Hydroponic Greenhouse: Main Season

Starting the Crop: Seeding

Presenters

Bob Hochmuth is a multi-county Extension agent at the NFREC - Suwannee Valley working in the areas of small farms, commercial vegetables, and protected culture. His specialties include alternative crops, hydroponics, plastic mulch, and drip irrigation technology. Bob was raised on a commercial vegetable farm and has been an Extension agent since 1982.

Lei Lani Davis is a Sr. Lab Technician at the NFREC-Suwannee Valley Research Center, managing and coordinating the greenhouse and hydroponic research and demonstrations. She has overseen the greenhouses at the center for twelve years. Her areas of expertise include greenhouse management, hydroponics, herbs, transplants, and alternative and specialty greenhouse crops.

Wanda Laughlin has been a Senior Agricultural Assistant for the NFREC-Suwannee Valley Research Center since 2002. Her responsibilities include seed and transplant production, hydroponic greenhouse research projects, data collection for field research, and conducting educational workshops and tours at the center. Wanda moved to Live Oak in 1998 from central Florida, where she worked as a grower in commercial transplant production for ornamental and bedding plants, for Knox Nursery Inc., Natural Beauty of Florida and Fernlea of Florida.