Nutrient and Fertilizer Management

Cornell Resources:

Planning a Greenhouse Fertilization Program: Challenges in Plant Fertilization [2.5 MB .pdf] - Online slideshow discussing many fertilization topics such as pH control, alkalinity and fertilizer adjustments when growing plants cooler by Neil Mattson, Cornell University 2.5 MB .pdf | 16 MB .ppt

Fertilizer Management, Best Management Practices for Watershed Protection: Greenhouse Fertilizers – Tips for reducing environmental impacts by Thomas Weiler.

Nutrient Management: the key to growing healthy nursery crops in containers – Great reference for learning fertilizer fundamentals by George Good.

Links:

Floriculture Nutrition and Fertilizers - Factsheets from North Carolina State University.

1, 2, 3’s of PourThru - The basics behind this powerful technique for monitoring pH and EC in the container media of your crops by Brian Whipker, Todd Cavins, and William Fonteno.

Alkalinity Control For Irrigation Water Used in Greenhouses - Information about managing our water’s most important quality attribute by Douglas Bailey.

Basic Fertilizer Programs for Containerized Greenhouse Crops - Fertilizer recommendations for many common greenhouse crops by Douglas Cox.

Diagnosing Nutrient Disorders in Fruit and Vegetable Crops - Includes a visual diagnosis flow chart that is applicable to floriculture crops by Peter Bierman and Carl Rosen.

Greenhouse Substrates and Fertilization - Describes important attributes of container media and fertilizers and recommended nutrient ranges for many crops by Douglas Bailey, William Fonteno, and Paul Nelson.

Managing the pH of Container Media - The importance of container media pH and how to correct pH problems by Paul Fisher, William Argo.

Managing Soluble Salts - From Texas A&M University.

Natural Gas and Nitrogen Fertilizers - Describes why fertilizer and energy prices are linked from Mississippi State University.

Print resources:

Water and Nutrient Management for Greenhouses - Subjects include preparing stock solutions for proportioners, selecting substrates, interpreting leaf, substrate, and water test results, and estimating crop nutrient needs. by Thomas C. Weiler and Marty Sailus.