Tomato

The Greenhouse & Processing Crops Research Centre in Harrow, Ontario, Canada, produced an excellent production bulletin: "Growing greenhouse tomatoes in soil and soilless media" (.pdf file)

Mississippi State University:
Greenhouse Tomatoes http://www.msucares.com/crops/comhort/greenhouse.html

Bulletin on Environmental Control for Greenhouse Tomatoes (.pdf file)

Rick's Vegetable Resource Page http://www2.msstate.edu/~ricks/

There is now also a very good bulletin, the Greenhouse Tomato Handbook on-line: http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1828.htm, (or download the .pdf file) a bulletin on Calibrating Injectors for Greenhouse Tomatoes: http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2037.htm, and a spreadsheet on fertilizer management: http://msucares.com/pubs/bulletins/b1003.htm

Starting Vegetable Transplants: http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1995.htm

Hydro-Gardens: ...on StartingTomato Seeds http://www.hydro-gardens.com/Tomatoseedpapers.htm

North Florida Research and Extension Suwannee Valley:

Keys to successful tomato and cucumber production in perlite media edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS169 (.pdf version)

Nutrient solution formulations for hydroponic tomatoes in Florida edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV216 (.pdf version)

List of Publications http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/greenhouse_rpts.htm

Extension Report 98-11-Evaluation of Greenhouse Cluster Tomatoes http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/gh_cluster_tomatoes.htm

Evaluation of Greenhouse Tomato Varieties http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/Reports%20HTML/2000-02_report.htm

Ohio State University: Decision Support for Growing High Quality, High Yield Hydroponic Tomatoes-An Interactive and Graphical Primer http://www2.oardc.ohio-state/hydroponics/. Describes pH, EC, temperature and other parameters for tomato production at different growing stages. Also has links to tomato disease and disorder diagnostic sites.

Oregon State University Production guidelines for greenhouse tomatoes. http://www.orst.edu/Dept/NWREC/tomatogh.html

University of Arizona: Growing Tomatoes Hydroponically. Information on greenhouses, growing media, pollination, pests, nutrient solutions, CO2 enrichment, marketing, publications and links. Also contains interactive pruning quiz. Excellent site for hydroponics information.

 

Cucumber

The Harrow Research Station: Papadopoulos, A. P. Growing greenhouse seedless cucumbers in soil and in soilless media. Research Centre Harrow, Ontario, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Publication 1902/E. (.pdf file)

University of Florida: Keys to successful tomato and cucumber production in perlite media. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/HS/HS16900.pdf.

University of Florida: Greenhouse Cucumber Production - Florida Greenhouse Vegetable Production handbook, Vol3. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CV/CV26800.pdf.

Evaluation of mini-cucumber cultivars http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/Reports%20HTML/2003-04_report.htm

Kansas State University: Marr, C. W. Commercial Greenhouse Production: Greenhouse Cucumbers. MF-207 5. (.pdf file)

Texas A&M University: Greenhouse Cucumber Production. aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/greenhouse/hydroponics/cucumber.html.

Beit Alpha cucumber: A New Greenhouse Crop for Florida. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/cv277

Successful Beit Alpha cucumber Production in the Greenhouse using pine bark as an alternative soilless media. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). http://www.hos.ufl.edu/protectedag/beit%20alpha%20ht.pdf

 

Pepper

Guide to Commercial Greenhouse Sweet Bell Pepper Production in Alberta. Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp2873?OpenDocument

Production of Sweet Bell Peppers. Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development. http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp4523

HORTFACT-Growing Greenhouse Capsicums. The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited. http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts/hf359001.htm

Production of greenhouse-grown peppers in Florida. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs228

Jovicich, Elio, John J. Vansickle, and Daniel J. Cantliffe.  2003.  Returns to Management of Greenhouse-Soilless-Grown Bell Peppers in Florida.  www.hos.ufl.edu/protectedag/ASHS2003-Jovicich.pdf.

Squash

Add variety to Your Greenhouse and Table with Hydroponically Grown ‘Baby’Squash. Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. http://www.hos.ufl.edu/protectedag/ACTAsquash04.pdf

 

Lettuce, Spinach, and Pak Choi

Cornell: Publications of the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Program of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. These include extensive on-line handbooks on hydroponic lettuce, spinach and Pak-choi production. http://www.bee.cornell.edu/extension/CEA/handbook_home.htm

Greenhouse lettuce, greens and herbs. Univ. of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. http://www.uky.edu/Ag/NewCrops/introsheets/lettuceintro.pdf

Specialty Lettuce & Greens: Organic Production. http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/lettuce.html

Utah State University: Research: Lettuce Studies. http://www.usu.edu/cpl/research_lettuce.htm

 

Melons

Galia Muskmelons: Evaluation for Florida Production. HS919 Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs147

 

Herbs and Medicinals

Alberta Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Greenhouse Production of Medicinal Plants http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/crops/special/medconf/mirza.html

Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs Mainly promotes book but has question page and herb of the month feature with 12 months archived. http://www.freshcutherbs.com

The Herb Growing and Marketing Network P.O. Box 245, Silver Spring, PA 17575-0245 phone 717-393-3295 fax 717-393-9261 http://www.herbnet.com

International Herb Association http://www.iherb.org

North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines http://ncmedicinalherbs.org

NC State
North Carolina Flower Growers' Bulletin: Success with Container Production of Twelve Herb Species (.pdf file)

North Florida Research and Extension Center-Suwannee Valley
Evaluation of six basil cultivars grown in a vertical hydroponic production system inside a greenhouse http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/Reports%20HTML/99-6_basil.htm

Bulletin 99-5 Comparison of Six Soilless Media in a Vertical Production System (Verti-Grow TM) for Basil http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/Reports%20HTML/99-5_soilless_media.htm

Organic Nutrient Sources in the Production of Greenhouse Hydroponic Basil http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/Reports%20HTML/2003-08.htm

Richter's Herb Specialists Goodwood, Ontario, Canada L0C 1A0 Tel. 905.640.6677 Fax. 905.640.6641 http://www.richters.com

mary_peet@ncsu.edu

 

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