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The Ohio State University presents
Strawberry School Online 2026
Course Fee: $225
Deadline to Enroll: May 16
3 Live QA & Discussion Sessions: May 21, May 28, & One Date TBA
Course Materials Access: May 18 – July 2, 2026
Online Course Registration Site Link
Learn the essentials of soilless production of strawberry under greenhouse and indoor controlled environment!
The Strawberry School Online offers all the keys to learn soilless production of strawberry under greenhouse and indoor controlled environment. Contents include strawberry physiology, cultivar selection, production practices, and systems. Students will have access to six lectures recorded previously. Additionally students will be invited to three live QA & discussion sessions scheduled over the month of course access (May 18 through June 18, 2026). Students will be given additional two weeks to complete all lectures, and complete knowledge check to receive certificate of completion.
This course is most suitable for those who are new in controlled environment agriculture and interested in strawberry production under controlled environment conditions such as greenhouses and vertical farms
Students will learn to:
- Develop comprehensive understanding of strawberry production physiology
- Become familiar with technologies and practices of strawberry crop in greenhouse and indoor vertical farms
- Integrate plant basic horticultural scientific principles into better understanding of soilless strawberry production systems and technologies
Lectures Include:
- Lecture 1: Introduction to CEA strawberry production and cultivars
- Lecture 2: Planting materials and basic physiology of flowering
- Lecture 3: Planning your planting date and finishing date
- Lecture 4: Nutrient solutions and substrates
- Lecture 5: Environmental conditions and benchmark yields
- Lecture 6: IPM, plant management, and environmental disorders
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Work Through the Materials at Your Pace
Lectures will cover basics on strawberry physiology and production practices in greenhouses and indoor controlled environment – topics include 1) cultivars, 2) transplants and flowering physiology, 3) crop schedule, 4) nutrient solution and rootzone management, 5) environmental conditions and benchmark yields, and 6) IPM and environmental disorders.
Live QA and discussion sessions via Zoom are scheduled from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET on May 21, May 28, with one additional date to be announced.
Recorded sessions will be available within 24 hours for asynchronous viewing.
Students will be given additional two weeks (till July 2nd) to complete course materials for the certificate of completion.
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Contact for more information: Dr. Chieri Kubota (kubota.10@osu.edu)