Nursery Production and Management (HORT 431) is offered by the Department of Horticultural Sciences
at Texas A&M University every Fall semester.
The objectives of the course include:
- Processes of Purchasing and Planning a Wholesale and Retail Nursery
- Structure and Equipment Required for Nursery Operation
- Principles of Nursery Crop Culture
- Principles of Production and Personnel Management
- Principles of Marketing and Salemanship of Nursery Products
The main topics of the course include:
- Container Production
- Field and Protected Culture Production of Ornamental Nursery Plants
- Retail and Wholesale Nursery
- Site Selection and Development
- Financing
- Niche-Marketing
- Personnel and Labor Management
- Wholesale Nursery Production Cycles and Systems
- Storage and Shipping of Nursery Products.
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