GrowerTalks

October 2018 Issue

Vol. 82 No. 6

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Managing Light

by Christopher J. Currey

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Nominate a Young Grower Today!

Congrats to the 2018 GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award Winner, Evan Barrington from May Nursery Inc., Havana, Florida!

Do you know of an excellent, hard-working professional under the age of 35? You should nominate them for the 2019 GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award! For the last 15 years, we’ve recognized young horticulturists for standing out from the crowd in this tough business, who—for whatever noble reasons—have chosen to have a career in this industry.

After three finalists are chosen, each is asked to write guest editorials for the June issue of GrowerTalks, gets a free trip to Cultivate’19 and, while they’re in Columbus, attend a special dinner with Anna Ball and other industry luminaries. The winner is announced at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’19, will be the subject of our September issue cover story and serve as one of our judges for next year’s award.

An extra special thanks goes to Dümmen Orange and AmericanHort for sponsoring this year’s award!

VIDEOS

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Ball Customer Day 2018

Ball Customer Day 2018

Spring Trials 2018: Bobblehead Bloopers

Spring Trials 2018: Benary

Spring Trials 2018: Cohen, Jaldety, Hishtil and ... Nir?

Spring Trials 2018: Danziger

Spring Trials 2018: PP&L, Bailey and Southern Living/Sunset Magazine

Spring Trials 2018: Crysal's Alesco

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Coral Creations

Spring Trials 2018: Syngenta Flowers

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Perennials

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Shrubs

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winner Annuals

Spring Trials 2018: Takii

Spring Trials 2018: Beekenkamp

Spring Trials 2018: Plug Connection

Spring Trials 2018: Sakata Annuals

Spring Trials 2018: Sakata Veggies

Spring Trials 2018: Thompson & Morgan

Spring Trials 2018: Westhoff

Spring Trials 2018: Kientzler

Spring Trials 2018: Dummen Orange

Spring Trials 2018: J.Berry Nursery

Spring Trials 2018: 2Plant

Spring Trials 2018: Terra Nova

Spring Trials 2018: Dummen Orange's New Basewell Rooted Cuttings

Spring Trials 2018: Schoneveld Breeding

Spring Trials 2018: Floranova

Spring Trials 2018: Green Fuse Botanicals

Spring Trials 2018: PlantHaven

Spring Trials 2018: Suntory

Spring Trials 2018: Evanthia

Spring Trials 2018: PanAmerican Seed/Kieft Seed

Spring Trials 2018: Selecta One

Spring Trials 2018: Ball FloraPlant

Spring Trials 2018: Darwin Perennials

Spring Trials 2018: Ball Ingenuity

Spring Trials 2018: Morel

TPIE Hot (and Cool) New Products 2018

Sun-Fire Nursery at TPIE 2018

NEWSLETTERS

Read and subscribe to a variety of Newsletters tailored to your industry interests.

COVER STORY

A Bit of Culture

10 new varieties, 10 guidelines on how to grow them.

FEATURES

Harvesting Rainwater

Jennifer Duffield White

Some crops can require up to 0.4 gal. of water per square foot of growing space each day. When you start talking those kinds of numbers, it’s not hard to exceed supply, especially under water restrictions and drought.

Making the Most of Your Space

Juan C. Vallejo, Paul R. Fisher & Alan W. Hodges

Don’t let your greenhouse space go to waste.

Christopher J. Currey

This second of six articles on containerized herb production focuses on light during production.

Ed Bloodnick & Troy Buechel

Choosing the right growing medium for plugs and liners.

Rules of the Shipping Game

A quick update on trucking regulations with AmericanHort’s Tal Coley.

Step 5: Setting the Pace of the Sales Process

Creating a sales process timeline that gets you and your customer to the destination you both desire.

The New ICE Age

Leonard J. D’Arrigo

In these days of increasing labor and immigration enforcement, you need to make sure your I-9 compliance hasn’t fallen through the cracks.

CULTURE NOTES

Growing With Griffin

Rooting Out Root Rots

How to defeat Pythium and Phytophthora.

Growers Talk Production

Biological Black Holes

Lack of observability remains one of the most serious obstacles to success for those growers who are new to biological pest control.

PEST MANAGEMENT

Beware: High Risk of Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis

Dr. Aaron Palmateer

Studies have shown that Botrytis has significant potential to develop fungicide resistance due to its ability to undergo multiple disease cycles within a short time period.

Crape Myrtle Bark Scale: A New Threat in the Nursery

Steven Arthurs, Kyle Gilder & Kevin M. Heinz

Crape myrtles come in many shapes and sizes, but some now come with a new twist: a tiny insect, native to China, is now infesting these beautiful flowering trees in several southern states.

COLUMNS

Technically Speaking

The bar is set pretty high before you’re considered to be an expert, technically adept at speaking on a certain topic articulately.

What was happening in horticulture 50 years ago?

Paul Talks Perennials

Fall for Perennials

Why should fall sales be reserved for garden mums and a few other short-lived annuals?

Growers Talk Business

Fifty Shades of Red

In our unique industry, we’re spoiled for color choices, but how do we determine what colors are selling and worth growing?

IN THIS ISSUE

SAF in the Lobby

SAF Suggests Improvements to Floriculture Crops Summary

The Society of American Florists

Coming on the heels of a successful lobbying effort to fund the 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary, SAF has asked that the report be expanded to include more states to capture the breadth and scope of the floral industry.

Falling in Love with Ferns

Anne-Marie Hardie

Known as the “Southeastern Fern Lady,” Eleanor Craig shares her passion for the diverse plants throughout her community and beyond.

GT IN BRIEF

AmericanHort Announces Landscape Operations Tour

Another Greenhouse Part of Big ICE Raid

Color Spot Update

Dinner with Friends and Flowers

Killing Two Meetings with One Event

Lowe’s Closing Orchard Supply

OHP gets OMRI listing for Pycana Insecticide/Miticide

Valent Opens Biorational Research Center

West Coast Nurseries Come Together at Farwest

COLUMNISTS

Roger McGaughey

Abe VanWingerden

NEW PRODUCTS

Arrigoni
Biorete Air Plus Screen Series

Nexus Corporation
Side Rolling Bench Systems

Danziger
Sunstrong Erysimum

Suntory Flowers Ltd.
Suntory Mixers Combo Kits

Bayer Crop Science LP
Broadform Fungicide

PanAmerican Seed
Wave Plug & Play Combos