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Container Plant Production

Container Plant Production. Commercial Plant Production Build as you go. What do you see in this picture?. Irrigation. Large quantity of water. Dependable water source. Overhead irrigation. Drip irrigation on a smaller scale. Irrigation: Plants need water Cool root systems.

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Container Plant Production

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  1. Container Plant Production Commercial Plant Production Build as you go

  2. What do you see in this picture?

  3. Irrigation • Large quantity of water. • Dependable water source. • Overhead irrigation. • Drip irrigation on a smaller scale. • Irrigation: • Plants need water • Cool root systems

  4. Planting Density • High disease pressure. • More plants per acre. • Higher labor cost per acre. • Large amount of plant culture.

  5. Root System Considerations • Root system is above-ground. • Heating of growing medium during summer months. • May need winter protection in colder climates. • Potential for the roots to become pot-bound. • Confined root volume. • Frequent up-shifting to larger container. • Grower supplies all plant nutrition.

  6. Sizes of Plastic Nursery Containers;Injection-molded, Nursery Supplies

  7. Culture • Pest control • Staking • Fertilizing • Pruning • Watering • Weed control • Use herbicides with low water solubilities. • Transplanting • Blow over

  8. Weed Control • The more water soluble the herbicide, the faster it moves downward through the mix, and the greater the likelihood of damaging the crop. • Use preemergent herbicides with water solubilities LESS than ONE ppm.

  9. Recommended Herbicides (Whitcomb) • Barricade, Factor (prodiamine) @ 0.013 ppm water solubility • Goal (oxyfluorfen) @ 0.1 ppm • Treflan (trifluralin @ 0.3 ppm • Prowl, Pendulum, Southern WeedGrass Control (pendimethalin)@ 0.5 ppm • Ronstar (oxadiazon) @ 0.7 ppm • Gallery (isohexaben) @ 1.0 ppm • Rout is a combination of Goal and Surflan • Snapshot 80 DF is a combination of Gallery and Surflan • Snapshot 2.5 TG is a combination of Gallery and Treflan • Ornamental Herbicide II is a combination of Goal and Prowl

  10. Facilities • Production areas. • Gravel floor. • 4-6 inches base rock • 4-6 inches road gravel • Gravel roadways. • Drainage plan including proper grading of site. • State law in CA to recycle all irrigation water. • Retention pond. • Media preparation area. • Equipment storage. • Administrative offices. • Potting area. • Holding area . • Shipping dock. • Pesticide storage. • Parking. • Employee facilities.

  11. Bed and Road Layout

  12. Harvesting • 100% of the root system. • Easier harvest than B&B. • Year-round harvest.

  13. Container Production versus Field Production

  14. The End

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