Useful Links
Links to other websites for growers of greenhouse crops and ornamentals. Click on the topics below or on the left bar.
Horticulture and Grower Organizations
- University of Massachusetts Extension
- Massachusetts Flower Growers' Association
- Massachusetts Association of Roadside Stands and Pick Your Own Farms
- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society New England Spring Flower Show
- National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
- New England Greenhouse Conference
- Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
- Ohio Florists' Association
- Northeast Organic Farmers Association
- America in Bloom
- Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
Trade Magazines and Newsletters
- Greenhouse Grower FloriCAST Short videos on many greenhouse topics
- Video Podcasts on Sustainable Horticulture Michigan State University
- Branch-Smith Publishing GMPRO, NMPRO, Garden Center etc.
- Horticulture Engineering Rutgers University
- Commercial Horticulture University of Maryland
- Michigan State University Greenhouse Alert Newlsetter
Greenhouse Finance
- USDA Ornamental Price Reports (Boston)
- Guide to Massachusetts Sales and Use Tax
- Greenhouse Costs of Production Budgets (Rutgers)
- How Much Does it Cost to Grow a Greenhouse Crop (Rutgers)
- Budget for Greenhouse Tomatoes (Mississippi State University)
Crop Production Tools
- Conversion Tables & Formulas
- Fertilizer Injectors: Selection, Maintenance and Calibration University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
- Relative Humidity Calculation
- GroCalc, University of New Hampshire Calculation tools for fertilizer, plant growth regulators and energy
Greenhouse Crop Production
- Good Agricultural Practices Manual (GAP) Food safety manual - A must-read if you grow food crops
- Cornell Greenhouse Horticulture
- North Carolina State’s Commercial Floriculture Page Commercial floriculture leaflets: Aster, Bedding Plants, Ethylene, Flowering Cabbage & Kale, Geraniums, Herbs, Hydrangea, New Guinea Impatiens, Ornamental Vegetables, Pansy,Poinsettias, Potted Sunflowers, Height Management, Plant Nutrition and Pour Through Extraction Method, Water Quality, Greenhouse Weed Management
- ATTRA's on-line publications Sustainable Ag Publications: Herbs, Pest Mgt., Greenhouse Vegetables, Greenhouse Herbs, Plug and Transplants, Solar Greenhouses, Compost Heated Greenhouses
- Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production (ATTRA)
- Greenhouse Raspberry Production Guidelines, Greenhouse Raspberry Production Project UMass Extension Small Fruit Program
- Greenhouse Strawberries and Raspberries Cornell University
- University of Maryland’s "Total Plant Management" Program Commercial floriculture leaflets: Cut flowers; Sunflowers, Lilies, Celosia, Yarrow, Purple Coneflower, Anemone, Larkspur, IPM; Weekly Updates
- Rutgers University Floriculture/Greenhouse IPM
- Cut and Potted Bulb Flowers The Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center
- Specialty Cut Flowers (Book by Armitage and Laushman with production and yield information)
- University of Vermont Perennials
- Rutgers University - Horticultural Engineering Greenhouse Engineering newsletter
Pest Management
- New England Greenhouse Update (UMass Extension and UConn Extension
- Cornell's Biocontrol site
- Integrated Pest Management in the Northeast Region
- University of Connecticut's IPM site
- University of Maryland’s IPMNET
- Iowa State’s Index of Internet Entomology Resources
- American Phytopathological Society
- Penn State's Disease Factsheets for Ornamental Plants, by disease, then by crop
- 'Tospovirus' part of Univ. of Maryland's 'NurseryWeb'
- Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) Non-profit organization that specializes in the review of substances for use in organic production, processing, and handling.
- Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau Pesticide licensing, laws, regulations.
- EPA Worker Protection Standards Manual How to comply manual.
Sources for Disease Test Kits, Pesticide Information, Biologicals
- Agdia Test Kits Disease test kits
- Hydros Co. Disease test kits
- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Press, Inc.'s Greenbook Pesticide labels
- Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. Pesticide labels
- EXTOXNET – The EXtension TOXicology NETwork Pesticides: Toxicology, Technical Information from UC Davis, Oregon State Univ., Michigan State, Cornell Univ., Univ. of Idaho
- Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs
- Biobest Biological Control
- Koppert Biological Control
- Green Methods Biological Control
- IPM Laboratories, Inc. Biological Control
Sources of MA Plant Material
- Massachusetts Flower Growers' Association See Membership Directory
Government Agencies / Agricultural Laws/ University Resources
- UMass Center of Agriculture
- UMass Stockbridge School
- UMass Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
- General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 61A
- General Laws of Massachusetts, Definition of Agriculture
- Massachusetts Dept. of Agricultural Resources
- Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- New England Agricultural Statistics Service
- U.S.D.A.'s National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs
- UMass Extension School Integrated Pest Management Program
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- EPA Worker Protection Standards
- Introduced Pests Outreach Project Dept. of Entomology
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Plant Patents)
Job Net
The Stockbridge School Job Net web site
Renewable Energy
