Greenhouses are specialized structures that require intense engineering for accurate environmental control. This course will introduce you to the environmental factors regulated in a greenhouse, and we will examine different methods of controlling the environment within a greenhouse.
By the end of the semester you will know how to design your own greenhouse; how to engineer heating, cooling, air movement, benching, lighting, irrigation, and fertilization systems for a greenhouse; and how to maintain a greenhouse once it is in place.
This course mainly deals with the greenhouse and not with the crops to be grown in it (floriculture crop production is covered in Hort 4060). This approach makes Hort 4050 useful for anyone interested in greenhouse production of plants, regardless of the crop to be grown. With the proper design, greenhouses can be used to grow many different crops such as potted flowering plants, bedding plants, foliage plants, and vegetables. Many cropping systems can be used, such as in-bed planting, potted production, and hydroponics. Hopefully, this course will give you a better understanding of controlled environment agriculture.
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