Survey of Best Management Practices in Container Production Nurseries

Fain, Glenn B.; Gilliam, Charles H.; Tilt, Ken M.; Olive, John W.; Wallace, Beth

doi:10.24266/0738-2898-18.3.142

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“…Facing this situation, industry must learn how to effectively manage water use in the nursery. Several states are encouraging nurseries to implement BMPs and surveys have shown that nurseries can be proactive in addressing environmental issues related to production of container-grown crops (Fain et al, 2000;Garber et al, 2002).…”

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Survey of Container Nursery Irrigation Practices in West-central Florida: An Educational Opportunity

Schoene¹,

Yeager²,

Haman³

2006

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A survey was conducted of nursery operators participating in workshops in west-central Florida. The purpose of the survey was to identify the irrigation best management practices (BMPs) adopted by container nurseries in west-central Florida and obtain information regarding emphasis of future extension educational programs. Workshops were conducted in Hillsborough County, Fla., and Manatee County, Fla., and participation was voluntary. Respondents were asked about BMPs used in the nurseries according to the irrigation system used and it was found that the majority of the nurseries relied on well water as the primary source for irrigation. While 69% of the nurseries monitored uniformity of microirrigation systems, only 35% monitored uniformity of overhead irrigation systems. Thirty-four percent of the nurseries collected irrigation or rain runoff and 9% knew the water holding capacity of their substrate. Most of the nurseries grouped plants by irrigation requirements (74%) and grouped container sizes by irrigation requirements (69%). The survey indicates that many BMPs are not widely adopted by nurseries in west-central Florida. The information from this survey can be used as a guide to focus the efforts of university extension educational programs to achieve greater adoption of BMPs.

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Survey of Container Nursery Irrigation Practices in West-central Florida: An Educational Opportunity

Schoene¹,

Yeager²,

Haman³

2006

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“…Unlike the greenhouse and fl oriculture industries, there is little information on nutrient recycling in container nursery culture (Gori and Lubello, 2000). Some container nurseries have used retention ponds to capture leachates and recycle them through the irrigation systems (Fain et al, 2000). However, without HORTSCIENCE 39(1): 60-64.…”

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Growth and Nutrient Status of Six Species of Nursery Stock Grown in a Compost-based Medium with Recycled Nutrients

Chong¹,

Lumis²,

Purvis³

et al. 2004

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Rooted cuttings of `Antonovka' apple, `Lynwood Gold' forsythia, double-flowered kerria, common ninebark, `Goldfinger' potentilla, and `Red Prince' weigela were grown in 2-gal (6-L) nursery containers filled with 1:1 (by volume) of waste compost and composted pine bark, under three fertilizer regimes: 1) liquid nutrients [target concentrations in ppm (mg.L-1): NH4-N, 13; NO3-N, 100; P, 28; K, 120; Ca, 92; Mg, 13; Fe, 1.3; Mn, 0.27; Zn, 0.23; Cu, 0.05; B, 0.22; Mo, 0.05; Na, <50; Cl, <50; and SO4 <300] delivered and recycled twice per day via a computer-controlled multifertilizer injector; 2) same nutrient formula and concentration rate delivered fresh via the injector but without recycling; and 3) Nutryon (Polyon) 17-5-12 controlled-release fertilizer incorporated into the medium at a rate of 11 lb/yd3 (6.5 kg·m-3). With recycled liquid nutrients, all species grew the same or more than with nonrecycled nutrients, and generally the poorest growth was with controlled-release fertilizer. Foliar concentrations of K (all species), N (all species), P (forsythia, kerria, potentilla, and weigela), and Mn (forsythia, potentilla, and weigela) were higher in plants supplied with recycled and/or nonrecycled nutrients than in those supplied with controlled-release fertilizer, while foliar concentrations of Ca (ninebark and kerria) and Mg (apple, kerria, ninebark, potentilla, and weigela) were lower. Compared to nonrecycled liquid nutrients, the amounts of individual recycled nutrients were reduced by (percentage in brackets): NH4-N (30), NO3-N (78), P (76), K (46), Ca (93), Mg (96), Fe (52), Mn (43), Zn (55), Cu (60), B (83), and Mo (66).

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“…growing recognition that intensive plant production operations are having a significant impact on the local environment. Starting in the early 1980s, a number of nursery researchers recognized that many best management practices could be implemented that would improve resource use efficiency, increase productivity, and reduce the overall environmental impacts of those practices (Wright and Niemiera 1987;Yeager et al 1997;Fain et al 2000;Bilderback 2001;Yeager et al 2007). This culminated in the development of the first set of Best Management Practice (BMP) guidelines for the nursery industry (Yeager et al 1997), which was significantly reviewed and updated by Yeager et al (2007).…”

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confidence: 99%