Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening

Propagation/Greenhouse Management

Unit 1.3 | Part 1 – 139
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*Books that are particularly useful, best places to
spend your money.

*Beytes, Chris (ed.). 2011. Ball RedBook, Volume 1:
Greenhouses and Equipment, 18th Edition. Greens-
boro Books.

Covers all aspects of greenhouse equipment—

the structures themselves, benches, irrigation,

curtains, environmental controls, machination,

and the greenhouse as a retail facility. The most

recent developments in greenhouse evolution

are discussed, as are the varieties of available

greenhouse structures, from freestanding

and gutter-connected greenhouses to shade

houses and open-roof greenhouses. Includes

information on how to market products and

how to operate a retail store from a greenhouse.

Cranshaw, Whitney. 2004. Garden Insects of North
America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

A comprehensive, user-friendly guide to the

common insects and mites affecting yard and

garden plants. Uses full-color photos and

concise, clear, scientifically accurate text, to

describe the vast majority of species associated

with shade trees and shrubs, turfgrass, flowers

and ornamental plants, vegetables, and fruits.

For particularly abundant bugs adept at

damaging garden plants, management tips are

also included. Provides basic information on

host plants, characteristic damage caused to

plants, distribution, life history, habits, and,

where necessary, how to keep “pests” in check.

Deno, Norman. 1994. Seed Germination Theory
and Practice, 2nd Printing. Self published, State Col-
lege, PA. naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/41278/PDF

Important reference on principles of seed

germination and the use of specific techniques

for a wide array of cultivated crops.

Dirr, Michael A., and Charles W. Heuser, Jr. 2006.
The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propaga-
tion: Seed to Tissue Culture, 2nd Edition. Cary, NC:
Varsity Press, Inc.

Over 1,100 species and their propagation

requirements by seeds, cuttings, grafting and

budding, and tissue culture are discussed in

detail.

*Dreistadt, Steve, and Mary Louise Flint. 2001.

Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and

Nurseries. Publication 3402. Oakland, CA: Uni-

versity of California Division of Agriculture and

Natural Resources.

Outstanding resource for developing a pest

management program.

Flint, Mary Louise. 1998. Pests of the Garden and

Small Farm and Garden: A Grower’s Guide to Using

Less Pesticide, Second Edition. Publication 3332.

Oakland, CA: Universitiy of California Division of

Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Excellent tool for the identification of common

greenhouse pests and pathogens.

Flint, Mary Louise, and Steve Dreistadt. 1998. Nat-

ural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to

Biological Pest Control. Publication 3386. Oakland,

CA: Universitiy of California Division of Agriculture

and Natural Resources.

A valuable resource for biological control of

pests and pathogens.

Greer, Lane. 2005. Plug and Transplant Production

for Organic Systems. ATTRA, National Center for

Alternative Technology (NCAT). http://www.attra.ncat.org/

attra-pub/PDF/plugs.pdf.

Describes the process of producing transplants

using methods that conform to National

Organic Program (NOP) regulations. Includes

information on containers, media, equipment,

nutrition, irrigation, pest management, and

more.

Hanan, Joe. 1998. Greenhouses: Advanced Technol-

ogy for Protected Horticulture. Boston, MA: CRC

Press.

Exhaustive reference on all aspects of

greenhouse design and management, written

principally from a conventional perspective, but

with much valuable information for the organic

grower.