Recent Greenhouse Crop Production Articles

Written by faculty, staff, and graduate students in floriculture at Michigan State University
 

Bedding Plant Production

            Overcoming New Guinea impatiens stall (Feb. 2008)
            Grouping crops can save you money (June 2007)

            New directions for scheduling bedding plants (Mar. 2007)

            Supplemental lighting on bedding plants (Nov./Dec. 2006)

            Minimize bedding plant production time (Jan. 2006)

            Temperature and light on bedding plants (July 2003)

Greenhouse Energy

Herbaceous Perennial Production
           Vernalizing perennials (Sept. 2007)

           Evaluating new Echinacea cultivars (July 2007)
            Vernalization series in Greenhouse Grower magazine

                        Part 1: Some Perennials Like It Cold (Oct. 2005)

                        Part 2: Vernalization: Life In The Cold (Jan. 2006)

                        Part 3: Day-Neutral Vernalization (Mar. 2006)

                        Part 4: Life After Cold! (May 2006)

                        Part 5: Improving Perennial Flowering (June 2006)

            Cool campanula (Oct. 2005)

            Coreopsis: A great all-American genus (July 2005)

            Managing perennial stock plants with Florel (Aug. 2004)

            Tender Perennials (June 2004)

            Herbaceous perennial fact sheets

            Flower induction tables

            Growth retardant efficacy trials
           

Light

            General topics
                        Greenhouse shading options (Mar. 2008)
                        Light Quality Defined (June 2007)

                        Light it up! Understanding light measurements (July 2006)

            Daily light integral
                        Maximizing supplemental lighting (Nov. 2007)
                        The benefits of lighted plugs (Mar. 2007)

                        Do you know what your DLI is? (Dec. 2006)

                        Daily light integral defined (Nov. 2006)

                        Supplemental lighting on bedding plants (Nov./Dec. 2006)

            Photoperiod
                        Limited inductive photoperiod (Jan. 2008)
                        Cyclic long-day lighting (Dec. 2007)

                        Providing long days (Jan. 2007)

                        Controlling photoperiod (Oct. 2002)

Miscellaneous
          Extending holding time for crops (Apr. 2008)

            How secure is your business (Dec 2006)

Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs)

 

            General use of PGRs
                        PGRs on perennials (June 2008)

                        Choosing growth regulators doesn't need to be a chore (Oct. 2007)
                        Graphical Tracking (July 2007)

                        PGR drench guidelines (Apr. 2007)

                        Recovering from a PGR overdose (Sept. 2006)

                        Know your application techniques (Aug. 2006)

                        PGR liner dips on bedding plants (Dec. 2005)

                        How to increase plant height (Aug. 2005)

                        Tips on growth retardants (Apr. 2004)

            Specific crops and chemicals 
                        Increasing poinsettia size (Oct. 2007)

                        Early PGR drench applications on poinsettias (Aug. 2007)  

                        Fascination on poinsettia (Sept. 2005)

                        Sumagic on bedding plants (Apr. 2005)

                        Managing perennial stock plants with Florel (Aug. 2004)

                        PGR rates and timing for plug production (Nov. 2003)

                        Florel on summer production of pansy (Apr. 2004)

Potted Plant Production

Potted orchid production
Flowering spring cactus

 

Propagation of Cuttings       
        Propagating poinsettias (Aug. 2007)

          How to manage stock plants (Dec. 2006)
        Successfully propagating cuttings takes planning (Aug. 2006)
        Managing light during propagation (June 2005)

Temperature
        Horizontal air flow (HAF) fans (May 2008)

        Using +DIF to lower fuel costs (Feb. 2007)
        Managing temperatures for the best spring crops (Jan. 2007)
        Temperature effects on floriculture crops and energy consumption (Nov./Dec. 2006)
        Avoiding ethylene problems (Nov. 2006)
        Temperatures affect growth (Apr. 2006)Optimize your temperatures (Dec 2004)