HORT4014K Nursery Production and Management

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module teaches students how to establish a container and field nursery business and addresses different aspects of the nursery market. Plant propagation techniques, such as soft wood, semi-hard and hard wood cuttings, budding, grafting, seed and tissue culture will be explored along with plant physiology, etiolation, juvenility, and the effects of hormones and plant growth regulators on propagation and growth.
Students will learn about different media and substrates used for growing, nutrition and irrigation, weed control, mechanisation and economically-important pests and diseases. Topics of retail horticulture including image and branding, customer service, pricing and merchandising will also be introduced.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completing this course, students should be able to:

1. Identify markets and requirements for establishing a commercial nursery
2. Evaluate propagation methods
3. Explain different propagation environments
4. Make recommendations about plant rooting products and direct stocking
5. Evaluate mechanisation and irrigation systems
6. Assess environmental impacts of nursery processes
7. Discuss substrates and peat substitution products
8. Develop weed and pathogen control strategies
9. Discuss and analyse Retail Horticulture issues, customer service practice, and merchandising

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

130
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures

Includes self-assessment 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: 20 Short-question exam Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Assignment: Each student will investigate a given topic & submit a 2500 word document. Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40
Examination: End of Trimester written exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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