Growing Carnations VHT110
Description
Achieve perfect carnations! A serious course equally valuable to the home enthusiast or the commercial cut flower grower. You learn about growing quality carnations (planting, watering, pest & disease control, fertilizing), different ways of growing them (e.g. as row crops in soil, in hydroponics, in a greenhouse); and harvesting, post-harvest treatments, and quality control. Course Structure There are 8 lessons as follows:- Introduction
- Review of the system of plant identification
- Physiology
- Information sources
- Culture
- Planting
- staking
- mulching
- watering
- feeding
- pruning, etc.
- Propagation
- Methods of propagating this group of plants
- Propagation of selected varieties
- Hyd…
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- Introduction
- Review of the system of plant identification
- Physiology
- Information sources
- Culture
- Planting
- staking
- mulching
- watering
- feeding
- pruning, etc.
- Propagation
- Methods of propagating this group of plants
- Propagation of selected varieties
- Hydroponics
- Pest and Disease
- Irrigation
- Greenhouse Management
- Harvest, Post Harvest and Quality
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school\'s tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
The Carnation Family
Most genera within the Caryophyllacaeae family are from northern
temperate and alpine locations of Europe, through to parts of Asia
and North Africa.
They are generally soft wooded (herbaceous) A few are woody
plants.
Genera in the Caryophyllacaeae family:
Acanthophyllum, Achyronychia, Agrostemma, Allochrusa,
Alsinidendron, Ankyropetalum, Arenaria, Bolanthus, Bolbosaponaria,
Brachystemma, Bufonia, Cardionema, Cerastium, Cerdia, Colobanthus,
Cometes, Cucubalus, Cyathophylla, Dianthus, Diaphanoptera,
Dicheranthus, Drymaria, Drypis, Geocarpon, Gymnocarpos,
Gypsophilla, Habrosia, Haya, Herniaria, Holosteum, Honckenya,
Illecebrum, Kabulia, Krauseola, Kuhitangia, Lepyrodiclis, Lochia,
Loeflingia, Lychnis, Mesostemma, Microphyes, Minuartia, Moehringia,
Moenchia, Myosoton, Ochotonophila, Ortegia, Paronychia,
Pentastemonodiscus, Petrocoptis, Petrorhagia, Philippiella,
Phrynella, Pinosia, Pirinia, Pleioneura, Plettkia, Pollichia,
Polycarpaea, Polycarpon, Polytepalum, Pseudostellaria, Pteranthus,
Pycnophyllopsis, Pycnophyllum, Reicheella, Sagina, Sanctambrosia,
Saponaria, Schiedea, Scleranthopsis, Scleranthus, Sclerocephalus,
Scopulophila, Selleola, Silene, Spergula, Spergularia, Sphaerocoma,
Stellaria, Stipulicida, Thurya, Thylacospermum, Uebelinia,
Vaccaria, Velezia, Wilhelmsia, Xerotia.
The Carnations
Carnations are all (botanically), the species Dianthus caryophyllus
- there are of course several hundred species of Dianthus (Sweet
William is Dianthus barbatus.) The perpetual flowering carnation
originated from Dianthus caryophyllus being bred with other species
of Dianthus - at least with Dianthus sinensis. This type is
reported to have been bred in Lyons, France around 1830.
In this course we will be dealing with species in the genus
Dianthus (carnations) only. There are four types of Dianthus grown
as ‘Pinks’: annual, cluster-headed, cottage and rockery. The
most common species known as pinks include:
D. armeria
D. alpinus
C. chinensis
D. deltoids
D. gratianopolitanus
D. plumerius
D. superbus
D. sylvestris
Carnations
Carnations are plants bred and selected from clove scented species
of Dianthus. The original development started in the 19th century.
In 1903 a breeder (Mr H. Burnett, Guernsey) developed a perpetual
flowering carnation as a hybrid. The development of other hybrids
followed rapidly.
There are two main types grown as cut flowers are ‘Standard’
and ‘Spray’.
Standards have the side buds removed, to produce a long stem with
one terminal flower. Most standards grown are bred from an American
cultivar called William Sim
Sprays are not disbudded. They are grown with many flowers
branching from a stem, and are sold as a bunch.
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