Floriculture Program
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Through educational programs, demonstrations, publications, and individual consultations, the Floriculture Program provides Long Island greenhouse and floriculture growers with up-to-date information on best management practices and recommendations for crop selection, crop production, pest management, business management, environmental issues, and applicable regulations. In addition the Floriculture Program conducts demonstration trials of annual plant and poinsettia cultivars as well as applied research on various aspects of integrated pest management and crop production. |
CONTACT
For questions regarding commercial greenhouse & floriculture contact:
Nora Catlin, PhD, Floriculture Specialist
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
Phone: 631-727-7850 x214
Email: nora.catlin@cornell.edu
For questions on home gardens contact:
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Horticulture Information Line
631-727-4126
RESOURCES
e-Gro Alert
An electronic resource for greenhouse growers, created by Floriculture Extension Specialists at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Purdue University, North Carolina State University, and University of New Hampshire. Each issue will focus on a single insect, disease, nutritional, environmental, or physiological growth problem and will contain color photographs. Sign up so you know what you need to be on the look out for.
To subscribe visit http://e-gro.org/alert.php, and click on ‘Subscribe' at the top.
Northeast Greenhouse Notes
An e-newsletter from the Floriculture Program at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County that provides information on upcoming local programs of interest, updates on various industry issues, and updates on current pest issues and cultural problems. Sign up so you can stay informed!
To sign up visit: http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=kqsvr8cab&p=oi&m=1102583613962 (Once you are on the sign-up page, make sure to select ‘Greenhouse Notes - Nora's List'.)
Facebook
A Facebook page including information on upcoming programs, various updates, and photos.
Like it here: http://www.facebook.com/LIGreenhouse
Agricultural News-Serving Suffolk County Agriculture and Horticulture Industries
A monthly publication from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County.
For more information and to subscribe, visit: http://ccesuffolk.org/subscribe-to-our-agriculture-publications/.
FACT SHEETS AND INFORMATON
IMPATIENS DOWNY MILDEW INFORMATION
Impatiens Downy Mildew Fact Sheet for Landscapers
Impatiens Downy Mildew in Home Gardens
Impatiens Downy Mildew – A Review (for greenhouse growers)
Alternative Plants to Garden Impatiens
Video of an Impatiens Plant from Exposure to Plant Collapse
Pictures of Symptoms of Impatiens Downy Mildew
Great Annuals For Shade - 4 page fact sheet
Great Annuals For Shade - trifold brochure
BOXWOOD BLIGHT
Boxwood Blight Fact Sheet - March 2013
Susceptibility of Boxwood Cultivars to Boxwood Blight (NC State University)
Boxwood Alternatives (from Vincent A. Simeone, Planting Fields Arboretum)
More Boxwood Blight information:
http://go.ncsu.edu/boxwood_blight_links
http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=3756&q=500388&caesNav=|
Other Useful Information
Susceptibility of Some Coleus Cultivars to Coleus Downy Mildew
LINKS
Cornell University Greenhouse Horticulture
http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/
NYS IPM Program - Nursery, Greenhouse, and Christmas Trees
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/nursery%5Fghouse/
Cornell Pest Management Guidelines
http://ipmguidelines.org/
Product, Ingredient, and Manufacturer System
http://pims.psur.cornell.edu
Pesticide Management Education Program
http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Pest Management
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/298.html
