Course Aim
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By the end of this course participants will be able to |
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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