As a Horticulture Production Manager, you will need to master following:

• budgetary principles
• coordinate greenhouse environment
• create soil and plant improvement programmes
• crop production principles
• develop agricultural production plans
• ensure soil fertility
• execute disease and pest control activities
• greenhouse types
• grow plants
• harvest crop
• horticulture principles
• maintain plant health
• maintain plant soil nutrition
• monitor fields
• operate horticulture equipment
• optimise production
• plant disease control
• plant harvest methods
• plant propagation
• plant species
• propagate plants
• prune plants
• pruning techniques
• pruning types
• quality criteria for storage facilities
• soil structure
• store crops
• store products
• supervise crop production
• supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
• types of storage facilities
• use agricultural information systems and databases
• watering principles

More generally, a horticulture production manager is also versed in:

• environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
• fertilisation principles
• health and safety regulations
• leadership principles
• maintain storage facilities
• make independent operating decisions
• manage production enterprise
• pest control in plants
• project management principles

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on plant fertilizer
• agricultural business management
• apply sustainable tillage techniques
• assist equipment operation
• create flower arrangements
• e-agriculture
• ensure quality control in packaging
• execute fertilisation
• food legislation
• food plant design
• food safety principles
• food safety standards
• implement landscaping projects
• manage agricultural staff
• manage agritourism activities
• negotiate sales contracts
• organic farming
• perform on-farm product processing
• pick orders of agricultural products
• place orders for flower products
• prepare flower arrangements
• prepare planting area
• present the farm facilities
• promote farm products
• provide agri-touristic services
• select adequate packaging for food products
• sell flowers
• use gardening equipment
• advise customers on types of flowers
• agritourism
• agronomical production principles
• agronomy
• customer relationship management
• direct the preparation of food
• ecology
• handle veterinary emergencies
• keep task records
• maintain technical equipment
• recruit personnel