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  • A Reference Guide to Plant Care, Handling and Merchandising
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  • Ornamentals Home
  • Texas Greenhouse Management Handbook
    • Greenhouse Structures
    • Greenhouse Heating Requirements
    • Growing Media
    • Growing Media & pH
    • Fertilizing Greenhouse Crops
    • Diagnosing Nutritional Deficiencies
    • Irrigating Greenhouse Crops
    • Monitoring the Quality of Irrigation Water
    • Treating Irrigation Water
    • Managing Soluble Salts
    • Treating and Recycling Irrigation Runoff
    • Air, Water And Media… Putting Them All Together
    • Additional References for Greenhouse Management
  • The Texas Poinsettia Producers Guide
    • Introduction to the Texas Poinsettia Producers Guide
    • History of Poinsettia Production
    • Poinsettia Forms and Styles
    • Poinsettia Economics & Marketing
      • Poinsettia Economics & Marketing – Table 1
      • Poinsettia Economics & Marketing – Table 2
    • Poinsettia Cultural Characteristics
    • Poinsettia Cultivars
    • Poinsettia Production Schedule
    • Poinsettia Height Control
      • Poinsettia Plant Height References
    • Selecting a Poinsettia Growing Medium
    • Poinsettia Water Quality
    • Poinsettia Irrigation
    • Poinsettia Nutrition
      • Poinsettia Nutrition – Tables
    • Poinsettia Insect & Mite Management
      • Poinsettia Insect & Mite Management – Tables
    • Poinsettia Diseases & Control
      • Common Diseases of Poinsettias
    • Common Poinsettia Disorders
    • Conversion Tables for Poinsettia Producers Guide
    • Additional References for Poinsettia Producers
  • A Reference Guide to Plant Care, Handling and Merchandising
    • Sales & Customer Service
    • In-Store Plant Care & Merchandising
    • 10 Ways to Achieve Shrink Control
    • Plant Selection & Consumer Needs
    • Light, Temperature and Humidity
    • Water and Water Quality
    • Media, Repotting & Containers
    • Fertilizing Foliage & Flowering Plants
    • Propagating Foliage & Flowering Plants
    • Pests of Foliage & Flowering Plants
    • Selected Foliage & Flowering Plants
      • Flowering Plants
      • Foliage Plants
  • Economic Fact Sheets
    • Positioning for the Future of the Nursery Industry
    • Floral Merchandising
      • Characteristics of Supermarket Floral Buyers
      • Capturing The Impulse Sale
      • Top Ten Tips for Boosting Floral Impulse Purchases
      • Getting Into Supermarket Services
      • Basics of Clean Displays
      • Salesmanship
      • Why Customers Quit Coming
      • Knowing Your Job
      • Caring Is Your Business
      • Meeting the Customer
      • Salespersons Are Communications Experts
      • Selling – A Process of Show and Tell
      • Telling the Customer About the Product
      • Sales Resistance
      • Closing the Sale
      • Suggestive Selling
      • Knowing Your Customer
      • Who Is The Customer?
      • Checkpoints for Super Sales Techniques
    • Managing Equipment and Supply Inventory
    • Finding That Last Red Cent
    • Trends of the Nursery Industry in Texas and the United States
    • Turning Goals into Actions
    • Handling the Different Types of Difficult People
    • Managing Plant Material Inventory
    • Plan For Improved Marketing
      • Plan For Improved Marketing: Tables
    • Product Mix: Determining My Winners and Losers
  • Safety Publications
    • Safety First Training Program
      • Acknowledgments & Preface
      • Examples Index
      • Chapter 1 – Creating Your Own Safety Program
      • Chapter 2 – Developing & Implementing Safety Policies & Work Rules
      • Chapter 3 – Employee Selection & Placement
      • Chapter 4 – Employee Orientation & Training
      • Chapter 5 – Hazard Abatement
      • Chapter 6 – Commitment to Injured Workers
      • Chapter 7 – Accident Statistics & Reports
    • Workplace Drug & Alcohol Policies
      • Sample Drug & Alcohol Policies
      • Sample Drug & Alcohol Policy Number One
      • Sample Drug & Alcohol Policy Number Two
      • Sample Drug & Alcohol Policy Number Three
      • Employee Acknowledgment
      • Resources
  • Environmental Publications
    • Developing a Management Plan for Irrigation Runoff
      • Developing a Management Plan for Irrigation Runoff: Table 1
    • Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse Crops
    • Managing and Disposing of Pesticide Wastes
    • Monitoring the Quality of Irrigation Water
    • Principles of Irrigation Management
    • Treating and Recycling Irrigation Runoff

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