Extension Activities at the TRE nursery include field days, traveling nursery seminars, and articles which summarize reseach at other institutions that is potentially useful to the nursery industry.

NEW!

Nicollet Island Tree Performance - MS PowerPoint Presentation

(This is a big file > 45MB - don't download unless you have cable or T1)

Check out the MNLA Nursery Grower's Bulletin - online at www.mnla.biz

Nursery Nightmares! - Check out what can go wrong in the nursery

Research Journal Summary Articles

Volume 1 (Root Pruning, Pesticide Timing, Media Components, Sucker Control, Pot-in-Pot Production, PGRs)

Volume 2 (Bacterial Rots in Bulbs, Cyclic Irrigation, Cold Hardiness in Weigela, Freeman Maples, Propagating Thuja, White Grub Control, Cold Storage)

Volume 3 (Coconut Coir, Fertilizer/Pesticide Runoff, Water Stress and Fertilizers, PGRs for Increased Flowering)

Volume 4 (Cold Hardiness in Corktree and Boxwood, Wastewater Irrigation Sources, Seaside Alder, Root PGRs)

Volume 5 (PGRs, Peat Alternatives, Water Relations in Hanging Baskets, Propagating Echinacea, Mycorrhizae, Lifespan of Fertilizer)

Volume 6 (Japanese Beetle, Azaleas, Drought Resistant Trees, Tree Shelters, Improving Transplant Success)

Volume 7 (Coconut Coir and Newspaper in Container Media, Salinity and Seed Germination, Birdseed and Fungal Spores, Fumigation)

Volume 8 (Ornamental Grasses, New Elms, Groundcovers, Pythium control)

Links for Nursery Growers

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Area - An in-depth look at small-scale nursery production