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Tropical nursery manual : a guide to starting and operating a nursery for native and traditional plants / edited by Kim M. Wilkinson . . . [et al.]

Contributor(s): 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
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22 REF635.012  TRO
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Book Reference 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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