Week 7 – Take care of new plant plugs/fertilize/greenhouse chores

Continue Plant Propagation

Goal: To learn how plant propagation is an important part of successful gardening and commercial horticulture.

Description: Watch plant specialists demonstrate the four popular methods of propagation- seed, vegetative parts (i.e., bulb, corm, tuber, root), division and micropropagation. Advantages of each type of propagation, use of and composition of growing media, environmental concerns and specific plant parts used in propagation are explained. Watch the methods performed on various types of plants.

Objectives:

1. To learn seed methods of plant propagation.

2. To learn division methods of plant propagation.

3. To learn specialized part methods of plant propagation.

4. To learn micropropagation methods of plant propagation.

Week of September 6th

Continue Plant Propagation

Goal: To learn how plant propagation is an important part of successful gardening and commercial horticulture.

Description: Watch plant specialists demonstrate the four popular methods of propagation- seed, vegetative parts (i.e., bulb, corm, tuber, root), division and micropropagation. Advantages of each type of propagation, use of and composition of growing media, environmental concerns and specific plant parts used in propagation are explained. Watch the methods performed on various types of plants.

Objectives:

1. To learn seed methods of plant propagation.

2. To learn division methods of plant propagation.

3. To learn specialized part methods of plant propagation.

4. To learn micropropagation methods of plant propagation.

August 22-26 Plant Propagation

Goal: To learn how plant propagation is an important part of successful gardening and commercial horticulture.

Description: Watch plant specialists demonstrate the four popular methods of propagation- seed, vegetative parts (i.e., bulb, corm, tuber, root), division and micropropagation. Advantages of each type of propagation, use of and composition of growing media, environmental concerns and specific plant parts used in propagation are explained. Watch the methods performed on various types of plants.

Objectives:

1. To learn seed methods of plant propagation.

2. To learn division methods of plant propagation.

3. To learn specialized part methods of plant propagation.

4. To learn micropropagation methods of plant propagation.

Welcome Back to School!

White Oak High School – Career and Technology Department

Agriculture Science – Horticulture Science 

Teacher:  Mrs. Etchelecu 

Conference period: 8th

Phone: (903) 291-2016 

Email:  [email protected]

Course Name: Horticulture Science

PEIMS / Service ID: 13002000

Credit: 1 Credit

Grade Placement: 11-12

Prerequisites: None, but suggest Principles of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.

Course Description:

Horticultural Science is designed to develop an understanding of common horticultural management practices as they relate to food and ornamental plant production.

Greenhouse participation is required for this course.

Google Classroom code is: ui2ny5z

If you missed “Meet the Teacher”, there is a brochure posted for you.

The 2022-2023 Syllabus & Lab Safety contract is also posted in google classroom.

I’m looking forward to a FANTASTIC year and can’t wait to get to know each of you better!

Week of March 21st – Continue Plant ID/Prep for Plant Sale

Learn the basics of plant identification with the logical presentation of foliage, stems, branches, flowers, scents, fruit, growth habits and more. Viewers discover techniques, such as mental exercises and memorization tricks, for learning common and botanical names, and they see how botanical names are interpreted. Then, viewers are challenged to identify dormant deciduous plants.

Week of March 7th -Techniques in Plant ID

Learn the basics of plant identification with the logical presentation of foliage, stems, branches, flowers, scents, fruit, growth habits and more. Viewers discover techniques, such as mental exercises and memorization tricks, for learning common and botanical names, and they see how botanical names are interpreted. Then, viewers are challenged to identify dormant deciduous plants.