Starting A Greenhouse Business, Indiana Horticulture Congress, 2004
Table of Contents:
--Overview of the Greenhouse Business in Indiana
--Business Plan Basics
--Planning for a Greenhouse Business
--Marketing Greenhouse Products
--Building the Greenhouse
--Regulations and Laws Relating to Greenhouses
--Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Temperature, Humidity and Water
--Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Growing Media and Mineral Nutrition
--Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Pests and Diseases
--Greenhouse Crop Profiles
--Organizations, References, Suppliers
--For more Greenhouse information see Purdue Floriculture Extension at flowers.hort.purdue.edu
Overview of the Greenhouse Business in Indiana
"Overview of the Greenhouse Business in Indiana" by Allen Hammer (Purdue)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Business Plan Basics
"Business Plan Basics" by Maria I. Marshall (Purdue)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Planning for a Greenhouse Business
"Starting a Greenhouse Business" by Paul A. Thomas, William A. Thomas (University of Georgia)
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Marketing Greenhouse Products
"Marketing Greenhouse Products" by Robin G. Brumfield (Rutgers University)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Building the Greenhouse
"Greenhouses: A Place for Plants" by Larry J. Houser
Regulations and Laws Relating to Greenhouses
"List of Assistance and Regulatory Agencies for Starting in the Nursery Business" by James C. Sellmer and Michael N. Dana (Purdue) (pdf)
"Regulations and Laws Relating to Greenhouses" by Liz Maynard (Purdue)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Temperature, Humidity and Water
"Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Temperature, Humidity and Water" by Rob Eddy (Purdue)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Growing Media and Mineral Nutrition
"Physical Characteristics of Growing Mixes" by Claudio C. Pasian (Ohio State University)
"Greenhouse Substrates and Fertilization" by Douglas A. Bailey, William C. Fonteno, and Paul V. Nelson (NCSU) (pdf)
"Designing a Greenhouse Crop Fertilization Program" by Douglas A. Bailey and Paul V. Nelson (NCSU) (pdf)
Managing the Greenhouse Environment: Pests and Diseases
"Spring Greenhouse Bedding Plants" by Raymond A. Cloyd, Clifford S. Sadof, Karen K. Rane, Gail E. Ruhl, Elizabeth T. Maynard (Purdue) (pdf)
"Preventing Seedling Diseases in the Greenhouse" by Daniel S. Egel (Purdue)
"Developing an Integrated Pest Management Program for Nurseries" by Clifford S. Sadof and Bruno Moser (Purdue) (pdf) (html)
Greenhouse Crop Profiles
"Spring Bedding Plants, Hanging Baskets and Patio Plants" Presented by Liz Maynard (Purdue) and Butch Zandstra (Zandstra's Farm and Greenhouse)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
"Perennials for Profit" by Larry J. Houser
"Greenhouse Production of Flowering Hanging Baskets" J.R. Kessler, Jr. (Auburn University)(pdf)
"Garden Mum Production" by Adam Henning, Henning's Farm and Greenhouse
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
"Ornamental Potted Crops" by Allen Hammer(Purdue)
One Slide per Page (pdf)
Six Slides per Page (pdf)
Organic Greenhouse Production National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service/ATTRA
Greenhouse & Hydroponic Vegetable Production Resources on the Internet National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service/ATTRA
Greenhouse Tomato Handbook (Mississippi State University) (pdf)
Organizations, References, Suppliers
Floriculture Grower Organizations
Greenhouse Magazines
Greenhouse Reference Materials
Greenhouse Suppliers for Indiana

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