A nursery is defined as a place where most plants are grown to the usable size. Plant nurseries include retail nurseries selling plants to the public, wholesale nurseries selling to businesses such as other nurseries and to commercial gardeners, and the private nurseries supplying the needs of private estates.
In Dallas, TX, there are nurseries specializing in one phase of the process. It can be propagation, growing out, or retail sale. Specialization can also be in certain type of plants.
A typical Dallas TX plant nursery grows plants in a greenhouse that is intended to protect young plants from cruel weather and at the same time allows access to light and ventilation. Nowadays in modern greenhouses, automated control of temperature, ventilation and light and semi-automated watering and feeding are available.
Almost all the nurseries that exist require intensive labor even If automatic processes are available. Caring for the plants needs critical observation, judgment and manual dexterity. If engaging in a business, options for sale needs comparison and judgment. Computer controlled warehousing system reduces the intensive work as plants are being palletized, placed to a location and grown there with little human involvement. Picking of the best plants is merely the choosing of a batch and manual quality control.
For Dallas plant nurseries, business is affected by the season; and the nursery is booming in the spring and autumn.
