12/22/2024 3:24:37 AM	SUSAG 114 Course Outline as of Fall 2004	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SUSAG 114	Title:  WARM SEASON VEG PROD
Full Title:  Warm Season Vegetable Production
Last Reviewed:4/19/2004

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		12 max.	Lecture Scheduled	36.00
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		4 min.	Lab Scheduled	36.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	72.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  72.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 144.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  04 - Different Topics
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  AG 297.63

Catalog Description:

Season-long production practices required for successful Sonoma County warm season vegetable crops: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, melons, and others.  Topics include strategies for starting and maintaining crops, innovative irrigation methods, essential weed and pest control measures, and marketing.  Focus will be on organic systems but material will be useful to all growers.  This is an intermediate level course designed for those who have taken Specialty Crop Production or Organic Garden Crop Production, or with prior production experience with vegetable crops.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Season-long production practices required for successful Sonoma County warm season vegetable crops: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, melons, and others.  Topics include strategies for starting and maintaining crops, innovative irrigation methods, essential weed and pest control measures, and marketing.  Focus will be on organic systems but material will be useful to all growers.  This is an intermediate level course designed for those who have taken Specialty Crop Production or Organic Garden Crop Production, or with prior production experience with vegetable crops.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:04 - Different Topics

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will:

1.  Identify varieties of warm season vegetables suitable for

Sonoma County soils and microclimates.

2.  Describe soil preparation and fertility management methods for warm

season vegetables.

3.  Demonstrate proper technique for seed planting in flats or direct seed

seeding in ground.

4.  Diagram a planting layout for warm season vegetables within the

student's own available garden space.

5.  Create a planning calendar of cultural practices from soil preparation

through harvest for a selected warm season crop.

6.  Identify common pests, diseases and weeds of warm season crops.

7.  Recommend control measures for pests, diseases and weeds.

8.  Create a marketing plan and identify marketing strategies.

Topics and Scope

1.  Identification and production of warm season vegetable varieties

specifically suited to Sonoma County conditions and markets.

2.  Soil conditions, fertility and amendments.

3.  Seed planting in flats or direct in ground.

4.  Quantities and spacing of varieties for desired yields.

5.  Cultural practices through the season; thinning, training/staking,weed

    and insect control, irrigation, fertilization.

6.  Harvest methods.

7.  Marketing: marketing plan, market outlets, value-added products,

   packaging, shipping, and display.

Assignments:

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 50%
Written homework, Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 50%
Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 60%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 75%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce

Sell What You Sow by Eric Gibson

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