Environmental Horticulture - Commercial Production

If you run a nursery or greenhouse in Lake County and notice plant problems, you can contact Brooke Moffis for free site visits and advice.

You can also bring plant samples to the UF/IFAS Plant Clinic at the Mid‑Florida Research and Education Center in Apopka. The clinic is open every Tuesday from 1–4 PM, and many plant problems can be checked for free.

• Nursery IPM

  Nursery Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Resources

  • UF IPM Florida website
  • 2017 Southeastern U.S. Pest Control Guide for Nursery Crops and Landscape Plantings
• Nursery Best Management Practices

  Nursery Best Management Practices (BMPs)

  Signing up to participate in Nursery BMPs means you are following all the practices currently required to keep our water resources clean. By filing a notice of intent form (NOI) you will be presumed compliant with all state water quality standards. This is not a production guide, but a checklist of potential practices that may or may not apply to your situation. You choose the practices to implement that apply to your site. The manual was revised in 2014 to include practices for in-ground nurseries and leatherleaf ferns.

  • Nursery BMP Guide
  • Container nursery bmp notice of intent and other items

   

• Nursery/Greenhouse Production

  Nursery/Greenhouse Production

  • Key Plant, Key Pest Series
  • Integrated Pest Management Topics
  • Integrated Pest Management in the Commercial Ornamental Nursery
  • UF landscape plant propagation information
  • Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management Resources
• Additional Resources

  Additional Resources For Nurseries, Greenhouses, and Commercial Production

  • Palm Production and Maintenance Resources
  • Lake County Property Appraiser Agricultural Exemption Information
  • Nursery Crops
  • Foliage Plant Resources