Mark Halcomb, retired UT Area Extension Specialist, developed these handouts, sometimes in collaboration with other specialists, but more often as the sole author, as a resource for nursery growers and agents during his career working with the Green Industry in Middle Tennessee.
Beginning in Nursery Production
- Getting Started
- Striving to Become a Better Manager
- Reference Books, Magazines, Associations
- Comparison of Production Systems
- Common Plant Names to Botanical Names
- Woody Plant Names-Botanical to Common Names
- Perennial Plant Names-Botanical to Common Names
- Ornamental Grass Plant Names-Botanical to Common Names
- Fruit Plant Names-Botanical Names to Common Names
Container Production
- Container Production Handout
- Containers per acre Chart
- Container Production Task Calendar
- pH Adjustment in Containers
- Container Weights and Number per Semi-Trailer
- Do’s and Don’ts in Containers
- Troubleshooting Container Problems
- Water Test for Irrigation Suitability
- Washing Used Containers
Fertility
- Lime Value
- Soil pH Explained
- Optimum pH and Salt Tol. of Orn, Fruit, Veg, Turf
- Maintenance Fertilizer Sidedress Rates
- Amount per Plant Table
- Diagram using 27-4-10
- Diagram using 13-13-13
- Diagram using 34-0-0
Weed Control in Container, Field & Landscape
- Preface
- Introduction to Weed Management
- Container Weed Control
- Field Nursery Weed Control
- Rainfast, days active, etc.
- Footnotes for Tables A & B, Print to use
- Table A: Preemergence – Nursery Crops (Requires 8.5″ x 14″ paper)
- Table B: Postemergence – Nursery Crops (Requires 8.5″ x 14″ paper)
- Table 1-for Preemergence of Herbaceous Plants
- Table 2-for Postemergence of Herbaceous Plants
- Weed Susceptibility to Herbicides
- Herbicide Options: Directions & Precautions
- Herbicide Chemical Name-Brand Name
- Cross Reference of Annual, Perennial & Herbaceous Ground Covers-Botanical to Common Name
- Nutsedge Control
- Sprayer Calibration
- Sprayer Calibration Sheet
Field Production
- Field Production Handout
- Plant Spacing Chart
- Field Production Task Calendar
- Plant Potted Liners Safely
- Soil Types Favorable for Nursery
- Crops Suggested for Plateau
- Crops Tolerant of Moist Sites
- Summer Cover Crops for Row Middles
- Alternative to Clover for Middles
- Do’s and Don’t in Field Nursery
- Rootball Weights
- Rootballs per Semi-Trailer
- Conifer Pruning Times
- Deer Control Ideas
General
- ANLA Nursery Standards
- Chemical Class Chart
- Find a Pesticide Label
- Units of Measure
- Time Management in Nursery
- Liner Care upon Arrival
- pH of Spray Water
- Root Killing Temperature Table
- Root Killing Temperature Explanation
- Sweating to Break Dormancy
Insect & Disease Control
- Horticultural Oil-Correct Use
- UT Pub#1589-Commercial Insect Control
- Calibration of Air Blast Sprayer Step by Step
- Borer Control
- Borer & other Wounds-Images
- Disinfectants for Pruning Tools
- Dogwood Powdery Mildew
- Dogwood Powdery Mildew Fung Table
- Bagworm Control
- Southern Blight Prevention
- Prevent Disease in Bareroot Barn
- Identify Flatheaded Appletree Borer
- Sprayer Winterization
- Fire Ant Control with Bait
- Fire Ant-Drench Pots & B&B for Certification
- Fire Ant-Vicon Spreader Calibration Steps
- Fireblight
- Gummosis in Prunus
- Miticide Table
- Lichens
- Scale: White Peach and Japanese Maple
Pot-N-Pot Production
Production Guides
- Dogwood
- Flowering Shrubs
- Garden Mums
- Hemlock
- Foster Holly
- Hydrangea
- Maple Trees
- Oak Trees
- Oak-leaf Hydrangea
- Peach Tree
- White Pine
- Yew
- Seedbed Management
- Construction of Propagation Beds
Sources
- Liners: rooted, budded, from seed
- Sales Yards in Middle Tennessee
- Fruit Trees, Berry Plants
- Motels in Warren Co. area
- Allied Goods: Digging Supplies, Irrigation, Fertilizer
- Container Producers in Middle Tennessee
- Perennial Producers in Middle Tennessee
- Groundcover, Vine Producers in Middle Tennessee