Nutrient and fertilizer management

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Neil Mattson
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture
nsm47@cornell.edu

Nutrient and fertilizer management

Cornell Resources:

New: Fertilizer Calculations and Practice Questions - This article walks you through the process of calculating how much fertilizer to use to achieve your desired rate. Includes several practice questions, a practice exercise, and an answer sheet. By Neil Mattson, Cornell University

Testing Fertillizer Injector and Stock Tank Preparation [84 K .pdf] - This exercise guides you the process of testing that your fertilizer stock tank was mixed correctly and checking injector calibration, includes troubleshooting steps. By Neil Mattson, Cornell University

Don't get burned: Managing salts in greenhouse production [1.5 MB .pdf] - Online slideshow focuses on sources of salt problems in greenhouse substrates and management tools solve salt problems. 1.5 MB .pdf | 3.5 MB .ppt

Planning a Fall Garden Mum Fertilization Program [2.8 MB .pdf] - Online slideshow covers the basics of a liquid feed or controlled release program for outdoor mum production; and includes photos and solutions for common nutrient disorders. 2.8 MB .pdf | 7.9 MB .ppt

Planning a Greenhouse Fertilization Program: Challenges in Plant Fertilization [2.5 MB .pdf] - Online slideshow discussing many fertilization topics such as pH control, alkalinity and fertilizer adjustments when growing plants cooler by Neil Mattson, Cornell University 2.5 MB .pdf | 16 MB .ppt

Fertilizer Management, Best Management Practices for Watershed Protection: Greenhouse Fertilizers [1 MB .pdf] - Tips for reducing environmental impacts by Thomas Weiler.

Nutrient Management: the key to growing healthy nursery crops in containers - Great reference for learning fertilizer fundamentals by George Good.

Links:

Floriculture Nutrition and Fertilizers - Factsheets from North Carolina State University.

1, 2, 3's of PourThru - The basics behind this powerful technique for monitoring pH and EC in the container media of your crops by Brian Whipker, Todd Cavins, and William Fonteno.

Alkalinity Control For Irrigation Water Used in Greenhouses - Information about managing our water's most important quality attribute by Douglas Bailey.

Basic Fertilizer Programs for Containerized Greenhouse Crops - Fertilizer recommendations for many common greenhouse crops by Douglas Cox.

Diagnosing Nutrient Disorders in Fruit and Vegetable Crops - Includes a visual diagnosis flow chart that is applicable to floriculture crops by Peter Bierman and Carl Rosen.

Greenhouse Substrates and Fertilization - Describes important attributes of container media and fertilizers and recommended nutrient ranges for many crops by Douglas Bailey, William Fonteno, and Paul Nelson.

Managing the pH of Container Media - The importance of container media pH and how to correct pH problems by Paul Fisher, William Argo.

Managing Soluble Salts - From Texas A&M University.

Natural Gas and Nitrogen Fertilizers - Describes why fertilizer and energy prices are linked from Mississippi State University.

Print resources:

Water and Nutrient Management for Greenhouses - Subjects include preparing stock solutions for proportioners, selecting substrates, interpreting leaf, substrate, and water test results, and estimating crop nutrient needs. by Thomas C. Weiler and Marty Sailus.