Finding trained growers is a major challenge for our industry. Your best investment is to upskill your own workers to make better crop management decisions by learning the underlying horticultural science of plant growth. Greenhouse 101 is a great introduction to the Greenhouse Training Online program offered by the University of Florida IFAS Extension. It is designed for people with no formal training in horticulture that work in the greenhouse or nursery industry. Topics covered are plant parts and functions, photosynthesis and growth, greenhouse technology, flowering, compactness and branching, irrigation, nutrition, and plant health. The course is offered in English and Spanish.
Students will join over 660 growers who have graduated from Greenhouse 101 since 2015 in the university's program and receive a customized certificate of completion.
The course runs from May 31 to June 25, 2021. The course is completely online, and includes pre-recorded videos, an interactive discussion board with PhD professors, and quizzes. The course material is available any time of the day, and two new modules are activated each week during the course, for a total of 8 learning modules.
For more information:
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
greenhousetraining@ifas.ufl.edu
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training/
www.ifas.ufl.edu