Propagation and preservation of heritage varieties
(Propagation and preservation of heritage varieties)

Course Aim

 

By the end of this course participants will be able to 

Grow and store heritage vegetable and flower seeds

Identify and know how to asexually propagate heritage fruit trees

 

Learning Outcomes

 

On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify principles and practices of growing plants from seed

Identify the selection criteria that determines what type of seed is saved

Identify the storage processes that need to be considered when saving your own seed

Grow plants for the purpose of seed saving

Extract and process seed for storage

Identify the principles and practices of growing plants using asexual methods

Identify the selection criteria that determines what type of heritage plants are selected for propagation by asexual methods

Grow plants for the purpose of preserving desirable heritage varieties