Overview
The Commercial Vegetable Production course from Warnborough College is a very sound 100 hour foundation course in general vegetable production. (Note: Do not undertake Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing as well as this. The two courses do overlap)
Course aims
- Select appropriate vegetable varieties for different situations.
- Explain general cultural practices used for vegetable production.
- Explain the management of potential problems, including pests, diseases, weeds, and environmental disorders, in vegetable production.
- Explain alternative cultural techniques, including greenhouse and hydroponic production, for vegetables.
- Determine specific cultural practices for selected vegetable varieties.
- Determine the harvesting, and post-harvest treatment of different vegetables.
- Develop marketing strategies for different vegetables.
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Cultural Practices for Vegetables
- Pest, Disease & Weed Control
- Hydroponic & Greenhouse Growing
- Growing Selected Vegetable Varieties
- Irrigation
- Harvest & Post-Harvest
- Marketing Vegetables
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Horticulture and Crop Science View 114 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
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.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme