TRAINING NURSERY HAINDORF
Function
· Imparting of basic knowledge and skills in the cultivation and commercialisation of flowers and ornamental plants, shrubs and trees, herbaceous perennials, herbs, vegetables and fruits with an ecological responsibility and under economical limitation
These are in particular:Range of plants
Course and techniques of cultivation
Management of work and working
techniques
Use of working materials
Control of quality and standards of
commercialisation
· Carrying out of simple trials with the aim of demonstrating and showing
· Supply of working material for the lessons, especially for floristry and landscape management (cut flowers, pot plants, shrub and trees, herbaceous perennials and so forth.)
· Supply of the school kitchen with fresh vegetables and fruits
Way of teaching
in form of practical lessons in small groups
Size of group: 8 - 12 students
in a 3 weeks rotation each student comes back to the same station
Soil: Land form: Water meadows along the river Kamp
Surface: flat
Soil: loamy silt (about 100 cm thick) covers fine and
sandy loam
Humus: humus till 30 cm, slightly humus till 75 cm
Lime: rich chalky soil, pH 7,2
Water conditions: high moisture-holding capacity, slight
influence of ground water
Tillage: easy, but with a tendency for soil capping
climate: NÖ Flach- und Hügelland (ca. 280 m above sea level)
Average annual rainfall quantity: 450 - 500mm (= 450 - 500 liters / m2)
Average annual temperature: 8° - 9° C.
Average vegetation period: > 235 days
Ornamental plant production
Productive area: 5.082 m2
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Greenhouses: GH 1 green potplants GH 2 propagation GH 3 flowering potplants 163 m2 GH 4 cutflowers, temperate house GH 5 cutflowers, cool house 98 m2 GH 6 flowering potplants 315 m2 GH 7 flowering potplants 315 m2 GH 8 flowering potplants 315 m2 GH 9 flowering potplants 315 m2 GH K tub plants, cold house 173 m2
Polytunnels: FG 5m bedding & balcony plants 150 m2 FG 6m parent plants (cold) 180 m2 |
Low glass: 2 cold frames 190 m2
Open beds: potplants 400 m2 herbaceous perennials for cut-production 500 m2 collection of bedding & balcony plants 800 m2 hanging baskets, window boxes 180 m2
Miscellaneous: 1 working & demonstration room 170 m2 2 storage rooms (cold) 12 m2 |
Cultivated plants:
ü Collection of green potplants
ü Collection of flowering potplants: Begonia-Elatior-Hybrids, Saintpaulia-ionantha-Hybrids, Impatiens-Neuguinea-Hybrids, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Hydrangea macrophylla, Cyclamen persicum, Pot-Chrysanths, Primulas, Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, ...
ü Collection of cutflowers: Gerbera, Cut-Chrysanths, Freesias, Iris, Mathiola incana, Lilies, Dianthus caryophyllus, Alstromerias, Bouvardias, Antirrhinums, Lisianthus, Euphorbia fulgens,
ü Collection of bedding & balcony plants
Staff: 1 Master of horticulture, 1 skilled worker, 1 apprentice
Vegetable gardening
Productive area: 3.900 m2
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Greenhouses: GH 10b cultivation of young plants & herbs 84 m2 GH 10c cultivation of young plants & cultivation in rockwool 84 m2 GH 11a lettuce & cucumbers in ground beds 141 m2 GH 11b tomatoes & kohlrabi in ground beds 141 m2
Open beds: vegetable (fleece and sheet) 2.400 m2 show plantings 300 m2 perennial vegetables 300 m2 |
Polytunnels: FH 7 early-celery, tomatoes, radish, corn-salad 210 m2 FH 8 early-cabbage, endive, sweet pepper, kohlrabi 240 m2
Miscellaneous: 1 working & demonstration room 178 m2 1 storage room (cold) 6 m2 |
Cultivated plants:
ü Leaf-vegetables: endive, corn-salad, lettuce
ü Fruit-vegetalbes: cucumber, aubergine, melon, sweet pepper, tomato, courgette
ü Cabbage-vegetables: broccoli, early-cabbage, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, red & white cabbage, Brussels sprouts, curly kale
