Title: Produce floriculture crops.
Course: Floriculture (18052-II) > Section: Applying Science to Plant Production

Production could include the following:

- Research and develop, using current technology, a greenhouse container crop production schedule, including
  - producing a fall crop (e.g., cyclamen, Zygocactus, primula, azalea, or poinsettia)
  - forcing bulbs for winter sales.
- Produce bedding plants, including
  - sexual propagation
  - transplanting seedlings and/or plugs
  - labeling plants
  - managing water, nutrition, and pests.
- Produce foliage plants, including
  - propagating foliage from cuttings
  - transplanting rooted cuttings
  - selecting and purchasing rooted cuttings
  - labeling and managing plant growth.
- Produce cut flowers, including
  - establishing cut-flower crop from seeds, cuttings, or purchased liners
  - managing crop through harvest.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What must be researched in order to develop a complete crop production schedule?
- What are examples of markets for bedding plants? Foliage plants? Cut flowers?
- What are some growing niche markets in the floriculture sector?
- What are the laws or regulations relative to selling plants and seeds?
- What role does the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) play in the selling of floriculture crops?