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Topics: USDA Aphis Proposes Changes in Chrysanthemum White Rust Regulations, Water Quality: What's in Your Water?, Protect Your Water System with a Good Filter, New Soil Testing Videos on the UMass Floriculture's YouTube Channel
Meet our New Director of the UMass Extension Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory, 2012 Easter Lily Schedule and Comments, Heating Your Greenhouse with Grain Corn Hybrid Yield Evaluation, Fertilizing Bedding Plant Seedlings, Botrytis Disease on Greenhouse Crops
Plant Nutrition Program announcement, Sustainable Approaches to Greenhouse Crop Fertilization, 2011 Mass Hort Trial Gardens at Elm Bank, Program announcement: Tree Production for Landscapes: Preliminary Research Results for Planting Methods
New UMass Greenhouse, Powdery Mildews on Ornamental Plants, Insect-killing Nematodes and Thrips Control, Organic Fertilizer Leads to Different Growth Response, Nutrient Use and Nitrogen Leaching by Marigold
Converting Chemical Fertilizer Recommendations to Organic: Using Natural Fertilizers in Ground Beds in Greenhouses, Daylily Streak and Daylily Rust, Surface Water for Irrigation
Tomato Transplant Production and Late Blight, Aphid Banker Plants, Geothermal Heating and Cooling for Greenhouses
New UMass Diagnostic Lab location, Q&A Water pH and Alkalinity, Get Growing Media Storage Savvy, Forcing Hydrangeas
Beneficial Nematodes: An easy way to begin using biological control, Spring 2010 UMass Plant Diagnostic Lab Results, 2011-2012 New England Greenhouse Floriculture Guide
New Greenhouse Construction Begins at UMass, Marketing to the Post-Recession and Eco-Consumer, Presentation Summary from Summer Field Day, 2010 UMass Extension Shelled Corn for Greenhouse Heat Program, Forcing Strategies for a Late-date Easter
Calibrachoa: Response to Chemical and Organic Fertilizers, Baptisia australis, Downy Milew on Basil, Pest Management on Poinsettias
Growing a Energy and Space Efficient Poinsettia Crop, A Few Pointers for Better Irrigation, A Hedge with an Edge for Erosion Control, Should Production in High Tunnels Be Part of Your Specialty Crop Enterprise
Weed Management, Preparing and Sending Samples to the UMass Diagnostic Laboratory, Ornamental Peppers, Garden Retailers and Late Blight, Instructions for Soil Testing
Biocontrol for Spring Crops: Propagation, Prevent Iron Chlorosis on Spring Crops, Rainwater Harvesting
2010 Easter Lily Schedule, Growth Medium pH and Water Solubl Fertilizers, Upgrade Environmental Control Equipment
New Bedding Plants and Annual Garden Flowers, Selecting Energy/Shade Screen System for Greenhouses
Photoperiod and Bedding Plants, Organic Fertilizers and Soilless Media Show Promise, Two New "Black" Ornamental Peppers Heading to Market
Corn for Greenhouse Heat Project, Nitrogen and Water Loss by Leaching from Different Composted Cranberry Pomace Media
Economy Spurs Home Garden Boom, 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year, Water: a Limited Factor to Expansion, What's Wrong With My Crop - A Diagnostic Checklist
Root Zone Heat: Installation Techniques, Field Trials Assessing Sunscald and Flowering of Coleus Cultivars
Growing Vegetable Plants, 2009 Easter Lily Schedule, Heating with Bioheat & Waste Oil
Geothermal Heat for Greenhouses, Transitioning to Renewable Energy for Greenhouse Heat, Biological Control in Greenhouses: Preparing for Spring Crops



