Greenhouse & Floriculture - Poinsettia Links

E-mail Paul Fisher if you have other Poinsettia links that are useful to growers.

Cut flower poinsettia

• Poinsettia cut flower information for growers
• Poinsettia cut flower information for floral designers
  
  

Cost analysis:

• An excellent example with calculations for poinsettia, Michigan
• Example budget with detailed labor breakdown, Texas
• Cost of IPM scouting for poinsettia, Pennsylvania

Marketing and Cultivars:

• General consumer preferences, Fischer
• National cultivar trials, summarizing results from several sites

Plant Breeders:

• Ecke
• Fischer
• Oglevee
• Selecta First Class
  
  (Check also Dummenusa.com for Dummen varieties.)

Scheduling (see also Production guides):

• Formula for estimating schedule for different cultivars and regions, Ecke
• Example schedule for southern crop, Texas
• Poinsettia Weekly Flower Development Photos

Cuttings and Propagation:

• Handling and propagation for unrooted cuttings, Oglevee
• Direct sticking, Ecke
• Propagation, Ecke

Production guides:

• An excellent overall review of factors to consider during production, and common problems, British Columbia
• Comments for pinching and photoperiod control in Southern locations, Texas
• How to grow different plant forms, Ecke
• How to avoid common mistakes, Fischer
• Cultural information for producing high quality Poinsettias, Fischer
• Overview of Poinsettia production, Ecke

Irrigation:

• Irrigation systems and water quality, Florida

 

Nutrition:

• Alkalinity control for irrigation water, NC State
• Medium-pH, including corrective lime and acid materials, New Hampshire
• Fertilization for poinsettia, Ecke
• Calcium foliar sprays, Ecke
• General nutrition program, Massachusetts
• Pourthru soil test method, NC State
• Nutrient and Pest Levels: Florasoil and Florapest:
  • FloraSoil and FloraPest information and order form
  • FloraSoil and FloraPest user manual

Height Control and Growth Retardants:

• Graphical tracking - how to do it, New Hampshire
• Graphical tracking - free UNH FloraTrack software from New Hampshire and Ecke
• Graphical tracking - private service
• Growth regulators, Ecke
• Growth retardant applications in southern locations, Texas
• Late Bonzi drenches, Massachusetts
• Late Bonzi drenches, Michigan
• Florel early applications, Ecke

Biology:

• Phytoplasma and branching

Problem Diagnosis:

• Diagnostic key, NC State
• Diagnostic key, Ecke
• Common cultural and shipping problems, Fischer
• Common disorders, Fischer

Pest Control (also see late season):

• Federal pest control chart of registered chemicals, check for your state before using
• Pesticide information database with many links to manufacturers, labels, safety info, Nebraska
• Pesticide label and MSDS database, CDMS (Private Corporation)
• Pesticide record keeping tables (check what is needed for your state)
• List of current pesticides and fungicides for poinsettia, along with useful comments, Griffin
• Whitefly biology and control, good article, Minnesota
• Survey of the pesticides (pest, disease, and weeds) used in Ohio greenhouse poinsettia production (prepared in 2000), including comments on effectiveness of each material, Ohio
• Insect screening, relevant to all greenhouse crops, Ecke
• Biological control of whitefly with very specific information, Massachusetts
• Marathon application tips, Olympic Hort
• Lewis and two-spotted mite, Rutgers
• Comprehensive information on biology and management of greenhouse pests, diseases, and weeds, photos, California

Disease control (also see "Late Season Production")

• General description of diseases, includes photos, symptoms and controls, Penn State
• Very good general article, practical information, Cornell
• Federal disease control chart of registered chemicals, check for your state before using
• Pesticide label and MSDS database, CDMS (Private Corporation)
• Scab, NC State
• Scab, Ecke
• Scab, Rutgers
• Comprehensive information on greenhouse diseases, California

Weed control:

• Comprehensive information on greenhouse weed control, California

Late Season Production:

• Late season improving final quality, Ecke
• Flower maturity effect on final quality, Ecke
• Bract edge burn, Rutgers
• Late season whitefly and disease management, Griffin/Rutgers
• Powdery mildew and cultivar susceptibility to botrytis, Rutgers

Post-production and Consumer Care:

• Post-production care and handling, Ecke
• Consumer care, NC State
• Customer care excellent a r ticle, includes reblooming, Rutgers
• Poinsettias are not poisonous - information for customers, Rutgers

Unit Conversion Tables:

• Online conversion software to change units
• Simple table, Texas

Books and videos:

• Paul Ecke, III, James E. Faust, Jack Williams, and Andy Higgins. The Ecke Poinsettia Manual, 2004. Ball Publishing, Batavia Illinois , The Paul Ecke Ranch, ISBN 1-883052-41-6, 287 pages. An excellent revision of an essential classic. Available from: www.ballpublishing.com.
  
  
• "Tips on Growing Poinsettias". 1990. 2nd Edition. OFA at 614.487.1117 , FAX 614.487.1216 , 2130 Stella Court, Suite 200 , Columbus , OH 43215-1033
  
  
• Roger Styer, GrowerVision on Poinsettia Production. Six-tape video series. Excellent training videos. Available through www.ballpublishing.com.
  
  
• New England Integrated Pest Management for Poinsettias - A Manual for Growers and Scouts, is available for $US10.00 per copy from the University of Connecticut, Office of Communications and Information Technology, U-35, 1376 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-4035. Postage and handling are included. Please make checks payable to University of Connecticut.