Fact Sheets
Greenhouse Management / Engineering
The understanding of cultural needs of ornamental crops grown in greenhouses and use of proper crop production techniques is an essential component of a Total Crop Management program. The following fact sheets provide detailed information to help the practitioner to establish and maintain a healthy growing environment for plants grown in greenhouses.
General Greenhouse Management | Plant Nutrition/Irrigation | Plant Growth Regulators | Greenhouse Engineering, Energy
General Greenhouse Management
- Disinfecting the Greenhouse
- Where to Find Organic Information
- Photoperiod Control Systems for Greenhouse Crops
- Managing Weeds In And Around Greenhouses (from Leanne Pundt, University of Connecticut)
- Effects of pH on Pesticides and Growth Regulators
- Groundwater and Your Greenhouse
- Reducing Humidity in the Greenhouse
- Overwintering Perennials
- Floriculture Extension Drought Bulletin
- Calculating Costs For Growing Media
- Managing Edema on Spring Crops
- Growing-on at Cooler than Optimum Temperatures
- UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: I. Salinity, Sodium and Chloride
- UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: II. pH, Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium and Other Elements
- Moving Cool Tolerant Plants Outdoors
Plant Nutrition / Irrigation
- Greenhouse Media Testing Form (PDF)
- Ratios and Concentrations for Constant Feeding with Water Soluble Fertilizers (Table) (PDF)
- Fertilizer Injectors for Greenhouses
- How to Use pH and EC "Pens" to Monitor Greenhouse Crop Nutrition
- Current Methods of Greenhouse Media Testing and How They Differ
- Basic Fertilizer Programs for Containerized Greenhouse Crops
- Fertilizer Calculations for Greenhouse Crops
- Fertilizing Bedding Plants
- pH and Fertility Review for Vegetatively-propagated Annuals
- How to Prevent Iron Deficiency in Spring Greenhouse Crops
- Use "BMPs" to Increase Fertilizer Efficiency and Reduce Runoff
- Commercial Floriculture Soiltest Report
- Interpreting the Results of Greenhouse Soil Tests
- Subirrigation for Greenhouse Crops
- Water Quality: pH and Alkalinity
- Adjusting Alkalinity with Acids
- Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias
- Organic Growing Media and Fertilizers for Greenhouses
Plant Growth Regulators
- Chemical Growth Regulation of Bedding Plants
- Controlling Plant Height without Chemicals
- Late Season Application of Bonzi to Control Stretch of Poinsettia
- Subirrigating Seed Geraniums with Bonzi
Greenhouse Engineering
(from John Bartok, University of Connecticut)
- Corn - A Home Grown Heat Source
- Insulation-Know How
- Natural Ventilation in Hoophouses
- Combat Higher Fuel Prices with Efficient Heating Systems
- High Tunnels - Low Cost Seasonal Growing Space
- Garden Center Design Guidelines
- Greenhouse Energy Conservation Checklist
- Fuels and Alternate Heat Sources for Commercial Greenhouses
- Horizontal Air Flow is Best for Greenhouse Air Circulation
- Mechanization and Labor Saving for the Small Grower
- Retractable Roof Greenhouses and Shadehouses
- Root Zone Heating Systems
- Selecting and Building a Commercial Greenhouse
- Selecting and Maintaining Thermostats
- Will the Zoning Commission Approve Your Greenhouse?
- Greenhouse Ventilation
- Greenhouse Facilities Master Plan
- Problems With Using Unvented Heaters in Greenhouses
- Geothermal Heat for Greenhouses
- Wood Heat for Greenhouses
