UMass Extension Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture Program

Fact Sheets about Crops

The understanding of cultural needs of floriculture crops and use of proper crop production techniques is an essential component of a Total Crop Management program. The following fact sheets provide detailed information on the production of specific floriculture crops.

Spring Crops and Bedding Plants

2001 New England Trial Garden Evaluation
2009 UMass Durfee Conservatory Trial Garden Evaluation
Caring for Plants in a Retail Setting
Edema on Spring Crops
Fertilizing Bedding Plant Seedlings
Fertilizing Bedding Plants
Greenhouse and High Tunnel Tomatoes Resources
Growing Quality Geraniums
Growing Vegetable Bedding Plants (Scheduling, Nutrition, Height)
Growing Vegetable Transplants and Bedding Plants
Growth Regulators for Bedding Plants
Herb Bedding Plants: Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse
Impatiens Downy Mildew
New Guinea Impatiens: Watch Out for Soluble Salts
pH and Fertility Review for Vegetatively-propagated Annuals
Production Guidelines for Four Crops—Osteospermum, Angelonia, Calibrachoa & Ornamental Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Scheduling Greenhouse Crops
Subirrigating Seed Geraniums with Bonzi
Vegetable Bedding Plants Pest Management

Potted Plants (Greenhouse)

Commercial Producton of Holiday Cacti
Easter Lily Schedules and Comments
Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales
Growing Quality Geraniums
Producing Fleurette Chrysanthemums as Centerpieces
Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants
Rosemary: Container Production for December Market

Poinsettias

Biological Control: A Grower's Guide to Using Biological Control for Silverleaf Whitefly on Poinsettias in the Northeast United States
Biological Control: Whitefly Control on Poinsettia With Biological Control at $0.10 a Plant - As Cheap as Pesticides and a Lot Easier
Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias
Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias
Growth Retardants for Poinsettias
Late Season Application of Bonzi to Control Stretch of Poinsettia
Scheduling Greenhouse Crops

Perennials & Fall Crops

Chrysanthemum White Rust
Daylily Rust
Flowering Cabbage and Kale
Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales
Garden Asters
Garden Mums - Past Crop Problems and Production Tips
Growing Garden Mums for Fall Sales
New Perennial Varieties - Powerpoint presentation at 2011 Great Ideas Summer Conference
Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals
Overwintering Containerized Perennials
Preventing Rodent Damage to Overwintering Perennials
Scheduling Greenhouse Crops

Cut Flowers

Cut Flowers: Insects and Mites in Commercial Production of Field-Grown Cut Flowers
Field Grown Annuals for Cut Flowers
Postharvest handling of six more field-grown cut flowers—Astilbe, Gladiolus, Helianthus, Liatris, Lilium, Zinnia
Postharvest Handling Tips for Some Spring Flowering Bulbs
Resources for Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers in High Tunnels
Scheduling Greenhouse Crops
Soil Fertility for Field-grown Cut Flowers
Sugar and Acidity in Preservative Solutions for Field-Grown Cut Flowers
Tarnished Plant Bug - Field Grown Cut Flowers
Using Coralbells as Cut Flowers
Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers

Greenhouse Vegetables and Fruit

Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) for Food Crops
Grafting Techniques for Greenhouse Tomatoes
Greenhouse and High Tunnel Tomatoes Resources
Greenhouse Raspberry Production
Greenhouse Tomatoes: Fertilizing Plants Growing in Soilless Media
Growing Vegetable Bedding Plants (Scheduling, Nutrition, Height)
Growing Vegetable Transplants and Bedding Plants
Herb Bedding Plants: Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse
Hydroponic Greenhouse Production Resources
Late Blight and Tomato Transplant Production
Organic Greenhouse Production Resources
Scheduling Greenhouse Crops
Starting a Greenhouse Business
Vegetable Bedding Plants Pest Management

Nursery (Woody Ornamentals)

Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Nursery Crops
Comparing Production Systems for New England Nurseries
Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals