Nursery & Greenhouse:
Production Systems
Learn which production systems will provide the best growing environments for your crops.
Visit the Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises Web site for information about greenhouse and hydroponic vegetable crops.
Container
General
Media Management
- Coir Dust, A Viable Alternative to Peat Moss (pdf)
- Diagnostic and Monitoring Procedures for Nursery Crops
- Growth Media for Container-grown Ornamental Plants
- How Important are Specific Growing Medium pHs for Foliage Plants?
- Implementation Guide for Container-Grown Plant Interim Measure
- Organic Greenhouse Container Herb Production in South Florida: Fertilizer and Potting Media
- Use of Food Waste in Ornamental Production (pdf)
New Varieties
Palms
Perennials
- Angelonia: The Warm Season Snapdragon (pdf)
- Helichrysum and Vica (pdf)
- Nemesia and Diascia (pdf)
- Phygelius Possibilities (pdf)
- Plectranthus (pdf)
- Potted Lisianthus
- Statewide Trialing: 2002 Winter Trials of Diascia (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Agastache (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Echinacea (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Hardy Hibiscus (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Hydrangea Hybrids (pdf)
Propagation
- Alternative Opportunities for Small Farms: Woody Plant Liner Production Review
- Landscape Plant Propagation Information
- Landscape Fact Sheets
- Stock Plant Production and Management Basics for Small Greenhouse Businesses
- Tree Fact Sheets
Shrubs
- Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
- Collecting Water Samples at Container Nurseries
- Landscape Plant Propagation Information
- Layout and Design Considerations for a Wholesale Container Nursery
- Propagation of Woody Ornamentals by Cuttings
- Propagation of Woody Ornamentals by Grafting and Budding
- Seed Propagation of Woody Ornamentals
Succulents
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Agave (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Succulents (pdf)
Trees
Vegetables & Herbs
- Bigger Is Actually Better: A Study of Transplant Container Cell Size
- An Introduction to the Production of Containerized Vegetable Transplants
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Herbs (pdf)
Field
Cut Flowers
- Specialty Cut Flower Production Guides for Florida: Sunflower (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Specialty Cut Flowers: Sunflower (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Specialty Cut Flowers: Zinnia (pdf)
Palms
Trees
Greenhouse
Hydroponic
Traditional
- Anthuriums Reinvented (pdf)
- Begonia Production Guide
- Calathea Production Guide
- Commercial Foliage Crop Production Notes
- Commercial Foliage Plant Production
- Crown of Thorns Makes a Comeback (pdf)
- Greenhouse Production
- Growing the Newest Poinsettia Cultivars (pdf)
- Installation of Mist Propagation Equipment
- Taming the Wild Calibrachoa (pdf)
- Ti Plant: More Than Just Foliage (pdf)
- Vegetable Production Handbook
- Warm Climate Production of Cuphea Species for Florida (pdf)
- Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Zantedeschia (Calla Lily) Hybrids (pdf)
Shadehouse
UF/IFAS Publications
- Croton Production and Use
- Cut Foliage Production in Florida
- Florida/Holland/Israeli Ruscus Production and Use
- Japanese Pittosporum/Tobira Production and Use
Tissue Culture
For more information about seeds and propagation, see Production Practices.
UF/IFAS Sites
Other Sites & Publications
- Plant Tissue Culture Information Exchange--Texas A&M University
- Plant Tissue Culture Network--Texas A&M University
- Return to Nursery & Greenhouse Production
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
- Agricultural Economics Extension
- Department of Biology
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Hydroponic / Greenhouse Crops--Small Farms / Alternative Enterprises
- IPM Florida
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- Plant Science Research and Education Unit
- ProHort
- Research Centers
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Virtual Field Day
- Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida DEP
- Florida Department of Revenue
- Florida Water Management Districts
- State Agricultural Response Team
Organizations & Associations
- American Nursery & Landscape Association
- American Society for Horicultural Science
- Florida Irrigation Society
- Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association
- Florida State Horticultural Society
- Southern Nursery Association
Other Sites & Publications
For-Sale Products
- Beneficial Insect Poster
- Commercial Ornamental Scouting Manual
- Insect Identification Sheets
- Landscape Plants for the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts
- Ornamental & Turf Pest ID Sheets
- Pesticide CEUs
- Pesticide CEU Study Materials
- Soil and Greenhouse Fumigation: Exam Preparation Guide
- Worker Protection Standard
