Crash-Course On Greenhouse Management For Flower And Vegetable Production

Introduction

This course enables owners and managers to ‘look outside their box’ of daily activities to obtain a general insight into production strategies using contemporary technology and equipment for modern greenhouse production.

For whom it is intended

Owners and managers of horticultural companies.

Your final destination

• To obtain a general insight into the technology and equipment used in modern greenhouses (glasshouses, poly-houses and tunnels);


• Gain practical experience of the implications and interactions of crop physiology, climate control, and water management strategies;


• Upgrade the managerial skills of personnel using technical installations and devices;


• Be able to apply the main (technical) criteria for investments in protected cultivation.

Content of training/course

• Crop physiology of the main cultivated crops;


• Environmental control aspects in protective structures;


• Greenhouse and tunnel structures, cladding materials;


• Heating systems;


• Irrigation and fertilization technology;


• Use of artificial substrates;


• Crop protection;


• Integrated pest management;


• Ergonomics.

Methods
The course involves practical training sessions in the technical well-equipped PTC+ greenhouses, demonstrations, lectures, gaining experience by working with equipment in a practical environment, and excursions to seed companies and a commercial seedling producer in the Netherlands.

Duration of study, minimum number of participants and prices

Five days, on request.

The total course fee is € 1,100 excluding board and lodging.

Board and lodging can be arranged on request at the PTC+ guesthouses or a hotel.