Nursery & Greenhouse: Production Practices

From planting to post-harvest, get the most out of your greenhouse or nursery with the right production practices.

Visit the Small Farms & Alternative Enterprises website for information about greenhouse and hydroponic vegetable crops. For additional information, see the Florida Greenhouse Vegetable Production Handbook.

General Information

UF/IFAS Sites

• Hydroponic Production
• Landscape Plants

UF/IFAS Publications

• Greenhouse Production
• Hydroponic Production
• Interiorscape Nursery Production
• Nursery Production

Other Sites & Publications

• Conversion Tables, Formulas, and Suggested Guidelines for Horticultural Use--University of Georgia
• Horticulture Information Leaflets: Commercial Flower Production--NC State University
• Sustainable Small-scale Nursery Production--ATTRA

BMPs & Irrigation

UF/IFAS Sites

• Hydroponic / Greenhouse Crops

UF/IFAS Publications

• Collecting Water Samples at Container Nurseries
• Farm Ponds in Florida Irrigation Systems
• Irrigation and Nutrient Management Practices for Commercial Leatherleaf Fern Production in Florida
• Irrigation of Greenhouse Vegetables
• Irrigation Systems for Nurseries (Florida Greenhouse Vegetable Production Handbook)
• Nursery Irrigation
• Selecting a Method for Sealing Ponds in Florida

Other Sites & Publications

• Irrigation Water Quality for Greenhouse Production--University of Tennessee (pdf)

Disaster Management & Weather

UF/IFAS Sites

• FAWN (Florida Automated Weather Network)

UF/IFAS Publications

• Disaster Assistance
• Landscapes and Hurricanes
• USDA Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance

Other Sites & Publications

• Disaster Assistance--USDA Farm Service Agency
• Nursery Crop Insurance Program--RMA/USDA (pdf)

Fertilizer

UF/IFAS Sites

• Extension Soil Testing Lab

UF/IFAS Publications

• Container Media Test Information Sheet
• Fertilization of Field-grown and Landscape Palms in Florida
• The Florida Fertilizer Label
• Injection of Chemicals Into Irrigation Systems: Rates, Volumes, and Injection Periods
• Nursery Fertilization and Nutrition
• Nutrient Deficiencies of Landscape and Field-grown Palms in Florida
• UF/IFAS Extension Nutrient Management series

Harvest, Postharvest & Shipping

UF/IFAS Sites

• Floriculture Postharvest Group

UF/IFAS Publications

• Plant Growth Regulators
• Poinsettia Production Guidelines

Pruning, Spacing & Staking

UF/IFAS Sites

• Tree Quality

Scouting

For more information, visit our Nursery & Greenhouse Pest Management page.

• Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting Manual

Seeds & Propagation

UF/IFAS Sites

• Landscape Plant Propagation Database
• Seed Sources

UF/IFAS Publications

• Propagation of Landscape Plants
• Wildflower Seed Production

Soil & Media

UF/IFAS Publications

• Compost-formulated Media for Foliage Plant Production
• Multi-cavity Collection: A Method for Sampling Bulk Solutions from Plug Media
• Soil and Container Media Electrical Conductivity Interpretations

Other Sites & Publications

• Growing Media for Greenhouse Production--University of Tennessee (pdf)

Temperature

UF/IFAS Sites

• FAWN (Florida Automated Weather Network)

UF/IFAS Publications

• Chilling Injury in Tropical Foliage Plants: Aglaonema
• Chilling Injury in Tropical Foliage Plants: Spathiphyllum
• Cold Protection and Chilling Damage for Nursery Production