1. Nursery Operations
Hort 2: Objective 33.0

2. Nursery Production
Landscaping increases=demand for high quality nursery stock increases
Trees
Shrubs
Ground covers (ivy, monkey grass)
Vines

3. Top States in Nursery production
California
Oregon
Florida
Michigan
North Carolina!!!
Tennessee
Ohio

4. Growing Nursery Stock
Field grown production is being replaced by container grown plants because there is less
shock to plant, plants are easier to move, retailers can keep plants longer before selling, and insects, diseases and fertility and pH are easier to control in uniform media.
Container grown
Field grown

5. Disadvantages
Container grown plants have some disadvantages such as requiring more water, becoming pot-bound, requiring winter protection for cold climates, and having a higher start-up cost.
You have to transplant into a bigger pot so they don’t become pot-bound. Creates a lot of work keeping plants in the right size nursery pot
Pot-bound->
Roots have outgrown
the container.

6. Types of plants grown in a Nursery
C. Types of plants grown in containers vary from ground covers to trees.

7. Containers for growing nursery stock
Proper selection of containers should include several considerations such as cost, durability, appearance, insulation value to plant roots, shape, drainage, and size.

8. Media (Soils used in nursery production)
Growing mixes (media) should provide adequate drainage and aeration.
Add small bark particles

9. Spacing nursery pots
Space plants so that the tips of the branches almost touch those of other plants. Containers will have to be moved as plants get larger.
This can create a lot of manual labor in large nurseries.
Don’t want lop-sided plants!

10. Head em up…Move em out!
When a plant reaches its maximum recommended size or its container, is should be SOLD!
Otherwise, you are loosing money keeping it alive.