producing nursery crops
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Producing Nursery Crops
Term: Nursery Crops
Plant: Clematis
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Clematis
• Deciduous Vine• Many Varieties• USDA Zone 4 – 9• Height 10-12’• Blooms – mid spring to mid summer – white,
pink, purple • Full Sun• Propagate from soft or semi-softwood cuttings• Needs a support and wire to grow on• Grows best if roots are shaded
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Nursery Crops
• Perennial plants grown for the landscape industry.
• Includes trees, shrubs and ground covers, but usually not flowers (usually greenhouse crops)
• Can be large or small operations.
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Types of Nurseries
• Field Grown
• Container Grown
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Field (in ground) nurseryvs. Container nursery
• Nursery plants grown in maintained garden plots – need good Nursery plants grown in maintained garden plots – need good quality sitequality site
• Trees grow better, no blow-overTrees grow better, no blow-over• Less water & labor intensiveLess water & labor intensive• Can be balled & burlap or bare-rootCan be balled & burlap or bare-root• Only small plants can be harvested as bare-rootOnly small plants can be harvested as bare-root• Only harvest when dormant Only harvest when dormant • Trees require large specialized equipmentTrees require large specialized equipment• Product is heavy and field soil must be replacedProduct is heavy and field soil must be replaced
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Bareroot Plants
• Grow in very loose medium
• Very common for forestry trees
• Plants sold at 2 or 3 years old
• Harvest when dormant – plant before emerge in spring
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Root growth
• Growing field nursery plants requires special knowledge and care of the root systems
• Different plants have different shaped roots
• Few trees or shrubs have tap roots
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Tree Spade
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Container Nursery
• Requires less land than field nursery• Shorter production cycle (6 mos – 2 years)• Daily irrigation is required• Harvest year round• Must protect from extreme heat and cold• More efficient for small shrubs• Need ground cover for weed control• Easier to use fertigation system
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New methods
• In-ground fabric containers (grow bags)– Allow moisture exchange with soil– Insulate against extreme temperatures
• Pot in pot– Large pot is sunk into the ground and a
smaller containerized stock is grown inside of the larger
• Cellugro– Uses cells instead of containers
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Containers
• 1 gallon is standard size for most small perennials
• Sized from 1 to 45 gallons
• #10 pot holds about 10 gallons
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Meadow Farms
• Meadows Farms, Inc. is one of the largest independently owned nursery and garden centers in the country
• 23 retail locations
• 750 employees, and a
• Landscape facility housing 39 designers and sending out over 70 crews a day.
• A nursery growing operation,
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Local Companies