Acres & Acres

The Golden Circle

Chris Beytes

What’s your purpose, your cause, your belief, your dream? Why does your organization exist? Why do you get out of bed in the morning? Why should anyone care about your business?

Corr on Cannabis

Altered Perceptions

Dr. Brian Corr

For many people, the perception of someone growing cannabis is a hazy image of some long-haired, unbathed, tie-dyed stoner. That image may apply to some underground growers, but isn’t accurate for businesspeople active in the cannabis industry.

Cover Story

Bringing Back Impatiens

Chris Beytes

A combination of classic breeding techniques and modern genetic mapping will soon be bringing you a downy mildew-resistant impatiens series. And if it’s as good as its breeder says, maybe, just maybe, it will restore the impatiens to its position as the world’s best-selling annual bedding plant.

Culture Notes

Growing Native Perennial Heliopsis

Mary Vaananen

With the enthusiastic and steady increase in the popularity of native plants—or in this case, selected seed strains—are great additions to your perennial plant offerings.

Features

Fünf Maschinen

Chris Beytes

IPM Essen, held in Essen, Germany, January 23-27, features 1,564 exhibitors from 45 countries, a large majority of which offer colorful flowers and plants. But for this story, we skipped past the delicate foliage and instead sought out the rugged aluminum and steel of the machines needed to grow those colorful flowers and plants faster and more efficiently. Here are five that we think are the most significant of 2018.

Features

If Superman Were a Substrate Scientist

Paul C. Bartley III, Dr. Brian E. Jackson & Dr. Bill Fonteno

The second part of our series on looking inside media using imaging equipment to see how plants develop and grow.

Features

Minding Your pHs and Qs

Silvia Valles Ramirez & James Altland

The impact of alkalinity in your water.

Features

Potted vs. “Pot”

Jennifer Zurko

The similarities and differences between an ornamentals and a cannabis greenhouse.

Features

Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best

Matthew Castriotta

An update on the new trucking regulations shows you should be ready for transportation cost uncertainty in 2018.

Features

Wrapping Your Head Around Tax Reform

Mark E. Battersby

A deep dive into how the new tax bill will affect your business.

Growers Talk Business

Managing Your Lighting

Bill Swanekamp

Recently, it occurred to me that maybe just observing whether a lamp was on or off wasn’t enough.

Growers Talk Production

Building for the Future

Roger McGaughey

Graduating from college shows students have the learning capabilities, but we have to teach them the important, day-to-day aspects of large-scale crop production.

Growing With Griffin

How to Protect Spring Baskets from Pests

Rick Yates

The warmer air and tissue temperatures in hanging baskets serve to ramp up the reproductive rates of pests.

GT in Brief

AmericanHort Has a New Website

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort announced a new website design and the use of a new membership management system to help provide a better user experience for AmericanHort members and those in the industry who visit AmericanHort.org seeking information.

GT in Brief

BioWorks Launches New Biological Fungicide

Chris Beytes

Here’s some good news for anyone in need of an organic fungicide: BioWorks is introducing a new one.

GT in Brief

Heat from Above

Chris Beytes

GrowerTalks visited Ter Laak the Saturday after IPM Essen, where the company had just been named the International Grower of the Year 2018 by the International Association for Horticultural Producers (AIPH).

GT in Brief

IGOTY Winners

Chris Beytes

Tuesday night during IPM Essen in January was the International Grower of the Year Award ceremony, The big winner? Ter Laak Orchids of the Netherlands, who also earned the Gold in the Finished Plant category, Silver in the Young Plant category and a new Sustainability award for their amazing energy-saving efforts.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: John L. Tomasovic, Sr.

Jennifer Zurko

John L. Tomasovic, Sr., patriarch of the family and owner of Tomasovic Greenhouses & Nursery, Inc. in Des Peres, Missouri, passed away January 11. He was 83 years old.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Louis Stacy

Chris Beytes

Louis Ormand Stacy, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, January 10, at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was 81.

GT in Brief

LumiGrow Releases Online Energy Payback Calculator

Jennifer Zurko

LumiGrow released their online energy payback calculator where growers of all crop types and sizes can compare energy usage, heat load and cost of LumiGrow products quickly and easily from their website.

GT in Brief

MPS & AmericanHort Team Up

Jennifer Duffield White

Growers across the U.S. have begun utilizing MPS, an independent organization that creates and manages certifications for growers around the world, as they pursue sustainability goals. Now, the U.S. trade association AmericanHort has announced a strategic alliance with MPS.

GT in Brief

NGB’s New Varieties Listing

Chris Beytes

If you’re looking for one spot to find lots of new introductions for 2018, National Garden Bureau has you covered with their appropriately named “New Plants” program.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Bayer; BioWorks; Fine Americas; Mycorrhizal Applications; Pacific Plug & LinerPARsource; RainSoil; Star Roses and Plants; Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association

GT in Brief

PanAmerican Seed Adds Begonia Bulbs to Its Lineup

Jennifer Zurko

PanAmerican Seed announced it has purchased the begonia product lines from Golden State Bulb Growers, one of the oldest growers and breeders of tuberous begonias in North America.

GT in Brief

Register Now for the Plug & Cutting Conference

Jennifer Zurko

Registration is now open for the next Plug & Cutting Conference that will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina September 17-19, 2018.

GT in Brief

Selecta One is Now a Kalanchoe Breeder

Chris Beytes

Breeder Selecta One is making more of a commitment in the potted plant business (they do poinsettias) with the acquisition of the kalanchoe assortment and breeding program of Topcolor Breeding, of De Lier, the Netherlands.

GT in Brief

Southern Nursery Association Elects New Board

Jennifer Zurko

Officers of the Southern Nursery Association (SNA) who will serve for the 2018 term were elected during the 119th Annual SNA Business Meeting held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland during The SNA Conference.

GT in Brief

The New Hummert Catalog is Here

Chris Beytes

The latest Hummert International catalog, which, at more than 800 pages, contains virtually anything you could lust after for your horticultural business.

Inside Look

Blinded by Science

Jennifer Zurko

We now have some hope of actually bringing back one of the most popular shade annuals.

Pest Management

Calibrachoa Disease Guidelines

Dr. Colleen Warfield

Powdery mildew and black root rot may not be new, but they can still ruin the salability of your calibrachoa crop in 2018.

SAF in the Lobby

Immigration Discussions Continue in Washington

Society of American Florists

In the midst of the ongoing discussions in Washington about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legislation and looming government shutdowns, a new immigration bill was introduced January 10 by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).

Under an Acre

Returning Biodiversity to the Eastern Catskill Mountains

Anne-Marie Hardie

Home to over a thousand unique specimens, Catskill Native Nursery in Kerhonkson, New York, strives to provide their local community with both the plants and education to create an ecologically, sustainable environment.

TRENDING NOW

Ball Horticultural Company’s Mobile-Friendly Landscape Website

Ball Landscape

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Echinacea purpurea Mellow Yellows

Jelitto Perennial Seeds

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GROWinBAG Tree Ties

GROWinBAG

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GrowSpan Round Premium High Tunnel

Growers Supply Inc.

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MistTime10

Dramm Corporation

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TrayMates

Emerald Coast Growers LLC