Tropical nursery manual : a guide to starting and operating a nursery for native and traditional plants / edited by Kim M. Wilkinson . . . [et al.]
Series: Agriculture handbook (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 732.Publisher: [Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 2014Description: xv, 376 p. : col. ill., maps, charts ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781951682507
- 22 REF635.012 TRO
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Reference | Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library | REF635.012 TRO 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0027707 |
Contents;
Getting started
1. Why start a tropical nursery for native and traditional plants?
2. Planning a tropical nursey
3. Defining the target plant
4. Crop planning: Propagation protocols, schedules, and records
Developing your nursery
5. Propagation environments
6. Growing media
7. Containers
Plant propagation
8. Collecting, processing and storing seeds
9. Seed germination and sowing options
10. Vegetative propagation
Plant care
11.Water quality and irrigation
12. Plant nutrition and fertilization
13. Beneficial microorganisms
14. Problem prevention and holistic pest management
Hardening, shipping, and outplanting
15. Hardening
16. Harvesting and shipping
17. Outplanting
Relationships, management, and learning
18. Working with people
19. Nursery management
20. Discovering ways to improve nursey practices and plant quality
Includes bibliographical references.
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