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BF 170: Cut Flower Production
General Course Resources
Instructor Contact
Weekly Webinar 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
Creating a pest management plan
Week 1. Overview of Flower Farming as a Business/Insects and Weeds
Week 1: Webinar Slides and Recording
FORUM: Getting to Know Each Other
ASSIGNMENT: Beginning Your Flower Plan and Your Pest Management Plan
Resources on insect and weed identification
Recommended Books and Websites
Quiz
Quiz
Week 2. Preparing for the Season (inside and outside)/Diseases and Mammals
Week 2: Webinar Slides and Recording
Recommended Resources for Further Exploration - from Week 2 Webinar
Resources on Diseases and mammals/birds
Choosing what to grow: Cornell Cut Flower Resources
Soil: Types and Testing
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT: Week 2
"Soil As The Soul"
Quiz
Week 3. In the Heat of the Season/Cultural and Physical Methods of Control
Week 3: Webinar Slides and Recording
Resources on Cultural and Physical pest management
Harvesting and post harvest handling
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT- Week 3
Quiz
Week 4. Design - You’ve Grown the Flowers, How to Design with Them/Biological and Chemical Methods of Control
Week 4: Webinar Slides and Recording
Resources on Biological and Chemical management
Elements of color, texture, design
Good business practices
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT - Week 4
Marketing
Week 5. “Closing the Garden”, Fall, What else?/Environment as part of pest management
Week 5: Webinar Slides and Recording
Resources for week 5
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT - Week 5
Value added products
Week 6. Marketing and Business, Evolving the Business/Scouting
Week 6: Webinar Slides and Recording
Resources on scouting
FORUM and ASSIGNMENT - Week 6
Post-Course Feedback - Complete for a Chance to Win!
Staying Connected After This Course Ends + Tell Your Friends!
Additional Resources
Aphids and botrytis
Caterpillars and mildews
Slugs/snails and fungal leaf spots
Beetles and root diseases
Leafhoppers and rusts
Thrips and viruses
Thrips and viruses
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