Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening

Propagating

Crops from Seed,

and Greenhouse

Management

Introduction 97

Lecture 1: Seed Biology, Germination, and Development: 99

Environmental Conditions and Cultural Requirements

Lecture 2: Managing Environmental Conditions— 105

Using Greenhouses to Optimize Seedling Production

Lecture 3: Heating, Cooling, Lighting, Irrigation, and 113

Climate Control Systems

Lecture 4: Soil Media, Fertility, and Container Formats 119

Demonstration 1: Greenhouse Management

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 127

Demonstration 2: Propagation Media

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 128

Demonstration 3: Sowing Seed

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 129

Demonstration 4: Transplanting or “Pricking Out”

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 130

Demonstration 5: Greenhouse Irrigation

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 132

Demonstration 6: Seedling Development and

the “Hardening Off ” Process

Instructor’s Demonstration Outline 133

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