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GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY SAFETY
HGR017 Videos (2)
This video series looks at a critical management issue in the horticulture industry
— employee safety in greenhouses and nurseries. The management focus is on the
development and implementation of an effective safety program.
PART 1: THE SAFETY PROGRAM
Video
Part 1 explores some of the basic concepts necessary to the success of the program,
including four main steps that all safety programs should implement: assessment; prevention and training; response; and communications and support. 16
minutes.
PART 2: THE INDUSTRY IN ACTION
Video
Part 2 goes into the field to meet and talk with greenhouse and nursery managers who
are implementing outstanding safety training programs in well-known operations. Many
key components of each program are highlighted as topics cover training sessions, safety
committees, exercise programs, incentive plans, and insurance savings, government
regulations. 37 minutes.
THE GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION SERIES
HGR025 Video Series
Includes three videos (HGR026-HGR028) and a Teaching Guide.
BEDDING PLANT PRODUCTION
HGR026 Video
There’s something magical about watching a seed grow into a mature plant.
Bedding plants, such as colorful petunias and lobelia, are produced primarily from
speed. Under carefully controlled conditions, they are grown for home gardeners and
professional landscapers. This video details types and uses of bedding plants; seed
selection; media preparation and seed sowing; transplanting; growing on; and
marketing. 20 minutes.
FOLIAGE PLANT PRODUCTION
HGR027 Video
Foliage plants are popular today in homes, offices, and public buildings. From
this video you’ll learn about foliage plant equipment and facilities; propagation and
production media; conventional flat propagation methods; direct stick propagation; and
growing on. 20 minutes.
POTTED PLANT PRODUCTION
HGR028 Video
In the greenhouse environment, potted plants offer year-round production potential
and relatively high profit margins. This video gives you a thorough look at this
attractive area of the horticulture industry, with sections devoted to: marketing;
crop selection; general guidelines for production; photoperiodic plants; bulbs; and
gesneriads. 25 minutes.
HOW TO GROW PLANTS IN A GREENHOUSE
HGR036 Video
This color Video covers eight areas of growing plants in a greenhouse:
design options, greenhouse evaluation, planting mediums, growing greenhouse plants,
watering techniques, feeding greenhouse plants, pest/disease control and the annual
greenhouse cycle. 47 minutes.
INTRODUCTION TO GREENHOUSE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
HGR038 Video
This video provides a broad, thorough introduction to greenhouses and some important
concepts and practices of greenhouse management. Subjects covered include:
types of greenhouses, environmental factors (light, temperature, relative humidity, carbon
dioxide), irrigation and fertilization, safety, and maintenance factors. 25 minutes.
INTRODUCTION TO GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT
HGR039 Video
This video provides a broad introduction to important concepts and practices of
greenhouse management. Topics covered include: types of greenhouses,
environmental factors, irrigation and fertilization, and safety and maintenance
factors. 26 minutes.
WOODY PLANT PRODUCTION SERIES
HGR056 Video Series
Consists of two video programs (HGR-057-HGR058) on container and field grown plants.
CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS
HGR057 Video
This video looks at wholesale woody plant production. The focus is on plants
produced above ground in containers. You’ll meet many of the people who make
nursery production possible, from research directors to plant propagators and marketing
specialists. Learn many techniques to successful woody plant production, and
discover how this business depends on people to cultivate and maintain superior products.
FIELD GROWN PLANTS
HGR058 Video
This video explores the two major types of field-grown woody
plants: bare root, and balled and burlapped production. You’ll see why
climate and land price and quality factors are the main reasons for using field production
techniques, and also look at some methods that utilize a combination of field and
container methods to produce woody plants.