5 Oct 2009
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Week 2
  • Soil PH & texture. Some plants prefer acidic soil but most plants prefer neutral to slightly alkaline soil
  • Homework: Read handout on veg idents
12 Oct 2009
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Week 3
  • Idents : aquatics
  • Unit 3 sections 1 & 2
19 Oct 2010
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Week 4
  • Fill in log book 8.1
  • Next week half term
  • After half term meet in cafe to go to water/pond shop
2 Nov 2010
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Week 5
9 Nov 2010
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Week 6
  • Homework: Unit 8 - Pond maintenance pages 81 & 82
23 Nov 2010
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Week 9
  • Deep Water Aquatics - idents
  • Homework: Labelled diagram of pond
      show
    • depth
    • liner
    • slab edges
    • margin
    • marginal plants
    • cascade
30 Nov 2010
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Week 10
  • Unit 8 : Ponds & water features revision
7 Dec 2010
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Week 11
  • Unit 8 : Ponds & water features exam
14 Dec 2010
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Week 12
  • Planted garlic & onion bulbs in plot (veggy raised beds). Best planted in Autumn from bulb. Grow from seed at any time
    • Garlic
    • Wright christo, Lautrec, Messidrome
    • Plant 5cm deep, 10cm apart and in rows 20cm apart
    • Onion
    • Senshyu - Japanese onion
    • Plant ??? cm deep, 10cm apart and in rows 20cm apart
11 Jan 2010
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Week 13
    • Nutrients
      • Organic
      • Hoof & Horn (N)
      • BLOOD, FISH & BONE (NPK)
      • BONEMEAL (P)
      • UREA (N)
      • non-organic
      • AMMONIUM SULPHATE (N)
      • GROWMORE (NPK)
      • FICOTE (NPK)
      • FLOWERS OF SULPHUR (lowers PH)
      • Potassium Sulphate
      • Triple super phosphate
  • Bolt = too much nitrogen -> leaves but less or no flowers/fruit
  • Homework: List plants for spring bedding & winter containers & design a winter container
8 Feb 2010
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Week 17
  • New idents : Native trees & hedges - see here for details
  • plants for spring bedding and winter containers
    • Polystichum munitum
    • Callicarpa 'Profusion'
    • Gaultheria macronata
    • Crocus sieberi
    • Galanthue gracilis
    • Helichrysum italicum
    • Hedera helix 'Glacier'
    • Viola X Wittrockiana (forerunner series)
  • Erysimum bredon
  • Myosotis 'Blue Ball'
  • Narcissus 'Tete a Tete'
  • Buxus sempervirens
  • Cyclamen coum
  • Senecia
  • Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
  • Stipa tenuissima
  • Myosotis (blue)
  • Galanthus
  • Phormium 'Rainbow Maiden'
  • Calluna vulgaris
  • White & red violas
  • Myosotis
  • Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
  • Hedera helix
  • Primula vulgaris
  • Iris 'Edward'
  • Narcissus 'Minnow'
  • Tulipa 'Scarlet Baby'
  • Carex 'Morrowii'
  • Iris ungularis
  • Daphne bholua
  • Erica
  • Ophiopogon
  • Phormium 'Wildwood'
  • Heuchera 'Creme Brulee'
  • Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
  • Galanthus
7 Feb 2010
helkav
Week 16
  • New idents : Native trees & hedges - see here for details
  • plants for spring bedding and winter containers
  • Homework: List plants for spring bedding & winter containers & design a winter container
8 Feb 2010
helkav
Week 17
  • Unit 3 : Trees, Shrubs & Hedges
  • Identified wall shrubs & climbers around Capel Manor and in Clockhouse Nursery
    • Homework
    • List wall shrubs & climbers
    • learn Unit 3 P.34 # 4
    • Draw all 3 methods of suporting wall shrubs & climbers as in P.34 #6
    • Learn P.34 #8
22 Feb 2010
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Week 18
1 Mar 2010
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Week 19
    Pruning
  • Book recommendation : The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers by George E. Brown & Tony Kirkham. ISBN-10: 0881926132, ISBN-13: 978-0881926132
  • Pruning Rhyme: 'If it flowers before June, let it bloom & do not prune'
  • Read Unit 3: P. 37
15 Mar 2010
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Week 22
22 Mar 2010
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Week 23
29 Mar 2010
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Week 24
Unit 3 : Trees, Shrubs & Hedges exam
19 Apr 2010
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Week 25
Hardy Annuals planting
Planter Name Annual name Height
Wanda Sunflower 180cm
Helen Amaranthus 'Velvet Curtains' 150cm
Elspeth Sunflower 180cm
Sue Cornflower ???
Camilla Papaver 60-90cm
Heikw Cornflower ???
Amy Rudbeckia ???
Julie Cornflower ???
Teresa Cornflower ???
Clare Nemophilia 20cm
Sally Virginiana 20cm
Jo Nasturtium ???
Soodabeh Cornflower ???
    NOTES
  • Hardy annuals => sow outside
  • Half hardy annuals => sow inside then plant out after last frost

HOMEWORK
  • Name 2 cultivars of early potatoes
  • Describe chitting and how it's done
  • Describe the soil preperation and planting of potatoes
26 Apr 2010
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Week 26
10 May 2010
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Week 27
  • Reminder: Activity day is on Saturday 12th June
  • HOMEWORK
    • Weed idents
    • Revise Plant Life cycles - download from this page on Capella
    • Revise hardy herbaceous perennials handout
    • Give 2 Characteristics of
      • A soil suitable for a climbing runner bean crop
      • Describe the preparation of a site suitable for runner beans
17 May 2010
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Week 28
  • HOMEWORK
    • Study Veg unit
24 May 2010
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Week 29
  • Summer bedding
    • Requirements
      • Sunny + open
      • Sheltered from wind
      • Well drained
      • Slightly acidic
      • moderate fertility
      • Access to water
    • Order of planting (2 options)
      • edging / standard / dot / groundwork
      • standard / edging / dot / groundwork
  • Upcoming course dates
    • 1st June - Bank Holiday
    • 7th June - No class. Some people are arranging to meet in the morning to water the plants
    • 14th June
    • AM: revision quiz
    • PM: EXAM: beds and borders
24 June 2010
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Last Day
5 July 2010
helkav
Last Day
  • Morning - Veg Exam
  • Afternoon - picnic