HOR 286 Organic Gardening Summer Practices

Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 2

Surveys summer organic garden practices. Applies practical skills and techniques used in the summer in the organic garden. Topics covered may include planting, bed preparation, irrigation, trellising (as needed), pest control, fertilization, harvest and post-harvest handling of vegetable crops.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Apply principles of organic gardening to plant production in the Chemeketa organic garden.
Prepare soil and soilless media for crop production.
Use best management practices in soil, water, and fertilizer management.
Manage crop pests using appropriate monitoring, identification and management techniques.
Use proper harvest and post-harvest techniques to prepare harvested crops for market.

Content Outline

Garden Maintenance and Management
- Scheduling and planning
Direct Seeding and Transplanting
- Plant spacing
- Preparing transplants
Soil and Bed Preparation
- Techniques
Irrigation
- Maintenance
- Scheduling
Organic Fertilization
- Scheduling
- Application methods
Organic Pest Management
- Management techniques
  - Cultural
  - Physical
  - Biological
  - Organic Chemical
Harvest and Post-Harvest Handling
- Techniques
- Food safety