Okeechobee County Extension Horticulture

Nursery Grower Information

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Commercial Nursery GROWERS:

Southeast Florida BMP Workshop: March 11, 2008 at Tradewinds Nursery in Stuart or  March 12 in Homestead.  Learn how to implement practices on your nursery that can save $ and reduce environmental problems  - click here for flyer on this program. 

Nursery Irrigation:  Nursery Growers must have a CUP or file an application for a C.U.P. or Notification of follow BMP by Thursday January 31, 2008 or risk substantial fines.  Click on Sea Grape Leaf for Word Document that outlines details of what a nursery grower needs to have done by 1/31/2008 if they want to avoid fines.  

Click here for presentation on Consumptive Use Permits from South Florida Water Management District  [by Tom Colios, 11/15/07 in West Palm Beach: a 8-page pdf file]  

SFWMD C.U.P. Application form [Form 0645-W01 Water Use Permit Application Form (RC-1A, RC-1W, RC-1G) (08/03)] are available as a WORD document or as a pdf document.  Other FORM 0645 TABLES are on line at  this SFWMD website. 

Thinking about Starting a Nursery?  UF Extension Specialist Dr. Tom Yeager links for you!  Click Here! 

    UF/IFAS-TREC has a class webpage {ORH 3254C} with a list of similar informational links; click here to go to the Readings page for Introductory Nursery Management.

   Want to see if nurseries are growing any profits?  See the results of the 2003-2004 Florida Nursery Survey by Drs. Alan Hodges and John Haydu; click below to see a pdf document that summarizes their findings:   Economic Impacts of the Florida Environmental Horticulture Industry in 2005.

Think Quality when growing or buying plants from a nursery:    Nursery Grades & Standards  - Links to References 

Ornamentals

Pest  Bulletins:  

For current Pest Alerts, click here

Container Nursery Growers:   

Florida's Best Management Practices for Container Nurseries  Manual is available - for the latest  copy, click here.

MONEY to help  implement these BMP's may be available at a later date; here is information about how the program worked in previous years:

• To download a copy of the informational brochure in a pdf file [Adobe Acrobat reader required]

• A copy of the application as a Word document, click here.

• To see  how the applications wereevaluated, see the Sample Nursery BMP Checklist. 

The application period has closed -  For information about future funding:

680 Tree Fact Sheets

514  Landscape Plant Fact Sheets

Links for Commercial Landscapers & Pest Management Professionals:

Landscape Irrigation Evaluation - Resource page

2006 UF/IFAS Pest Control Guide for Turfgrass Managers

Insect Management on Landscape Plants

Limited L&O Pesticide License Information package - 4/2007

Florida Green Industries: Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources

2003 Florida Sod Industry Report - Click here!

Last update: 02/25/2008 .

This page is maintained by  Dan Culbert

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