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Green Keeping A (Turf Care) Online Course

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When planning a new lawn, or renovating an old one, it is important to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different grasses, and why certain grasses are used in preference to others. The intended or actual use (and maintenance) of a particular area is the deciding factor. This Green Keeping (Turf Care) course teaches you about the different grasses, the techniques used to establish them and the measures that must be taken to maintain an acceptable surface.

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Course Aims:

  • Identify the range of grasses and other species available for Green Keeping (turf) culture.
  • Explain the management of soils for growing turf.
  • Identify methods for the establishment of turf.
  • Explain the management of problems in turf including weeds, pests and diseases.
  • Explain maintenance practices used in turf management.
  • Plan the development of different turfs used for sport.
  • Develop plans to establish a turfed area.
  • Develop management strategies for the care of established turf.

Detailed Course Outline

There are 11 lessons in this Green Keeping (Turf Care) course:

Introduction

  • Benefits of turf.
  • History of Turf.
  • Turf Varieties (Bent, Couch, Buffalo, Fescue, Rye, Carpet grass, Kikuyu, Brome, Bluegrass, Philaris, etc.).
  • Lawn mixes.

Turf Grass Physiology

  • Morphology, flower, stems, leaves, roots.
  • Other characteristics.
  • How to identify grasses.
  • Plant Keys.
  • Identifying short cuts

Turf Establishment

  • Soil preparation.
  • Seeding.
  • Sodding.
  • Stolonizing.
  • Sprigging.
  • Plugging.
  • Chitted Seed.
  • Drainage.
  • Work scheduling.
  • Estimating costs.

Soils

  • Understanding soil.
  • Texture.
  • Soil blends.
  • Structure.
  • pH.
  • Buffering capacity.
  • Improving Soils.
  • Choosing soils.
  • Calculating soil quantities.
  • Cation exchange.
  • Plant nutrients.
  • Fertilisers.

Turf Weed Problems

  • How weeds spread.
  • Non chemical controls.
  • Chemical controls.
  • Chemical safety.

Turf Pests and Diseases

  • Chemical and non-chemical controls.
  • Common turf health problems (Environmental, Nutrition, Pest, Disease).

Turf Maintenance Techniques

  • Mowing.
  • Mowers.
  • Length of Cut.
  • Getting a clean cut, pattern of cutting, cutting on slopes, after cutting.
  • Mower safety.
  • Aeration.
  • Coring.
  • Scarification.
  • Spiking.

Irrigation – An Overview

  • Water loss from soils.
  • Improving water retention.
  • Movement of water in soil.
  • Field capacity.
  • Estimating water needs of turf.
  • Watering turf.
  • When to irrigate
  • Irrigation rate.
  • Types of irrigation

Playing Fields and Bowling Greens

  • Gradients and dimensions for different surfaces (ornamental, types of sports etc.).
  • Construction of a playing field.
  • Sand based technology.
  • Golf Courses.
  • Cricket Wickets

Managing Established Turf

  • Mowing.
  • Watering.
  • Topdressing.
  • Fertilizing.
  • Weed and Pest control

Establishing Ornamental Turf

  • Assessing the site.
  • Developing Plans.
  • Preparing a budget

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First and foremost our courses are 100% online courses BUT they are still very practical!  You will learn many practical skills, do some research, field trips and much more.  

All learning is best done by doing, so our online courses are designed to give you the foundation knowledge you need and to get you out there and doing whatever it is that you love.  

This sets our students up for success. 

    • 100% Online
    • Practical 
    • Certificate issued on completion
    • 1-on-1 tutor support
    • Flexible payment options
    • Self paced study

Getting where you want to go with your studies and/or career, involves much more than just reading or watching a video.  Knowing how to learn, how to research and find out new information, how to judge if the source of information is any good and how to find out what is happening in your industry and creating a network are vitally important!  Our courses will help you do all that.

We have mini self assessment tests so that you can be the judge of how well you understand the material and then a set task where you will undertake some form of practical exercise.  But best of all is the one-on-one expert tutor feedback you get with each task you submit.  

Online study can by difficult but our tutors are there to help you every step of the way.  

 

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