Lecture Schedule For Fall, 2008. .............

 

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Lectures will be held from 11:15 am to 12:05 am on Monday, Wednesday, and at 11:15 am to 1:10 pm on Fridays, in the South Milledge Greenhouse Building Classroom.

UGA Campus bus service does go to the South Milledge greenhouses and all students are expected to attand all lab and class activities when assigned. .

Students are expected to read the text listings prior to coming to class; PDF = PDF Formatted Handouts; OP = On-line Packet Material. These reading assignments will be the basis for quizzes given in class. In order to view the on-screen presentations in column 3, you will need the latest Acrobat Reader 8.0 which is available at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

Lecture (Click to view the notes)	Lab Schedule	Date (click on the date to view any supplemental photo slides supporting the days lecture)	Description (click on the description to view on-screen presentation)	Reading Assignment
1		8/18	Introduction: Course Description; Philosophy & SOP's, Review Assignments	PDF -Greenhouse Business; ; OP-1, OP-2,
2		8/20	Scope of the International, U.S. & Georgia Greenhouse Industries. (Read on own) Slide Presentation of Georgia's Greenhouse Industry	Handouts Provided
3	Lab #1	8/22	Pot Up Poinsettia Crop - See Lab Page	Industry Artcle Link Pointsettia Fertilizer Recommendation
4		8/25	Resource Issues - Canadian Peat Moss Production
5	.	8/27	Poinsettia Production Video, and more available for Checkout! Try this Bench Space Calculator!	.
6	Lab #2	8/29	Ph, EC and Fertility Programming	OP-3
.	Labor Day Holiday	9/1	No Class - Labor Day	OP-4
7	.	9/5	Greenhouse construction: Location; Orientation; Glass greenhouses; Film plastic greenhouses, Rigid-panel greenhouses Greenhouse Glazing Supplement	Try This Data Conversion Calculator!
8a and 8b	Lab #3	9/5	Pinch Poinsettias, Marathon, PGR's, etc	,
9		9/8	Finish Greenhouse Gazing Lectures.   Greenhouse construction: Benches and Beds,	PDF - PGR's and Try the PGR Calculator!
10		9/10	Greenhouse heating: Thermostatics, Be Sure To Download Virtual Grower Software	Heat Loss Rules, Q-10 Effect Article PDF-Pansies
11	Lab #4	9/12	Greenhouse heating: Heat loss; Calculation of heat requirements	.
12	.	9/15	Fuel Cost Table Fuel Cost Calculator Greenhouse heating: Heating systems	Handouts - Poinsettias
13		9/17	Exam #1 : (Industry, GH Orientation, Glazing, Benches, Crop Spacing, Poinsettias) Then off to the greenhouse to Pinch Poinsetias	Handouts
14	.L Lab #5ab 5	9/19	Greenhouse Cooling Calculations	Handouts
15	.	9/22	Greenhouse Cooling Technology	.
16		9/24	Greenhouse Temperature Sensing	Handouts
	Lab #6	9/26	Plant Pansies and Fall Bedding Plants
17		9/29	Greenhouse Irrigation Systems, Hydroponic Video	Notes
18		10/1	Finish Cooling Lectures Summer Cooling - Fog Systems amd system management. Winter Cooling Lecture	Do not forget that Virtual Grower Heating Homework is also due Friday, October 3rd
19	Lab #7	10/3	Pest Control Concepts Lab, Includes Introduction To GH Sanitation	Heating and Cooling homework is due Here
21	.	10/6	Exam #2 (Heating Theory, Cooling Theory, Irrigation, Heating Systems, Cooling Systems, General questions about Virtual Grower and Water Conservation)	.
22	.	10/8	Fertilization: Nutritional monitoring;	Handouts
23	Lab #8	10/10	Field Trip - Speedling Greenhouses, Inc. Blairsville, GA (All Day Trip) This greenhouse is exceptional, in the North Georgia mountains. We also go to a very unique restaurant for lunch!	This Is A Great Trip- Don't Miss Out!
24		10/13	Root substrate: Types; Economics; Functions; Properties; Substrate Components.	.pH Drift Article,
		10/15	Plant Growth Regulation
25	Lab #9	10/17	Pesticide Application Techniques	Water Training, you will not be exposed to chemicals!
27	.	10/19	Water Conservation; Water quality Reading Water Quality Tests	.
28		10/22	More On Fertility Monitoring Programs	.
29	Lab #10	10/24	Grower Q&A Day - Manditory Class - Don't Miss this class!	.
30		10/27	Exam#3 (Cooling - Summer/Winter, Sunstrates, Water, CO2, PGR's, Fertility)	Enjoy!
.		10/29	Pesticide Regulations and Record Keeping	Handout
31	No Class	10/31	Fall Break - No Class	.
32		11/3	Greenhouse Disease Control and Scouting Greenhouse Insect Control & Scouting Greenhouse Sprayers
33		11/5	..Light and Temperature: Photosynthesis.........	.
34	Lab # 11	11/7	Plant Bulbs and Other Greenhouse Activities	.Sunrise Calculator!
35	.	11/10	Light and Temperature: Photosynthesis	.
36		11/12	Phytochrome Lecture Greenhouse Lighting	Experiment With This Bedding Plant Crop Profit Calculator!
37	Lab #12	11/14	Fertilization Review & Greenhouse Maintenance Training	Try The Fertilizer Calculator!
38		11/17	Exam #4 (Pest Records, Insects, Disease, Light, Temperature, Phytochrome, Fertility)	.
39	.	11/19	Fertilizer Calculation Lecture	Fertilizer Homework
.	Lab #13	11/21	Individual Skills Testing - Schedule to Be Announced - Manditory! Laboratory Notebooks Are Due Here!	.
40		11/24-11/28	Thanksgiving Vacation - No Class - We'll Cover The Poinsettias!	.
41		12/1	Marketing - Positioning Your Company and Product	Enjoy!
42		12/3	Labor management; Production management, ...Company Policy Guide	Example Policy Manual
44	Lab #14	12/5	Individual Verbal Crop Evaluations with Dr Thomas and Ms Lewis	Fertilizer Homework Due Here
		12/8	Greenhouse Budgets . ........Try Dr. Brumfields Excellent Calculator!	Budget Link / Budget
46		12/9 Last Class! Yes, It's Tuesday!	QUIZ 12 - Understanding Retail Business Retail Market Lecture Finances and Taxation.......................Mortgage Calculator! Financial Calculators - Web Link.....You Should Try This One!
.		12/10	Reading Day - No Class	Careers In Floriculture
.	Final Exam TBA	Dec 11-17	Final Exam #5: (Pest Regulations, Marketing, Fertilizer Calculations! Labor,Water Audit, Retail Business and covering general poinsettia production.	TBA

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