I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Orchard Planning
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2327
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
Students will map out orchards that will be planted on the properties, taking into account estimated tree size. Students will choose desirable varieties and rootstocks and decide whether or not a windbreak or a trellis will be needed. Students will decide whether or not to install an irrigation system and will be able to state the reasons for the choice.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2327 - Orchard Planning
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2327 - Orchard Planning
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Defend choices of different rootstocks, varieties and irrigation system |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Construct a map of an orchard prior to planting |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Design a work plan that details labor requirements for the first four years of an orchard |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct a map of the proposed orchard
- Assess decisions regarding choice of rootstock, site or irrigation system
- Produce a detailed workplan for planting year
- Produce a general work plan for four years, showing increased labor requirements
- List advantages of a trellis system versus free-standing trees
- Produce a cash flow plan for first four years of the orchard
- List measures that will be used to reduce depredation from vertebrate pests
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Drawing an orchard map
- Row widths and tree spacing for chosen rootstock/scion combinations
- Irrigation systems
- Frost control systems
- Trellis systems and free-standing trees
- Work plans for first year
- Labor for field preparation
- Labor requirements for planting
- Labor for pruning and training
- Weed control strategies
- Projections for first four years
- Labor requirements for planting, maintenance
- Equipment requirements for first four years
- Costs for first four years
- Yield projections for first four years
- Returns for first four years
- Returns with crop failures
- Returns if product is sold wholesale
- Returns with direct market pricing
- Preventing depredation
- Deer and costs of a fence
- Mice control methods
- Gophers and rabbits
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Orchard Planning
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2327
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
Students will map out orchards that will be planted on the properties, taking into account estimated tree size. Students will choose desirable varieties and rootstocks and decide whether or not a windbreak or a trellis will be needed. Students will decide whether or not to install an irrigation system and will be able to state the reasons for the choice.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2327 - Orchard Planning
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2327 - Orchard Planning
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Defend choices of different rootstocks, varieties and irrigation system |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Construct a map of an orchard prior to planting |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Design a work plan that details labor requirements for the first four years of an orchard |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct a map of the proposed orchard
- Assess decisions regarding choice of rootstock, site or irrigation system
- Produce a detailed workplan for planting year
- Produce a general work plan for four years, showing increased labor requirements
- List advantages of a trellis system versus free-standing trees
- Produce a cash flow plan for first four years of the orchard
- List measures that will be used to reduce depredation from vertebrate pests
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Drawing an orchard map
- Row widths and tree spacing for chosen rootstock/scion combinations
- Irrigation systems
- Frost control systems
- Trellis systems and free-standing trees
- Work plans for first year
- Labor for field preparation
- Labor requirements for planting
- Labor for pruning and training
- Weed control strategies
- Projections for first four years
- Labor requirements for planting, maintenance
- Equipment requirements for first four years
- Costs for first four years
- Yield projections for first four years
- Returns for first four years
- Returns with crop failures
- Returns if product is sold wholesale
- Returns with direct market pricing
- Preventing depredation
- Deer and costs of a fence
- Mice control methods
- Gophers and rabbits