Specialty Cut Flower Information
November 2008
General
Cut Flower Production, 2007, 18 pp, notes from S. SAWG Conf.
Specialty Cut Flower Production and Marketing, 2006, 36 pp, ATTRA
Southeast Outdoor Cut Flower Manual, 57 pp
Dried and Fresh Cut Flowers, 1993, 7 pp, North Dakota State Univ.
Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Producing Cut Flowers—General Field
Crop Management, 1991, 7 pp, Univ. of Maryland
Specialty Cut Flowers: A Commercial Growers Guide, 1992, 33 pp, Kansas State
Univ.
Field Cut Flower Production: An Alternative Income Consideration, 2000, p 4,
North Dakota State Univ.
Growing and Marketing Cut Flowers, 1999, 5 pp, Louisiana State Univ.
Business/marketing
Market Gardening: A Start-up Guide, 2002, 16 pp, ATTRA
Economic Feasibility of Fresh Cut Flower Production in Tobacco Transplant
Greenhouses, 1997, 4 pp, Virginia Tech
Wholesale Cut Flowers: Selling Sustainability Produced Cut Flowers to Retailers,
2006, 6 pp, Rodale Institute
Specialty Flowers: A Small-Scale Agriculture Alternative, 1990, 5 pp, UC
Davis
BOSTON Ornamental Terminal Prices: Federal - State Market News Service, USDA
Production
Fertilization of Field-grown Specialty Cut Flowers. 1995, p 8, Kansas State
Univ.
Varieties/plant selection
Maintaining a Succession of Cut Flowers, 1994, 6 pp, Univ. of Maryland
Perennials for Cut Flowers, 1998, 3 pp, Univ. of Vermont
Field Grown Annuals for Cut Flowers; 2003, 4 pp; Univ. of Mass
Woody Ornamentals for Cut Flower Growers, 2002, 11 pp, ATTRA
Gerbera Daisies: A Potential Field-produced Cut Flower Crop for Coastal South
Carolina, 1997, 5 pp, Purdue
Commercial Specialty Cut Flower Production: Zinnias, 1993, 8 pp, Kansas State
Univ.
Commercial Specialty Cut Flower Production: Sunflowers, 1993, 8 pp, Kansas State
Univ.
Using Coralbells as Cut Flowers, 2003, 3 pp, Univ. of Mass
Commercial Specialty Cut Flower Production: Gladiolus, 1993, 8 pp, Kansas
State Univ.
High Tunnel
Hoophouse
dreams – building a beginning, 3 pp
1998 Hoop House Cut Flower Trial, 1998, 2 pp, Noble Foundation
High Tunnel.org
Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management for Cut Flower Growers, p 6 (not printed out), Univ.
of Conn.
Insect Problems in Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers, 2003, p 6 (not
printed out), Univ. of Mass
Weed management
Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers, 2002, 6 pp; Univ. of Mass
Post harvest
Sugar and Acidity in Preservative Solutions for Field-Grown Cut Flowers. 2003, 5
pp, Univ. of Mass
Cold Storage for Specialty Cut Flowers and Plant Material. 1994, 12 pp,
Kansas State Univ.
2000 Evaluation of Postharvest Life of Selected Fresh-Cut Flowers and Greenery,
2000, 7 pp, Kansas State Univ.
1998 Evaluation of Postharvest Life of Selected Fresh-cut Flowers (Helenium,
Cosmos, "Hardy Amaryllis" (Lycoris squamigera?), annual sunflowers, snow-on-the-
mountain, Beebalm 'Lambda') , 1998, 6 pp, Kansas State Univ.
1997 Evaluation of Postharvest Life of Perennial Fresh-cut Flowers, 1997, 8 pp,
Kansas State Univ.
1995 Production and Postharvest Evaluation of Fresh-cut Sunflowers, 1995, 11 pp,
Kansas State Univ.
Postharvest Handling of Fresh Cut Flowers and Plant Material, 1997, 12 pp,
Kansas State Univ.
Postharvest handling of six more field-grown cut flowers -- Astilbe,
Gladiolus, Helianthus, Liatris, Lilium, Zinnia, 2003, 4 pp, Univ. of Mass
Fresh Cut Flower Handling for Retail Florists, 1998, 47 pp, Kansas State Univ.
Water Quality: Why it is so important for Florists. 2000, 4 pp, Kansas State
Univ.
Postharvest Handling Tips for Some Spring Flowering Bulbs, 2003, 4 pp, Univ. of
Mass.
The Care and Handling of Cut Flowers, 4 pp, Oklahoma State Univ.
Harvest
Harvest Systems: The Collection of Activities for Gathering and Handling
Field-grown Specialty Cut Flowers, 1995, 20 pp, Kansas State Univ.
Associations/networks
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Growing for Market
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (S SAWG)
Other resources
Cut Flower Production and Handling Guidesheets, Purdue University
Outdoor Specialty Cut Flowers, North Carolina State University
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