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Useful Links

Links to other websites for growers of greenhouse crops and ornamentals.

Horticulture, Grower and Other Organizations of Interest for Greenhouse Production

  • 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 Trial Garden
  • National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
  • Northeast Greenhouse Conference
  • Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association
  • America in Bloom
  • Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
  • The Association of Natural Biological Control Producers

Trade Magazines and Newsletters

  • E-Gro (collaboration of several Universities to provide research based information on greenhouse crops)
  • Grower Talks Magazine
  • Greenhouse Management Magazine
  • Horticulture Engineering Rutgers University
  • Commercial Ornamental Horticulture University of Maryland
  • Michigan State University Greenhouse Floriculture News

Research

Floriculture InfoSearch Search engine for floriculture information from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites, NC State University, and the American Floral Endowment Floriculture Archive (repository of literature dating back to the 1800s).

Greenhouse Finance

  • USDA Ornamental Price Reports (Boston)
  • Guide to Massachusetts Sales and Use Tax

Crop Production Tools

  • Smart phone apps (and web-based tools) for production
  • Conversion Tables & Formulas
  • Fertilizer Injectors: Selection, Maintenance and Calibration University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
  • University of New Hampshire Greenhouse Production Calculators: 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, UMass Extension Small Fruit Program
  • Specialty Cut Flowers (Book by Armitage and Laushman with production and yield information)
  • University of Vermont Perennials

Pest Management

  • New England Greenhouse Update UMass Extension and UConn Extension
  • Diagnostic Resources, National Plant Diagnostic Network
  • Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland
  • Greenhouse IPM - Biocontrol based IPM (Flowers Canada Growers, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Pest Management Center)
  • Videos for Pest Identification, National Plant Diagnostic Network (Advanced)
  • Cornell's Biocontrol site
  • IPM Practitioner -Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC), non profit organization
  • IPM Practitioner 2015 Directory of Least Toxic Pest Control Products
  • Integrated Pest Management in the Northeast Region
  • University of Connecticut's IPM site
  • University of Maryland’s Pest Alerts
  • University of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire (Tri-State) Greenhouse IPM
  • Iowa State’s Index of Internet Entomology Resources
  • American Phytopathological Society
  • Penn State's Disease Factsheets for Ornamental Plants, by disease, then by crop
  • 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
  • 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, Food and the Environment
  • UMass Stockbridge School
  • 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
  • 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)

Career Net

The Stockbridge School Career Net web site

Recycling and Renewable Energy

  • Recycling Works Massachusetts (a free recycling assistance program for businesses). Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and delivered by the Center for EcoTechnology (CET).
  • Energy resources and fact sheets

Publications & Resources

  • Newsletters
  • Greenhouse Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual
  • New England Greenhouse Floriculture Guide
  • Biological Control/Organic Information
  • Pesticide Information (Labels, MSDS, WPS)
  • Pesticide Licensing (Certification, Exams, Workshops)
  • Resources for Garden Retailers
  • Useful Links
  • Nutrient Management
  • Soil and Plant Nutrient Testing and Diagnostics

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