ü Root-vegetables: carotts, parsley, celery, radish, Spanish salsify
ü Bulbous vegetables: leek, onion
ü Special vegetables: asparagus, parsnip, rhubarb
ü Herbs
staff: 1 Master of horticulture, 1 skilled worker, 1 apprentice
Vegetable gardening
Productive area: 3.900 m2
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Greenhouses: GH 10b cultivation of young plants & herbs 84 m2 GH 10c cultivation of young plants & cultivation in rockwool 84 m2 GH 11a lettuce & cucumbers in ground beds 141 m2 GH 11b tomatoes & kohlrabi in ground beds 141 m2
Open beds: vegetable (fleece and sheet) 2.400 m2 show plantings 300 m2 perennial vegetables 300 m2 |
Polytunnels: FH 7 early-celery, tomatoes, radish, corn-salad 210 m2 FH 8 early-cabbage, endive, sweet pepper, kohlrabi 240 m2
Miscellaneous: 1 working & demonstration room 178 m2 1 storage room (cold) 6 m2 |
Cultivated plants:
ü Leaf-vegetables: endive, corn-salad, lettuce
ü Fruit-vegetalbes: cucumber, aubergine, melon, sweet pepper, tomato, courgette
ü Cabbage-vegetables: broccoli, early-cabbage, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, red & white cabbage, Brussels sprouts, curly kale
ü Root-vegetables: carotts, parsley, celery, radish, Spanish salsify
ü Bulbous vegetables: leek, onion
ü Special vegetables: asparagus, parsnip, rhubarb
ü Herbs
staff: 1 Master of horticulture, 1 skilled worker, 1 apprentice
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work room 241 m2 offices, room for breaktime 76 m2 boiler house, oil storeroom 101 m2 |
room for water supply 84 m2 workshop 23 m2 shed for machines and storing 290 m2 |
Techniqual fittings:
ü Renewed greenhouses: Type, Voith Eurotherm, and Voith Euroflor'
ü New greenhouses: Type, Venlo'
ü Automatic climate control, tables with damming up system, water & nutrient supply by trickle irrigation, artificial light for assimilation and timing of flowering
ü Heating of warm water generally by natural gas, in peak times by oil
ü Basin for collecting rainwater from the roofs and the container area, additional water supply by water taken from the river Kamp
Tree nursery
Productive area: 1,8 ha
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Greenhouses: GH 10a propagation, warm 113 m2
Polytunnels: FH 7m cultivation and overwintering 240 m2 FH 8m cultivation and overwintering 260 m2
Container-quaters (indoors): CQ closed system CQ trickle irrigation |
Outdoor-quarters: FQ North FQ West FQ East area for heeling in plantbales in the ground workhall shed for storing material area for storing soil and compost |
Cultivated plants:
Deciduous shrubs & trees, conifers, woody climbers, fruit shrubs & trees, roses, groundcover plants
staff: 1 Master of horticulture, 1 skilled worker, 1 apprentice
Fruit-growing
Productive area: 5,3 ha
Fruit-growing areas & orchards:„Kampgarten“: peaches, apricots, cherries sour cherries, walnuts „Schlossgarten“: apples, pears, plums, elder, medlar „Spitzgarten“: walnuts „Hausgarten“: raspberries, blackberries, currents, blue berries |
Miscellaneous: Saran-house (insect proof) refrigerated room work hall, sales room, storage rooms workshop office, room for breaktime |
staff: 1 Master of fruit-growing, 2 skilled workers (on half-time basis)
Marketing of the products
All cultivated flowers & ornamental plants, products of the tree nursery and vegetables are sold to retailers (nurseries, flower shops, tree nurseries, landscape gardening companies, restaurants, food-retailers, vegetable wholesalers) for market prices. Furthermore parts of all these products are needed in the kitchen of the school or as teaching material.
Fruit is mostly sold by direct selling at the sales room in Haindorf. The B-quality of apples is used for the production of apple juice which is served all over the year to the students. Because: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.Â�
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