Brief description
A practical course for growers in greenhouse operations in arid climates. This Summer School is led by consultants and is practice-oriented, with an emphasis on the realities of arid climates that determine water quality outcomes and the associated risk of salinisation, as well as strategies for cooling and humidity control. A two-week practical programme (10 training days) in Bleiswijk
For professionals in the horticultural sector, students, investors and participants with an interest in the sector.
This course is taught in English and Arabic
Why this program
- Build practical capability to run a greenhouse operation successfully in arid climates, backed by modern horticultural science.
- Leave with operating frameworks, checklists, and templates for climate strategy, irrigation and fertigation, crop steering, IPM, and performance reporting.
- Learn through a structured methodology: Theory (classroom) → Exercises → Practice (hands-on) → Industry visits and guest sessions.
What makes it unique
- Consultant-led and practice-first delivery, built on real farm problem-solving and operational decision-making.
- Arid-climate focus: water quality and salinity risk, cooling and humidity strategy, and execution discipline.
- Global track record: Delphy works with 9,500+ clients in 55+ countries, mainly commercial growers and farms, grounding the program in repeatable best practices.
What you will be able to do after the program
- Build a daily climate strategy using radiation, temperature, humidity/VPD, CO2 and crop stage.
- Design an irrigation strategy (pulse timing, targets, drain, substrate dynamics) and verify execution from data.
- Set up a fertigation monitoring plan (water quality, solution management, sampling cadence, corrective actions).
- Design a practical IPM program (scouting routines, thresholds, biological strategy, compatibility with interventions).
- Run an operational performance meeting using dashboards, a structured agenda, and a corrective-action loop
Participant deliverables
- Participant workbook (slides plus exercises).
- Templates: daily climate plan; irrigation strategy sheet; fertigation monitoring plan; IPM scouting and release plan; weekly KPI dashboard and meeting agenda; incident log and corrective-action template.
- Certificate of completion from Delphy.
Further information
- The course will be held at our Delphy Improvement Centre in Bleiswijk (Netherlands) from 6 to 17 July 2026
- Further details regarding the daily programme can be found in this appendix
- The cost of this two-week course is €2,999 (excluding VAT and accommodation)
- If you would like more information about the course, please contact Amr El Ryes via email at a.elryes@delphy.nl or by telephone on +12038339520.
Register now!
If you register before 1 April, you will receive a 10% discount on the course fee.
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