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Greenhouse Crop Management
& Greenhouse Crop Management Lab
ORH 1260 & ORH 1260L
Instructor: Amy Compton

Lecture and Lab Syllabus


Tuesday
Day of 		 Topic(s) Chapter Lecture Grade Links/ Handouts  Lab Grade
Jan. 13 Orientation

Lab Safety Quiz

 Orientation Lecture

Lab Safety Quiz Review (Greenhouse Rules)
Jan. 20 Floriculture 1 Poinsettias Handout

Poinsettias Lecture

 Exercise 1
Jan. 27 Greenhouse Construction 2 Easter Lilies Handout

Greenhouse Construction

Pot Mums

 Exercise 2
Feb. 3 Greenhouse Heating 3 Greenhouse Heating --> notes will be handed out by the instructor

You will need to print out the following materials from Kim William's Website at Kansas State (IF YOU CANNOT GET THESE TO PRINT OUT I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY DURING CLASS). 
You will need to go to the website (see link below), then click on the HORT 570 Greenhouse Operations Management icon then print out the following 3 links under the section entitled "Heating Calculations" :
Worksheet | U-Factor Table | Infiltration Table

Link to K-State Website
 

 Exam #1

Exercise 3
Feb. 10 Greenhouse Cooling
Environmental Control Systems		 4,5 Exam #1 Greenhouse Cooling Notes --> I will provide you with a print out of lecture notes in class

Gloxinias, African Violets, & Streoptocarpus

 Exercise 4
Feb. 17 Root Media 6 Exercise 5
Friday 
Feb. 20
8am
Field Trip
Friday Feb. 20th at 8am
We will meet at 
Emerald Coast Growers location in 
Pace, Fl 
on Hamilton Bridge Road
at 8am for a tour of their greenhouses with Chris Monroe
To get directions/ map click on
map to 
Emerald Coast Growers
or go to 
http://www.mapquest.com/
and type in the address
4772 Hamilton Bridge Road 
Pace, FL 32571
phone 944-0808
Feb. 24 Root-Media Pasteurization 7 Exercise 6
Mar. 2 Root Media, Root Media Pasteurization and General Greenhouse Santitation Procedures, Watering
Review 		 6, 7, 8 Geraniums Handout
New Guinea Impatiens		 Exam #2

Exercise 7
Mar. 9 Fertilization 9 Exam #2 Exercise 8
Mar. 16 Spring Break – NO CLASS
Mar. 23 Alternative Cropping Systems  10
Gerbera Daisies Handout		 Exercise 9
Mar. 30 Light and Temperature 12 Exam #3

Exercise 10
Apr.2,3 &4 Friday, Saturday & Sunday 
April 2,3 & 4
7th Annual Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Festival
Apr. 6 Chemical Growth Regulation 13 Exam #3 Exercise 11
Apr. 13 Insect Control 14 Exercise 12
Apr. 20 Disease Control 15 Exercise 13
Apr. 27 Post Production Handling 16 Exam #4
May 4 Final Exam Exam #4

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