Information Package / Course Catalogue
Fertilization Technigues in Greenhouse And Indoor Ornamental Plants
Course Code: ZTO517
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Fertilizer amounts, forms and application techniques for greenhouse and indoor ornamental plants by taking into consideration of their quality and production aim.

Course Content

Growing media and mixes, Reaction, CaCO3 and salt in soil and growing media, Fertilizer amount, form and application techniques for annual, perennial cut and pot flowers, Nutritional disorder, optimum nutrient range and growing conditions for some main ornamental plants.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to correlate basic principles of plant nutrition to indoor and cut flowers
2.To be able to recognize indoor and cut flowers’ nutritional disorders
3.To be able to establish fertilization programs for indoor and cut flowers
4.To be able to recognize greenhouse plants's nutritional disorders
5.To be able to establish fertilization programs for greenhouse plants
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Anonymous, 1998. Fertilizer Recommendations for Agricultural and Horticultural Crops.
2.Anonymous, 1999.Michigan State University Extension -Ornamental Plants
3.Anonymous,1992. Fertilizer Recommendation. ADAS. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. London
4.Güzel, N.K.1989. Süs Bitkilerin gübrelenmesi Ç.Ü.Z.F.Yayın No:113. Adana.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Organic fertilizers
Week 2 - Theoretical
Perlit and others materialist
Week 3 - Theoretical
Growing media and mixes,
Week 4 - Theoretical
Reaction, CaCO3 and salt in soil and growing media
Week 5 - Theoretical
Contents of Organic matter
Week 6 - Theoretical
Fertilizer amount, form and application techniques for annual, perennial cut flowers,
Week 7 - Theoretical
Fertilizer amount, form and application techniques for annual, perennial pot flowers
Week 8 - Theoretical
Fertilization of Indoor Ornamental Plants
Week 9 - Theoretical
Conditions of irrigation and fertilization
Week 10 - Theoretical
Determination of plant nutrient deficient in ornamentals plants
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nutrient status and growing conditions of some ornamentals plants
Week 12 - Theoretical
Determination of suitable fertilization methods for the plants
Week 13 - Theoretical
Important of foliar fertilization in ornamentals plants of grooving
Week 14 - Theoretical
Outdoor Ornamental Plants Fertilization
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment140040
Reading320060
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026