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BF 170: Cut Flower Production
General Course Resources
Instructor Contact
Weekly Webinar Join Link, Schedule and Participants' Guide
Pre-Course Survey
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Navigating in Teachable, Getting a Course Completion Certificate, and More
Flower Enterprise Plan: Important Questions to Ask Yourself Before Beginning
Week 1. Overview of Flower Farming as a Business
First Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
FORUM: Getting to Know Each Other
General information on management of insects, diseases, weeds and other pests
Pests of the week: Aphids and Botrytis
Recommended Books and Websites
ASSIGNMENT: Beginning Your Flower Plan
Week 2. Preparing for the Season (inside and outside)
Week 2 Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
Recommended Resources for Further Exploration - from Week 2 Webinar
Choosing what to grow: Cornell Cut Flower Resources
Pests of the week: Caterpillars and mildews
Soil: Types and Testing
ASSIGNMENT and FORUM: Site assessment
Week 3. In the Heat of the Season
Week 3 Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
Recommended resources for Week 3
Harvesting and post harvest handling
Pests of the week: Slugs/snails and fungal leaf spots
Assignment and FORUM - Week 3 - Pest managment
Week 4. Design - You’ve Grown the Flowers, How to Design with Them
Week 4 Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
Elements of color, texture, design
Good business practices
FORUM - Week 4
Marketing
Pests of the week: Flea beetles and Root diseases/damping off
Week 5. “Closing the Garden”, Fall, What else?
Week 5 Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
Resources for week 5
Assignment and FORUM - Week 5
Value added products
Pests of the week: Leafhoppers and Rusts
Week 6. Marketing and Business, Evolving the Business
Week 6 Webinar Link, Slides, and Recording
FORUM - Share Your Plans and Ideas!
Pests of the week: Thrips and virus diseases
Resources
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Staying Connected After This Course Ends
General information on management of insects, diseases, weeds and other pests
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