Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Healthy House Plants: A Complete Guide to Gardening Indoors
This online course explored all aspects of indoor gardening: choosing plants; replicating the growing conditions of their natural habitats; providing optimal levels of moisture and nutrition; boosting stocks of plants through propagation; and troubleshooting any problems with pests and diseases.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
David Hurrion
Associate Editor,
BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify different types of house plants from their appearance
- Consider the origins of plants when making an informed selection of what to grow in a particular rooms indoors
- Assess the indoor environment of particular rooms according to aspect, light and moisture levels and temperature to use appropriate methods of houseplant care
- Understand how growing conditions change and adapt your care regimes through the seasons
- Apply suitable watering techniques and assess the moisture requirements of plants
- Regularly monitor your plants to assess plant health and growth, diagnosing symptoms that may indicate poor techniques, or the presence of pests and disease
- Apply your newly acquired knowledge and skills to grow more unusual plants or transfer your techniques to outdoor growing
Syllabus
- How plants change when grown indoors
- The history of house plants
- Understanding the origins of house plants to help care for them
- The effect of temperature and natural and artificial light
- Potting and refreshing compost for house plants
- Giving house plants a summer holiday and keeping them alive while you’re on yours
- Making more of your favourite plants
- Pests, diseases and other problems
Issued on 4th June 2022
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