Information and Resources for Growers
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Publications on the ProHort Website
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Professional Associations
Trade Magazines
On the ProHort website
Registration of wholesale and retail nurseries and plant brokers
Grades
and Standards as they apply to trees
Nursery Business Management - Can You Make a
Profit? New in 2002!
Online Publications
111 Websites and publications useful when starting a
wholesale nursery
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/people/yeagernursestart.htm
66 Irrigation publications useful to nurseries - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/people/yeager.htm
Tree Production - numerous publications useful for those in tree
production
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/treeproduce.htm
Shrub Production - numerous publications useful for those in woody shrub production - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/shrubproduce.htm
Groundcover Production - numerous publications useful for those in groundcover production - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/gcproduce.htm
Palm Production - numerous publications useful for those in
groundcover production
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/palmprod.htm
Floriculture - Check out the UF/IFAS Commercial Floriculture site for the latest floriculture information - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/floriculture/index.htm
UF/IFAS Landscape Plant Propagation Page - Propagation information listed for hundreds of plants - http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/lppi/index.htm
Featured Creatures - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/ - An EXTENSIVE list of insect and related pests of Florida. Includes biology, habits and control recommendations.
NutDef - Plant Nutrient Deficiency Database - great key to diagnosing
plant problems
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/nutdef/index.htm
Research Publications
Professional Associations
Trade Magazines
Registration of wholesale and retail nurseries and plant brokers.
The Division of Plant Industry (part of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) requires the registration of all nurseries (as well as stock dealers, agents, and plant brokers) and conducts inspections of nursery stock several times each year. Inspections of plants in nurseries substantially increases the probability of intercepting or detecting a serious pest before it becomes established or widely distributed.
Definitions:
Nursery Stock Dealer - Any person not a grower of nursery stock who buys or otherwise acquires nursery stock for the purpose of reselling or reshipping independently of any control of the nurseryman.
Plant Broker - Any person who transacts the transfer of plants from a seller to a buyer and who may or may not be in actual physical possession of the plants.
Agent - Any person selling or distributing nursery stock under the partial or full control of a nurseryman.
Nursery - any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is grown, propagated, or held for sale or distribution, except where aquatic plant species are tended for harvest in the natural environment.
Nurseryman - any person engaged in the production of nursery stock for sale or distribution.
Nursery stock - all plants, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbs, cuttings, grafts, scions, or buds grown or kept for or capable of propagation or distribution, unless specifically excluded by the rules of the department.
Much more information is available on this topic, along with frequently asked questions at the DACS website: http://doacs.state.fl.us/onestop/plt/plantinsp.html
This page last updated on 05/27/08