GrowerTalks

April 2018 Issue

Vol. 81 No. 12

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Step 2: The Discovery Process

by Dean Bemis

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: 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

Forthcoming Foes

This year’s top insects and diseases and how to handle them, including a new one to watch out for.

FEATURES

Eyes Mandatory, Degree Optional

Identifying insect and disease issues in-house.

Staying on Top of Tospoviruses

Steven Arthurs & Kevin M. Heinz

Beware of these diseases in your bedding plants.

Step 2: The Discovery Process

The second step in effective salesmanship? Discovering what people need. Part 2 of a six-part series.

Substrates International

Dr. Brian E. Jackson

European and North American wood fiber products and perspectives.

The 1-2 Pest Punch

Strategies for managing and reducing the likelihood of pesticide resistance.

The Biochar Mix

Jennifer Duffield White

Making sense of a complex soil additive.

The Care & Feeding of BCAs

Allison Westbrook

Biocontrols are not all the same, and if you don’t know the exact requirements for each organism you bring into your greenhouse, you can end up with a fridge full of dead bugs.

Where Are You Growing Botrytis?

Nathan Jahnke & John M. Dole

Taking steps during propagation and shipping can ensure you don’t have the perfect storm of conditions for this disease to show up.

CULTURE NOTES

Time to Smell the Roses!

Delilah Onofrey

Growing Brindabella Roses is easy and matches production practices for modern, vigorous shrub roses.

Growing With Griffin

Biocontrol Programs & Pesticides: A Place for Both?

Growers who are committed to biocontrol programs utilizing BCAs (biological control agents) have typically made a conscious decision to reduce or eliminate pesticide usage, so why even consider integrating pesticides?

Growers Talk Production

There’s a Bug on My Plant!

What we really need is growers to communicate what we’re attempting with IPM to the general public.

COLUMNS

We don’t mean to add stress to your already pressure-filled spring season; our goal is to keep you well-informed.

Consider the Tulip

The tulip flower has the most universally recognized shape and is one of our oldest commercial flowering crops.

Paul Talks Perennials

Show Me Your ID

Properly identifying plant disorders is an important aspect of growing perennials.

Growers Talk Business

How to Hire Mary Poppins

When's the last time you found someone capable of turning everything around with just a spoonful of sugar?

Meeting Demand: Forecasting to Meet Increasing Shade Tree Demand

Many nursery wholesalers, landscapers and retailers have been left scrambling to find supply of material in a new market with fewer growers fulfilling larger trees.

IN THIS ISSUE

SAF in the Lobby

SAF Members Take to Congress—and the White House—for Annual Congressional Action Days

The Society of American Florists

Nearly 100 Society of American Florists members representing all industry segments, three countries, 25 states and the District of Columbia, traveled to Washington, D.C., March 12 and 13 to meet with lawmakers and key congressional staff.

Inspiration, One Plant at a Time

Anne-Marie Hardie

For some people, a life in horticulture is simply a career choice; for others-like Nancy Hart, founder of Church Creek Nursery in Johns Island, South Carolina-it's their destiny.

GT IN BRIEF

AFE Accepting Applications for 2018 Scholarships

Costa Farms Acquires Green Leaf Nursery

Dramm Offers VideoChat Service Team: For Service and Repair

Dümmen Orange Taking Applications for the Dr. P. Allen Hammer Scholarship

Happy Retirement to David Steiner

HRI’s Research Projects

In Memoriam: Gordon Elsbury

Segovis Fungicide Now Available in California and New York

Taiwanese Dendrobium Imports Ok’d by APHIS

Thanks to Irma, Caladiums Supply is Tight

Tulip Mania 2.0

Two Industry Professionals Elected to 2018 NCNLA Board of Directors

COLUMNISTS

Roger McGaughey

Abe VanWingerden

NEW PRODUCTS

Bushel and Berry
Perpetua blueberries

A.M.A. Plastics Ltd.
RootSmart

Star Roses and Plants
Bellini Raspberry Lagerstroemia

Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
Strongbox Ilex glabra

Premier Tech Horticulture
Pro-Mix MP Biofungicide + Mycorrhizae

Argus Controls Systems Ltd.
Build 900 Titan Operator Program