Transcription of MASSACHUSETTS GREENHOUSE PRACTICES GUIDE
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MASSACHUSETTS GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDE Cover page photos: Tina Smith, UMass Extension TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .. iii OVERVIEW OF BEST MANAGEMENT 1 TYPES OF 1 SITE PLANNING: stormwater AND 3 WATER: SUPPLY AND SOURCES .. 7 PROTECTING GROUNDWATER FROM 12 WATER ANALYSIS .. 14 WATER QUALITY FOR CROP 17 IRRIGATION 30 EFFECTS OF GROWING MEDIA ON WATER AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT .. 34 NUTRIENT MANAGMENT .. 40 SOIL TESTING .. 51 FERTILIZER STORAGE AND 60 MASSACHUSETTS PROHIBITED PLANTS .. 65 WORKER PROTECTION 67 PESTICIDE STORAGE, HANDLING AND 69 PESTICIDES AND GROUNDWATER PROTECTION .. 77 PESTICIDE 81 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT .. 84 PEST MANAGEMENT: PROPER USE OF PESTICIDES .. 91 DISEASE MANAGEMENT .. 95 PLANT PROBLEM DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE .. 107 WEED MANAGEMENT .. 109 ANIMAL DAMAGE MANAGEMENT.
stormwater and wastewater management. Consider directing rainwater from greenhouses to a retention pond or constructed wetland to allow most sediment to settle out before it reaches a brook or stream. For gutter-connected greenhouses, consider installing a rainwater harvesting system to store some of the water to use for irrigation.
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