GrowerTalks

May 2023 Issue

Vol. 87 No. 1

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Poinsettia Fertilization Tricks

by Lynn Griffith

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

New Holiday Must-haves

Jennifer Zurko

The newest poinsettia varieties for the 2023 season and beyond.

FEATURES

Giving Points a Little Pep

Jennifer Zurko

A few interesting approaches to give poinsettias a little boost.

Just a Pinch

Patrick Youds & Christopher J. Currey

Fine-tuning tabletop poinsettia schedules.

Poinsettia Fertilization Tricks

Lynn Griffith

Some handy tips to keep your crop in tip-top form.

CULTURE NOTES

Poinsettia Propagation

Gary Vollmer

Key steps to growing poinsettias successfully.

Growers Talk Production

Data-Driven: Empower Your Plants

Stephanie Saccomano

The basic idea is that plants need to be in balance with their environment, and if any one factor is out of sorts, performance will decline.

PEST MANAGEMENT

Eretmocerus eremicus: Parasitoid of Whiteflies

Raymond A. Cloyd

Eretmocerus eremicus is widely used by greenhouse producers in the U.S. and Canada to manage whitefly populations on ornamental and vegetable crops.

Whitefly Management Using Banker Plant Systems

Muhammad Z. Ahmed, Cindy McKenzie & Lance S. Osborne

Whitefly natural enemies have been considered relatively promising for biological control, but establishing natural enemies has been the most challenging part of implementing successful biological control programs.

COLUMNS

Inside Look

You Learn Something New Every Day

Jennifer Zurko

Apparently, all these years of walking into bays full of poinsettias I was surrounded by involucres and never knew it.

Acres & Acres

“Why Bet on Disaster?”

Chris Beytes

Growers of 40 years ago faced the same sorts of economic challenges as you—worse, even—and they came through it.

Growers Talk Business

Planning for 2024

Stan Vander Waal

While we’re in season is the perfect time to seek opportunities where you might grow your business or do better in what you’re already doing.

Guest Column

Decoding the E3 Petunia

Lowell Halvorson

You might know the E3 Easy Wave Petunia as “the early one,” however, earliness isn’t the key part of this series.

Guest Column

Innovation in All We Do

Marvin N. Miller

Our industry’s life-changing discoveries have been much more about transitioning how we operate.

DEPARTMENTS

JZ on D.C.

Highlights From SAF's 43rd Annual Congressional Action Days

Jennifer Zurko

On March 21, growers, wholesalers, retail florists and others with ties to the industry met with 70 congressional offices in Washington, D.C. during the Society of American Florists 43rd annual Congressional Action Days.

GT IN BRIEF

Breeder Showcase at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens

EPA Proposes Stricter WPS Revisions

Flower Fare

On The Move

PPA National Symposium Set for Canada

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

Sioux Corporation
Steam-Flo Zone Control

BioSafe Systems LLC
BioCeres EC

Jiffy Group
Optimal Growing Medium

HilverdaFlorist BV
Gerbera Garvinea Sweet Joy

AmericanHort
Cultivate’23

Flowers Canada Growers
The Canadian Greenhouse Growers’ Directory & Buyers’ Guide

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!