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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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