Teaching Environmental Horticulture
ALEC Course Outline 2011
Unit 1 Jan 19th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Orientation - Teaching Greenhouse Management (Hamlin/Thomas)
Developing Ag Supervisory Experience Programs (Hamlin)
Jan 21at ALEC Greenhouse
Operation of Greenhouse Environmental System (Thomas)
Removal of Greenhouse Shade Cloth (Thomas)
Jan 24th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Basic Botany: Identification and Function of plant parts (Thomas)
Plant Physiology /Light/Photoperiod (Thomas)
Jan 26th Alec Greenhouse
Building Specifications for Educational Greenhouse (Hamlin)
Inventory of Supplies and Equipment (Hamlin)
Jan 28th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Spring Bedding Crop Production Schedule (Hamlin)
Vegetable Crop Production Schedule (Hamlin)
Determining Consumable Equipment and Supplies (Hamlin)
Jan 31st South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Crop production schedule (Hamlin)
Calculation and order of consumable supplies (Hamlin)
Unit 2 Feb 2nd South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom (Thomas)
Plant Propagation Sexual & Asexual (Thomas)
Feb 4th ALEC Greenhouse
Sexual Propagation : Seed Lab (Thomas)
Fern Hanging Basket Construction (Ms. Smith)
Feb 7th ALEC Greenhouse
Asexual Propagation: Cuttings (Ms. Smith)
Asexual Propagation: Division (Thomas)
Asexual Propagation: Air Layering (Hamlin)
Lab Management: Station Development and Rotation
Unit 3 Feb 9th ALEC Greenhouse
Raised Bed Gardens: Planning, Preparing, Planting (David Berle, Hamlin)
Plugs and Liners Shipment & Handling (Mack Furlow, Seasonal Color GH)
Feb 11th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Media types and uses (Thomas)
Unit 4 Feb 14th ALEC Greenhouse
Perennial/Herb Rooted Liner Materials (Hamlin)
Feb 16th ALEC Greenhouse
Annual Rooted Liner Materials (Hamlin)
Feb 18th ALEC Greenhouse
Hanging Basket Construction w/Plug Material (Ms. Smith)
Feb 21st ALEC Greenhouse
Plug Materials (Hamlin)
Feb 23rd ALEC Greenhouse
Plug Materials (Hamlin)
Proper Watering Methods (Thomas)
Unit 5 Feb 25th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Plant Nutrients, EC, pH (Thomas)
Feb 28th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Fertilizer Calculations (Ms. Lewis)
pH/EC Meter (Ms. Lewis)
March 2nd ALEC Greenhouse
Ph/EC Meter Lab (Ms. Lewis)
Mixing Fertilizer and Use of Fertilizer Injector (Thomas)
March 4th ALEC Greenhouse – Midterm
Fertilizer & Fungicide Applications Plug Materials (Ms. Lewis)
Used of Hozon Injector (Ms. Lewis)
March 7th ALEC Greenhouse
Proper Methods of Pruning and Pinching Plant Materials (Hamlin)
Unit 6 March 9th ALEC Greenhouse
Greenhouse Scouting & Establishment of Sticky Cards (Hamlin)
Scouting for Nutrient Deficiency & Problem Solving (Thomas)
March 11th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Insect/Disease/Weed Identification (Ms. Lewis/Ms.Smith)
March 14 – 18th Spring Break
Unit 7 March 21st ALEC Greenhouse
Color Bowl Construction (Thomas)
Hardening Off Vegetable Transplants (Hamlin)
Unit 8 March 23rd ALEC Greenhouse
Developing a crop budget and pricing (Hamlin)
March 25th ALEC Greenhouse
Before Sale Inventory (Thomas)
March 28th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Salesmanship & Liabilities (Thomas)
March 30th ALEC Greenhouse
Marketing Plants for Sale (Hamlin)
April 1st ALEC Greenhouse
Preparing Plants Sale – Pricing / Labeling (Hamlin)
April 4th ALEC Greenhouse
Preparing Plants Sale - Signs / Sales (Hamlin)
April 6th ALEC Greenhouse
Purpose and Installation of Shade Cloth (Thomas)
April 8th ALEC Greenhouse
Conducting a Community Plant Sale (Hamlin / Thomas)
April 11th ALEC Greenhouse
After Sale Inventory Profit –Loss (Thomas)
Unit 10April 13th ALEC Greenhouse
Installation of Irrigation System (Dr. Duncan)
Irrigation Time Clock (Hamlin)
April 15th ALEC Greenhouse
Preparing Educational Greenhouse for Summer Months (Thomas)
Stock Plant Fertilization
Cooling System Evaluation
Unit 11April 18th ALEC Classroom, Four Towers
Floral Design Skills (Hamlin - Flanders)
Bow and Wiring Mechanics
April 20th ALEC Classroom, Four Towers
Floral Design Skills (Hamlin - Flanders)
Corsage and Budvase Construction
April 22nd ALEC Classroom, Four Towers
Floral Design Skills (Hamlin – Flanders)
April 25th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
SAE Presentations
April 27th ALEC Greenhouse
Final Exam Skills Test
April 29th State FFA Convention, Macon d
May 4th South Milledge Greenhouse Complex Classroom
Final Exam Written Test
Snow Day Topics to Work Back In: Pesticide Storage / MSDS/WPS & Proper Application of Pesticides
Spring Semester 2011