plant Reproduction (Hamlin)
    Jan 25th - Lab 3: Asexual Propagation (Hamlin)
    * Source seeds and stock plants
     
    Unit 4: Jan 28th - Lecture 6: Greenhouse Heating and Cooling(Thomas)
    Jan 30th - Lecture 7: Irrigation Systems (Thomas)
    Feb 1st - Lab 4: Sexual Propagation and Irrigation (Hamlin and Thomas)
    * Propagate plants from cuttings and seeds w/ 10-12 weeks to sale
    * Operation of Time Clocks / Irrigation System / Hand Watering
     
     
    Unit 5: Feb 4th - Lecture 8: Basic Botany / Plant Structure (Hamlin)
    Feb 6th - Lecture 9: Basic Plant Physiology / Photoperiod(Thomas)
    Feb 8th - Lab 5: Soils & Media (Hamlin)
      *Black Cloth System / Lighting & Electrical Systems / Reading A Light Meter (Thomas)
     
     
    Unit 6: Feb 11th - Lecture 10: Plant Nutrition (Thomas)
    Feb 13th - Lecture 11: Fertilizers and Supplements (Thomas)
    Feb 15th - Lab 6: Fertilization Technology / Calculation / Software (Thomas)
    * Calculate Fertility Levels
    * Learn to operate an injector system & apply fertilizer
     

    Unit 7: Feb 18th - Lecture 12: Horticulture Industry Certification (Thomas)
    Feb 20th - Lecture 13: Horticulture Industry Sales & Marketing Trends ( King)
    Feb 22nd - Lab 7: Plug Production (Hamlin)
    ................* Handling / Transplanting / Care of Plug Materials
    ................* Plant seeds (6Weeks to Sale)
     
     
    Unit 8: Feb 25th - Lecture 14: Insect and Disease Identification & Management (Hamlin )
    .....................................**Mid-term Take Home Exam
    Feb 27th - Lecture 15: Weed Identification & Management (Thomas)
     
    FEb 29th - Lab 8: Pest Management in the Greenhouse (Thomas)
    * Scouting Crops
    * Establish sticky cards
    * Dosage Calculations
    * Application of Pesticide Skills
    * Plant Seeds / Transplant Seedlings (5 Weeks to sale)
    ** Mid-term Due

     

    Unit 9: Mar 3rd - Lecture 16: Pesticides / Storage / WPS records (Thomas)
    Mar 5th - Lecture 17: Pesticide Training / Certification (Thomas)
    Mar 7th - Lab 9: Revitalization of Overgrown Plants (Hamlin)
    * Transplanting, Pruning, Pinching

     

    Unit 10: Mar 17th - Lecture 18: Market Analysis / Business Plan (Thomas)
    ..Mar 19th .- Lecture 19: Pricing Strategies, Cost Accounting (Thomas)
    .Mar 21st -.Lab 10: Inventory and Pricing of Greenhouse Crops (Hamlin / Thomas)
    * Construct a crop budget and pricing strategy for your crop
    * Pinching of Bedding Plants

    Unit 11:Mar 24th - Lecture 20: Environmental Issues and Ethics (Thomas)
    Mar 26th - Lecture 21: Plant Breeding / Genetics / Patents (Thomas)
        10. Plant Breeding Powerpoint
    Mar 28th - Lab 11: Field Trip To Local Grower (Hamlin & Thomas)
     
     
    Unit 12: Mar 31st - Lecture 22: Purpose, Design and Layout of Cold frame (Thomas)
    .Apr 2nd - Lecture 23: Construction of Cold frame (Thomas)
    .Apr 4th - Lab 12: Construction of Cold frame (Thomas)
    * Install Shade Cloths, Make Repairs & Improvements to Cold Frame
    * Prepare For Spring Plant Sale
     
     
    Unit 13: Apr 7th - Lecture 24: Floral Design Principles: Equipment & Resources (Hamlin)
    Apr 9th - Lecture 25: Floral Design Principles: Bud vase / Corsage Construction (Hamlin)
    Apr 11th - Lab 13: Specialty Designs for the Market
    * Color Bowls
    * Bonsai

     

    Unit 14: Apr 14th - Lecture 26: Floral Design Principles: Table Designs (Hamlin)
    Apr16th - Lecture 27: Floral Design Principles: Table Designs (Hamlin
    Apr 18th - Lab 14: Mist Irrigation System Construction (Duncan)
     

    Unit 15: Apr 23rd - Lecture 28 : Student Presentations of SAE's
    Apr 25th - Lecture 29: Student Presentations of SAE's
    Apr 28th - Lab 15: FFA Convention Activities - Please Put This On Your Calendar!
     

    Unit 16: April 28th - Lecture 30: Written Exam ( Part 1)*
    *Last Class - Evaluations
    Final Exam - TBA at the Greenhouse - Greenhouse and Floriculture Skills Test (Thomas & Hamlin)
             
             

     

     

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Last Modified: 7 Jan 2008
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