Browsing by Author "Sibley, Jeff"

Most cultivars of crapemyrtle are vigorous growers under nursery conditions; however, some cultivars begin flowering by early summer, resulting in suppressed vegetative growth, particularly height growth, a problem often ...

Composting is a common waste management tool for successful reduction of waste materials. Due to increased consumer awareness for compost products and their value to the green industry research is needed to evaluate different ...

Over the past three decades, one issue which has received significant attention from the scientific community is climate change and the possible impacts on the global environment. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

Effects of container soil level, fertilization, planting time and disbudding on lotus (Nelumbo) growth were evaluated in container production. Container soil volume influenced EC, pH, plant growth indexes, and plant ...

With a continuous declining trend in the availability of groundwater or public surface water to greenhouse and container nurseries, nursery growers and researchers are searching for effective ways to reduce water use and ...

With “green-mindedness” increasing in popularity, the use of organic substrates has become even more important in the retail horticultural market. Multiple experiments were conducted to evaluate commercially available ...

The U.S. poultry and egg industry is valued at billions of dollars in gross farm receipts and employs hundreds of thousands of people. A Survey by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2008 revealed that in Alabama ...

Commercial substrate blending companies and fertilizer companies are now producing manufactured substrates and fertilizers that are marketed as “organic.” Homeowners care about the aesthetics of their landscape, thus the ...

Spent Tea Grinds (STG) is the by-product of the rapidly growing tea brewing industry. Published research to date provides few alternatives for beneficial uses of STG. However, the physical and chemical properties of STG ...

The greenhouse and nursery industry in Alabama is a $294 million dollar industry that continues to grow and economically impacts each of the 67 counties in the state. Many challenges present themselves while growing ...