Key Facts
- Starting
17 Jan 2025- Location
- Tooting
- Start Time
- 10:00
- End Time
- 12:30
- Duration
- 3 Weeks
- Study Mode
- Part Time Day
- Days
- Friday
- Start Date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Level
- Short Course
- Code
- THRX039CL
Fees
- 19+ Fee
- £ 25
Green Fingers - Edible Gardening
Whether you have an allotment, garden, balcony or even a windowsill, discover how to get started to grow your own vegetables, herbs and fruit. Learn how to cultivate a range of crops from seed to harvest, and to troubleshoot common problems.
This will be a classroom-based course covering some theory as well as tips and advice, but will include practical elements such as sowing seeds and propagating from cuttings.
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Course Content
- How to plan and make the most of your space
- Choosing varieties
- Understanding the life cycles and needs of different edible plants
- Sowing seeds and taking cuttings
- Identifying common pests and diseases and how to tackle them sustainably
- Working with wildlife and encouraging pollinators
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Course Structure
Week 1: planning, plant types and needs, choosing varieties, seed sowingWeek 2: caring for seedlings, hardening off, pests and diseases, pricking out and potting on
Week 3: feeding, watering, mulching, working with wildlife, taking cuttings
