GrowerTalks

March 2023 Issue

Vol. 86 No. 11

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by Chris Beytes, Matthew Chappell & Jennifer Zurko

NEWSLETTERS

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COVER STORY

Trade Show Attractions

Chris Beytes, Matthew Chappell & Jennifer Zurko

Highlights of new products from the winter shows.

FEATURES

Payroll 2023 Style

Mark E. Battersby

Solutions for potentially troublesome payroll problems.

Using Multiple PGRs: What You Need to Know

Kerstin Poehlmann

Secrets for finding the sweet spot of precision growth control.

Wholesale to Retail

Katie Elzer-Peters

Pros, pitfalls and pointers for success.

CULTURE NOTES

Fillers for Premium Combos

Jamie Gibson, Ph.D. & Alicain Carlson, Ph.D.

Young plant protocols for effectively incorporating filler plants.

Save Time for Quick Turns

Bin Liu

Sow, grow and ship these seed products in 10 weeks or less.

Growers Talk Production

My Way

Michael DeBerti

Doing my own combo designs allows me to reach out to all the available genetics that’s offered to the grower.

PEST MANAGEMENT

Thrips Management Using Banker Plant Systems

Erich N. Schoeller, Cindy McKenzie, Muhammad Z. Ahmed & Lance S. Osborne

Historical thrips management has relied heavily on chemical pesticide use, however, there’s an increased need for alternative eco-friendly management solutions.

COLUMNS

Inside Look

Always Positively Optimistic

Jennifer Zurko

Aren’t hort industry folks always optimistic?

Acres & Acres

Early Signs of Spring

Chris Beytes

It’s not too early to ask a few of my southern grower friends if there are any signs that Spring 2023 will be a good one. Or, conversely, a bad one.

Growers Talk Business

Timing is Everything

Terri McEnaney

Timing of transition can be impacted by things outside our control, yet knowing where you want to head and what you want to leave behind can be more intentional if you’ve given it some thought and preparation.

Guest Column

The Pansy Toolboxes

Lowell Halvorson

Pansy brands overlap in many areas, but they also have their differences, shaped by the collision of highly global breeding and highly local growing.

DEPARTMENTS

JZ on D.C.

Southern Border Visit Leads to Some Action

Jennifer Zurko

In early January, President Biden traveled to El Paso, Texas, to assess enforcement operations at the border.

GT IN BRIEF

Danziger Introduces New Foliage Program

IGOTY Award Winners

New Funding for Plant Protection Secured

SePRO Hires New Technical Development Manager

Worth the Weight

COLUMNISTS

Chris Beytes

Jennifer Zurko

Albert Grimm

Art Parkerson

Paul Pilon

Bill Swanekamp

Amy Morris

Terri McEnaney

Stan Vander Waal

Austin Bryant

Stephanie Saccomano

VIDEOS

Watch More

Cool Products from TPIE 2023

I Never Knew a Poinsettia Had THIS!

GrowerTalks Tours the 2022 N.G. Heimos Poinsettia Trial

How GrowerTalks Gets Printed—A tour of Schumann Printers

DS Cole Growers' annual open house 2022

Pleasant View Gardens Open House 2022

Harvey robots and Ideaal spacing forks

Ball Seed Customer Day 2022

What's new from Cultivate'22!

Young Grower Finalists on Facing 2022's Challenges

Darwin Perennial Day 2022

Ball Tech On Demand At Risk Crops: Tomato

CAST 22: Benary

CAST 22: Syngenta Flowers

CAST 22: Burpee

Osvaldo Tries the Garlic Ice Cream

CAST 22: Southern Living/Sunset/Encore Azaleas

CAST 22: PanAmerican Seed HandPicked Vegetables

CAST 22: PP&L

CAST 22: PRUDAC

CAST 22: Schoneveld

CAST 22: Morel

CAST 22: Jaldety

CAST 22: HilverdaFlorist

CAST 22: Hishtil

Cast 22: Kientzler

CAST 22: Ball Ingenuity

CAST 22: Suntory

CAST 22: Takii

CAST 22: Kieft Seed

CAST 22: Darwin Perennials

CAST 22: PlantHaven

CAST 22: Green Fuse

CAST 22: Hem Genetics

CAST 22: Beekenkamp

CAST 22: Sakata

CAST 22: Danziger

CAST 22: Selecta One

CAST 22: Westhoff

CAST 22: Ball FloraPlant

CAST 22: Dummen Orange

CAST 22: PanAmerican Seed Annuals

TRENDING NOW

Ball Publishing
Ball Culture Guide

Suntory Flowers
Giant Peach Sunrise

All-America Selections
DoubleShot Snapdragon Orange Bicolor

Certis Biologicals
BotaniGard 22WP

Prospiant
Zephyr Greenhouse

PanAmerican Seed
Caliburst Yellow

Who will be this year’s Young Grower winner?

We’ll be awarding this year’s GrowerTalks/Ball Horticultural Company Young Grower Award at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’23. 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 and your first drink is free!

WHEN: Monday, July 17 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Gaswerks
487 Park Street, Columbus, Ohio

Finalists for the 2023 GrowerTalks/Ball Horticultural Company Young Grower Award:
Laura Reese - Green Circle Growers, Oberlin, OH
Matthew Tyson - Costa Farms, Miami, FL
Elora Wannop - Brookdale Treeland Nurseries, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

An extra special thanks goes to Ball Horticultural Company and AmericanHort for sponsoring this year’s award!

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