GrowerTalks

May 2018 Issue

Vol. 82 No. 1

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This Month ...

Uncorking the Bottlenecks

by Gary Cortés

Who will be this year’s Young Grower winner?

We’ll be awarding this year’s GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’18. If you’re heading to Columbus, make some time to join us Monday night to see who will be on the cover of our September issue. There will be networking, trivia, a rooftop bar, appetizers and your first drink is free!

WHEN: Monday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Callahan’s Columbus
520 Park Street, Columbus, Ohio

Finalists for the 2018 GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award:
Evan Barrington – May Nursery, Havana, Florida
Abby Bruce – Costa Farms, Trenton, South Carolina
Rajvir Prasher – DeVry Greenhouses, Chilliwack, British Columbia

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

VIDEOS

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Spring Trials 2018: Bobblehead Bloopers

Spring Trials 2018: Bobblehead Bloopers

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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: Dummen Orange

Spring Trials 2018: Kientzler

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: Suntory

Spring Trials 2018: Evanthia

Spring Trials 2018: Floranova

Spring Trials 2018: Green Fuse Botanicals

Spring Trials 2018: PlantHaven

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

The Steinway of Flowerpots

The 2017 N.G. Heimos/Millstadt Young Plants Poinsettia Trial

Watch a 100-inch tree spade in action

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Getting to Know H-2A

For growers whose labor well has run completely dry, many have turned to H-2A as an option for an essential, reliable workforce. But as with many government programs, there’s plenty of documentation, inconsistencies and delays. Here’s what you need to know before applying for certification.

FEATURES

8 Questions, 16 Answers

Featuring Lynn Griffith & Dr. John Peterson

We asked two of our favorite horticulturists to tackle a broad range of questions—from ingredients like coir to pH and testing regimes—relating to that most important of crop inputs, potting media.

DIY or DIFM Growing Media?

The economics of mixing your own vs. pre-formulated media.

Jedi Mind Tricks Unnecessary

Why telling people what you want them to know doesn’t work. Part 3 of a six-part series.

Should You Switch?

Mark E. Battersby

New rules for taxing pass-through income may change your mind on the type of business entity you want to file under.

Uncorking the Bottlenecks

You can save time and labor by just knowing where your most common logjams are.

CULTURE NOTES

Make Your Mark on Vinca Sales with New Tattoo

Birdie Lénard-Fountain

Reinvigorating this crop for a modern upgrade with design in mind was key to the breeder goals behind the new Tattoo series from PanAmerican Seed.

Growing With Griffin

Some Like It Hot

Ornamental peppers add a bounty of color and interesting textures to containers and landscape beds, yet they're often underutilized. How can we effectively incorporate them into our bedding and container sales?

Growers Talk Production

¡No Más Verde!

I've been making a little more of an effort to work on my Spanish this spring and trying to manage some chronic areas of algae in my plug house.

PEST MANAGEMENT

Whiteflies & Biotyping

Dr. Jill Calabro

The clear benefit of knowing which biotype is present is being able to better select the proper control measures.

COLUMNS

Helping Yourself

Many of you are trying to get in front of the labor shortage by investigating other options.

Can Wall Street Run a Greenhouse?

It's no wonder that we tend to be skeptical about big-money investors who occasionally buy their way into our world.

Corr on Cannabis

Sometimes Rules Change When People Change

As the public changes in their perception of cannabis use, the treaties, laws and regulations related to cannabis are slowly being changed in response.

Growers Talk Business

I’ve Never Seen So Much Change in the Industry

Abe VanWingerden

Change is happening fast around us in many ways and especially in three areas that are revolutionizing this industry.

IN THIS ISSUE

SAF in the Lobby

FNRI Receives Historic $1 Million in Funding

Society of American Florists

The Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI) has received $1 million in funding through the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress and signed into law by President Trump.

Citrus in the Snow

Anne-Marie Hardie

Nebraska is known for its extreme temperatures, making it far from ideal for growing citrus. Yet, there's one grower who's been consistently producing oranges for the past 25 years.

GT IN BRIEF

2018 Grants Announced by the Friends of Long Island Horticulture

2019 SNA Conference Announced

AFE Research Pre-Proposals Due June 1

Breeder Blair Winner to Retire

Costa Hires a CMO

Gary Mangum on Bell Nursery’s Sale to Central Garden & Pet

Genetic Tweak Cuts Plant Water Use 25%

In Memoriam: Helmut Kientzler

Save the Date: 2018 Northeast Greenhouse Conference

UF Announces 2018 Greenhouse Training Online Courses

What’s New for Next Season?

COLUMNISTS

Roger McGaughey

Abe VanWingerden

NEW PRODUCTS

Earth Alive Clean Technologies Inc.
Soil Activator

AmericanHort
Cultivate'18

Link4 Greenhouse Controls
The iDoser

Hishtil Nurseries
Funtastick Calibrachoa Tree

Syngenta Flowers
Moxie! Geranium

Ball Seed
Ball Seed WebTrack To Go mobile app