Week 5 Resources
Links to Resources on Scouting
University of Vermont website on scouting and monitoring
University of Massachusetts webpage on Floriculture - check out Fact Sheets in upper tool bar and scroll down for blog posts
Biocontrol Bytes blog
e-GRO - Electronic Growers Resources Online - check Alerts and Blog posts in upper tool bar
Greenhouse Canada digital edition
GrowerTalks newsletters
ONFloriculture blog- subscribe for information on webinars
Extension offices - NY. Nationally
Finding a diagnostic lab
Scouting article from Greenhouse Grower
Resources on nutrition - so you can figure out if it is abiotic or a disease
Fert, Dirt and Squirt - lots of information on nutrition for greenhouse crops
Key to diagnosing nutrient disorders from Neil Mattson
Northeast Greenhouse Conference webinar on abiotic disorders
A resource on doing plant tissue analysis
for identifying nutrient imbalances. This is from Penn State and i
included it because it tells you which part of the plant to sample for
some ornamental crops. There are other labs that will do plant tissue
analysis. The other important piece of information is how to use the
information that is provided. Like soil tests, the report should
include this information.
Here is a short article discussing edema and how to differentiate it from other problems
Here's a good article talking about mimics in visual diagnosis of plant nutrient disorders
Pour through method for testing EC and pH
Thrips resources
Thrips id key from Ontario