Valuable and important information can be obtained regarding the process of establishing a commercial greenhouse from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Publication, STARTING A GREENHOUSE BUSINESS. There are sections on setting up a greenhouse business, building your greenhouse business, laws, records and plans, and resources.

Click here to read an article on the CERTIFICATION OF ORNAMENTAL SWEET POTATOES by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Plant Protection Section.

Please consult the following articles regarding the commercial greenhouse production of:

• African Violet
• Boston Fern
• Dianthus
• Easter Lily
• Flowering Hanging Baskets
• Garden Mum
• Gerbera Daisy
• Gloxinia
• Growing and Marketing Bedding Plants
• Herbaceous Perennials
• Holiday Cactus
• Impatiens
• Kalanchoe
• Marigold
• Pansy
• Petunia
• Poinsettia
• Post-Production Quality of Bedding Plants
• Pot Mums
• Snapdragons
• Vinca
• Zinnia
• Zonal (Cutting) Geranium

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