How to Grow Healthy Plants
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How to Grow Healthy Plants
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Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹900 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
How to Grow Healthy Plants
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- On this three-week course from BBC Gardeners World, you will discover how to create new plants yourself without having to buy them and what to do when things go wrong.
- There are a few different ways that you can raise new plants. You will start this course by learning the basic methods for cultivating plants in different ways. You will cover the optimal techniques to sow seeds, as well as dividing and taking cuttings from existing plants of different types.
- Plants are delicate things and each different type needs certain environments and specific care in order to grow. With the wrong input, its quite possible to kill plants with kindness by overwatering or overfeeding.
- This course will guide you through watering plants effectively and the different watering needs of plants. You will also learn how to properly feed plants and the maintenance that each type of plant needs to thrive.
- Unfortunately, there are a variety of pests and diseases that can damage and even kill plants. Thats why its important to know the methods to prevent pests and the techniques to manage disease if it occurs, all of which you will learn in this course.
- You will also discover how to nurture your plants and stimulate lush growth through pinching, training, and thinning. Finally, you will explore the need to observe plants regularly and learn how to respond to their needs. This includes key maintenance techniques such as pruning, trimming, and deadheading.
How to Grow Healthy Plants at FutureLearn Curriculum
How to Grow Healthy Plants
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Keeping your plants alive
Watering plants
Feeding plants
Protecting plants
Pinching, training and thinning
Pruning, trimming and deadheading
Growing new plants
Why raise new plants
Growing plants from seed
Growing plants from cuttings
Dividing plants
Layering plants
How to avoid common gardening problems
Has something gone wrong?
The gardener and plant problems
Pests, diseases and root causes
What you've learned
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