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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
Planning for Spring: Production Guidelines for Osteospermum, Angelonia, Calibrachoa, Ornamental Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Growing Quality Geraniums
New Guinea Impatiens: Watch Out for Soluble Salts!
Pest Management for Vegetable Bedding Plants
Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse (pdf version)
Fertilizing Bedding Plants
pH and Fertility Review for Vegetatively-propagated Annuals
Chemical Growth Regulation of Bedding Plants
Subirrigating Seed Geraniums with Bonzi
Growing Vegetable Bedding Plants

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  Cut Flowers
Field Grown Annuals for Cut Flowers
Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers
Sugar and Acidity in Preservative Solutions for Field-grown Cut Flowers
Postharvest Handling of Six More Field-grown Cut Flowers -- Astilbe, Gladiolus, Helianthus, Liatris, Lilium, Zinnia
Using Coralbells as Cut Flowers
Postharvest Handling Tips for Cut Flowers of Some Spring Flowering Bulbs
Insect Problems in Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers

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  Perennials & Fall Crops
Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales
Garden Asters
Growing Garden Mums for Fall Sales
Garden Mums-Past Production Problems and Production Tips
Flowering Cabbage and Kale
Overwintering Containerized Perennials
Preventing Rodent Damage to Overwintering Perennials
Daylily Rust

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Poinsettias
Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias
Growth Retardants for Poinsettias
Late Season Application of Bonzi to Control Stretch of Poinsettia

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  Potted Plants (Greenhouse)
Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales
Commercial Production of Holiday Cacti
Producing Fleurette Chrysanthemums as Centerpieces
Chrysanthemum White Rust
Growing Quality Geraniums
Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants

 
 


 
 
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