Section 7: Assignment Project

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Assignment Project


You have learned much about plant propagation, at various scales of production - from small-sized back yard gardens, to medium-sized greenhouse or market garden operations, to large-scale productions such as commercial farming.


Now is a good time to introduce you to Part A of the final Assignment - an opportunity for you to put into practice what you have learned. We will refer to Part A of the assignment, as the Project.
It would be best to complete the project with a live plant and doing it "hands-on"; now would be the time to start, if you choose this option.
However, in recognition of possible time constraints, such as an out-of-season course schedule, or the necessity of quick course completion, you may complete your project by doing the necessary research to demonstrate actually doing the "hands-on" project.

Regardless of the way you complete the project, it will be very course specific, and you will follow a well-defined outline to complete the requirements.
It would be a good idea to download the assignment and take a look at Part A so you know what is expected. 

Click here to download the assignment:
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Note: When you are ready to submit your whole assignment, at the end of the course, do not click on "Submit" until all parts of the assignment have been completed and uploaded.

For this project you will choose a specific garden or greenhouse plant. You will then work through various steps of the project as outlined below; the steps should be demonstrated with both text and pictures.
Your selection can be any type of plant (vegetable, fruit, flowering plant, shrub, or small tree), but it must be a plant that you will start indoors or in a greenhouse, and prepare for eventual transplanting to an outdoor location.


Is this plant ready for the outdoors?

We will exemplify the requirements of each step of the project by using a tomato plant as an example.
For that reason, your choice of plant cannot be a tomato plant. There are many other choices.
Here are some ideas:

  • traditional garden plants such as peppers, beans, cucumbers, melons, cabbage, strawberries, etc.

  • flowering plants such as begonias, geraniums, verbena, pansies, petunias, lilies, fuchsias, dahlias, marigolds, etc.

  • shrubs, bushes, or small trees such as hydrangeas, azaleas, elders, dogwoods, cedars, crab apples, plums, dwarf spruce, mugo pine, etc.


Plants can be started indoors or in a greenhouse, then "hardened up" and transplanted to the outdoors.