Okeechobee County Extension Horticulture

Commercial Nursery GrowerS    

Quick Page Links:      Consumptive Use Permits & Irrigation  Best Management Practices manual   Pest Alerts   Landscapers and Pest Control Operators     UF Tree & Shrub Fact Sheets    Other UF Horticulture Links 

The Ultimate Reference for Landscape Plant resources:   http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/masterindex.shtml 

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Nursery Producers

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UF/IFAS Plant Propagation Database

Commercial Nursery GROWERS:

Looking for the right Pesticide?  Review these UF Bulletins to see the latest recommendations: 

 Commercial Foliage and Woody Ornamental Arthropod Pest Management (ENY-311) (6/2006)

Safety for Tree Nursery Operations:  from Florida AgSafe, a manual and PowerPoint presentation for tree nurseries to use in employee safety programs. Included forms can be personalized with specific information for your nursery. Click here to go to FL AgSafe page.

Nursery Irrigation:  Nursery Growers must have a CUP or file an application for a C.U.P. or Notification of follow BMP after Thursday January 31, 2008 or risk substantial fines.   

Click here for Word Document that outlines details of what a nursery grower needs to do. 

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]  

Thinking about Starting a Nursery?  Visit this page to learn more about starting a nursery:  http://extension.ifas.ufl.edu/agriculture/nursery_and_greenhouse/getting_started.html 

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

Producing quality trees:  Learn about the steps in growing high quality woody ornamentals at this site - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/nursery_production.shtml 

Want to see if nurseries are growing any profits?  See the results of a survey by Drs. Alan Hodges and John Haydu:  Economic Impacts of the Florida Environmental Horticulture Industry in 2005.

Ornamentals

Pest  Bulletins:  

For current Pest Alerts, click here

Container Nursery Growers:   

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

680 Tree Fact Sheets

514  Landscape Plant Fact Sheets

Links for Commercial Landscapers & Pest Management Professionals:

Landscape Irrigation Evaluation - Resource page

2009 UF/IFAS Pest Control Guide for Turfgrass Managers

Insect Management on Landscape Plants

Limited Governmental or Private Applicator Certification Information package

Limited Certificate - Commercial Landscape Maintenance Information package

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

 For Sod Production information, Click here!

Last update: 07/20/2011 .

This page is maintained by  Dan Culbert

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