Tropical Fruit and Landscaping Classes

Basic Core Series:
Dates to be announced
Learn the basics - Morphology, Physiology, Pests, Nutrition, & Disease
Advanced Classes
Tropical Fruit:
Being taught by Al Will Dates to be announced - covering all of the annonas: sweetsop, soursop, llama, mountain soursop, atemoya, cherimoya, custard apple, soncoya, pond apple, & poshe te (annona scheroderma) $21 for members, $45 for non members
Faculty includes Dr. Al Will, David McLean, Murray Corman & Margaret Basile Class size is limited

• MORPHOLOGY: what are the names for the different parts of the plant? How do we describe the differing shapes of these parts? How does knowing these names & descriptions help us tell one plant from another? How does this help us know what kind of care a plant needs & where it is best to plant it?
• PHYSIOLOGY: Different plant parts function like our various organs. What parts of the plant carry out the tasks that keep plants alive & reproducing? How do we take advantage of these functions in plant care & propagation?
• PLANT NUTRITION: Plants, like people, need a varied diet. Plants need sunlight, water, & both major & minor nutritional elements. These nutritional needs vary by the age & type of plant & its reproductive state.
• BASIC BUGS: Some insects are harmful to plants in varying degrees. Learning to differentiate one from the other & apply control methods which maximize efficacy & minimize side effects will prevent you from getting onto an expensive roller coaster of pest control.
• BASIC DISEASE: some plant diseases are obvious, just as a rash is visible on a person. Others merely produce symptoms, analogous to fever or fatigue. Just as different human diseases, which can produce similar symptoms, must be treated differently, plant diseases must be correctly diagnosed to be effectively treated.