Greenhouse Management

Useful Links

Online Greenhouse Management, Design and Construction

http://www.uark.edu/~mrevans/4703/learning_units/unit_01/unit_01.html

Biological Controls

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/index.html

Greenhouse Managment and Fact Sheets

http://umass.edu/umext/floriculture/fact_sheets/greenhouse_management

Pest Management

            It is wise to consider an IPM program for pest control.  There are many websites that offer excellent information and practices.  Just Google; IMP and go from there.

Simple Aphid Spray

1 tsp Dish Soap

1/2 tsp Vegetable Oil

1 cup Rubbing Alcohol

3 cups Water

Mix and spray affected plants

Whitefly IPM 

Try the parasitic wasp Encarsia Formosa.  Check out what Mary Brown, Lincoln HS suggests

http://www.hortservicesinc.com/voag/yourcontributions.htm 

Annual Greenhouse Maintenance Checklist

What is DIF?

Insect Management Greenhouses

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pests/default.asp#commercial

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pests/default.asp#ornamental

Decision Making Handbook for Insect & Mite Pests of Ornamental Plants (PB1623)

Two-Spotted Spider Mites (SP290-D)

Whiteflies in Ornamentals (SP290-R)

Commercial Sources of Predators, Parasitoids and Pathogens (SP290-Z)

The National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association has a number of downloads on all sorts of greenhouse systems: http://www.ngma.com/secure/securedownload/download.htm