Year program mastering plant health by Plant Empowerment

Mastering the dynamics of your plant

This year-long program helps you build healthier, stronger and more resilient plants by understanding the Plant Health Circle and how pests, resilience and growing conditions truly work together. This course is available exclusively for Plant Empowerment members and includes full access to all platform content.

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Course introduction

Healthy crops don’t happen by accident

They are the result of a dynamic balance between the plant, its environment, and the pressures that surround it. The Plant Health Circle brings these elements together in one clear model.

A pest or disease only becomes a real problem when three factors align:

The pest or disease is present
The conditions allow it to thrive
The plant is susceptible

Modern horticulture invests heavily in the first two: exclusion, hygiene, climate control, monitoring technologies. But the third factor (the plant’s own resilience) often holds the key to long-term success.

While the Basic Principles describe the foundations of Plant Empowerment, the knowledge in this program goes a step further. It focuses specifically on plant health. An area that is not covered in depth in the book, but has become increasingly crucial in modern greenhouse production.

Want to learn more before you decide?

Understand how plant resilience, climate, root health and biology work together. Through live webinars, practical assignments and expert sessions, you’ll learn how to apply the Plant Health Circle in daily greenhouse practice.

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Course curriculum

1. About the Plant Health Circle
2. Kick-off webinar: Introducing plant health
1. Podcast episode 1: Understanding the Dynamics of Plant Health
2. Podcast episode 2: Pests & Diseases
3. Podcast episode 3: Optimal Growing Conditions
4. Podcast episode 4: Plant Resilience
5. Podcast episode 5: Rethinking Plant Health with Petra van der Goes
6. Podcast episode 6: Building Plant Resilience: The power of roots and microbes
1. E-book chapter 1: Introduction on Plant Health
2. E-book chapter 2: Minimizing the presence of pests and diseases
3. E-book chapter 3: Growing Conditions
4. E-book chapter 4: Plant Resilience
1. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 1 - Introduction
2. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 2 - Photosynthesis
3. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 3 - Assimilation
4. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 4 - Making a Plan
5. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 5 - Plant Feedback
6. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 6 - Plant Sap Analysis
7. Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis - part 7 - Closing and Summary
1. User case: Plant Health in practice
2. Live case analysis: Berry Hill (Mexico)
1. Course: Healthy Rootzone - part 1 - Introduction and the basics
2. Course: Healthy Rootzone - part 2 - Pythium and Fusarium
3. Course: Healthy Rootzone - part 3 - Water Quality
4. Course: Healthy Rootzone - part 4 - Substrate conditions
1. Course: Climate strategies - Introduction
2. Course: Climate strategies - part 1 - Cultivation phases and critical moments
3. Course: Climate strategies - part 2 - Warm and dry climate
4. Course: Climate strategies - part 3 - Cool and humid climate
5. Course: Climate strategies - part 4 - Transition moments
6. Course: Climate strategies - part 5 - Tips and tricks
1. Webinar: Understanding eH & Ph
2. Webinar: Understanding eH & Ph - extra questions
3. Scientific paper of Olivier Husson and John Kempf
1. Course: Optimal assimilation - part 1 - Introduction
2. Course: Optimal assimilation - part 2 - Maximize photosynthesis
3. Course: Optimal assimilation - part 3 - Infrared (IR) radiation
4. Course: Optimal assimilation - part 4 - Light Use Efficiency
1. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 1 - Introduction
2. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 2 - The foundation of a fertilizer schedule
3. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 3 - Understanding your incoming water
4. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 4 - Choosing the right fertilizers
5. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 5 - Building your fertilizer schedule
6. Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy - part 6 - Calculating your A & B tanks
1. Course: Where do my assimilates go? - part 1 - Introduction
2. Course: Where do my assimilates go? - part 2 - The role of microbes
3. Course: Where do my assimilates go? - part 3 - The rhizophagy cycle
4. Course: Where do my assimilates go? - part 4 - In practice
5. Course: Where do my assimilates go? - part 5 - Healthier plants
1. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 1 - Understanding the microclimate
2. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 2 - The day and night transition (greenhouse video)
3. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 3 - The 24-hour climate cycle
4. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 4 - Understanding the dew point (greenhouse video)
5. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 5 - Managing condensation risk
6. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 6 - How lighting affects the plant (greenhouse video)
7. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 7 - HPS vs. LED
8. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 8 - How light colours influence plant architecture (greenhouse video)
9. Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate - part 9 - Understanding the light spectrum
1. Course: Nutrient uptake with less transpiration
1. Plant Health Checklist
2. Video: Grower insights - Aphids
3. Video: Grower insights - Spider Mites
4. Extra: Understanding spider mites
5. Extra: Practical key take-outs - Spider mites
6. Extra: Interview Marta Streminska - Microbial ecologist at the Wageningen University

About this course

Free for all full members
4 in-depth modules + a new Plant Health e-book
A dedicated podcast series included

Mastering the dynamics of your plant

Learn how to create healthier, more resilient plants by understanding the dynamics between pests, climate, and plant balance.

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Mastering the dynamics of your plant

Course introduction

Want to learn more before you decide?

Course curriculum

Introduction

Podcast Plant Health

E-book: The Plant Health Circle

Course: Brix Levels & Photosynthesis

User case: Plant Health in practice

Course: Healthy Rootzone

Course: Climate strategies

Webinar: Understanding eH & Ph

Course: Optimal assimilation

Course: How to build a Fertilizer Strategy

Course: Where do my assimilates go?

Course: Plant Architecture and Microclimate

Course: Nutrient uptake with less transpiration

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Mastering the dynamics of your plant