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 206-105 Horticulture II

Availability

Burnley campus.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr John Delpratt

Prerequisites

206-104 Horticulture I.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

36 hours of lectures 24 hours of practicals and site visits

Subject Description

Topics include:

  • the physical and chemical properties of growing media and their components, options available for nutrition of horticultural crops, and principles of protected crop production;

  • understanding of cultural techniques and management of a wide range of plant types used in horticulture, including sources of plant material, techniques for analysing the conditions of a landscape site, and an overview of systems for landscape maintenance;

  • plant performance and selection issues associated with specialized environments;

  • and study of plant groups based on environmental tolerances, specialized uses and themes.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours) 40%, plant maintenance report (2000 words) 20%, a practical report (1000 words) 10%, plant materials tests (2 hours) 30%.

Prescribed Texts
  • K A Handreck and N D Black, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. rev ed., NSW University Press, 1994.
  • J Kellow (ed), Landscape Plant Manual Vol. 1. Burnley College, The University of Melbourne, 1999.
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