Acres & Acres

Winning or Learning

Chris Beytes

I like the idea of winning or learning, which implies that you can’t always win, but you can always learn something from those times you don’t.

Cover Story

Navigating the Challenges of Shipping

Suzanne Wainwright-Evans & Maria Diaz

Ensuring success with biological controls.

Features

A Meaner Mite For a Badder Bug

Jeremy Webber

How Limonica overcomes Thrips parvispinus.

Features

Broad Mites in Ornamental Crops

Heidi Lindberg

Treatment and control for this challenging pest.

Features

Dip Those Thrips

Dr. Rose Buitenhuis

During her presentation at the 2024 Plug & Cutting conference, Dr. Rose Buitenhuis concluded that cutting dips are an effective, safe and economic method to reduce pest infestation at the beginning of the production cycle and for biocontrol strategies to be more effective thereafter. Here are the key messages of this research.

Features

Managing Bulb Mites

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

The biology of various mite species, including the damage they can do and how to manage them.

Features

Surfactants vs. Wetting Agents

Josh Henry

They’re similar, but different. Here’s what you need to know about these common plant-growing products.

Features

Tech On Demand Team Profile: Chris Ferguson

Bill Calkins

A highlight of the fourth member of Ball Seed’s Tech Team and the story of how he came into horticulture.

Growers Talk Business

Wrap It Up!

Amy Morris

With Christmas now behind us and young plant companies in full swing of sticking and shipping, it’s time to make sure your company has tied up all its loose ends.

Growers Talk Production

The Fallacy of Wishful Thinking

Albert Grimm

Logical fallacies cause us to cling to easy answers, which we defend as solutions to complex problems.

GT in Brief

A Prize-Winning Oasis

Chris Beytes

Victor and Leslie Rodriguez, owners of 305 Farms, celebrate their win in the “Best Use of Plants—Large” category (meaning a booth of 300 sq. ft. or over) at the Tropical Plant International Exposition (TPIE).

GT in Brief

De Vroomen Marks Its Centennial

Chris Beytes

Congratulations to De Vroomen Garden Products of Gurnee, Illinois, for reaching the 100-year milestone in 2025.

GT in Brief

Eason Becomes 100% Employee-Owned Through ESOP Transition

Jennifer Zurko

Eason Horticultural Resources (EHR) announced its transition to an employee-owned company through an ESOP structure last fall.

GT in Brief

Griffin Acquires a Midwest Distributor

Chris Beytes

Griffin Greenhouse Supplies has acquired Waldo & Associates Inc., a Midwest horticultural distributor based in Perrysburg, Ohio.

GT in Brief

Happy 20th to Endless Summer!

Chris Beytes

Happy 20th anniversary to the reblooming hydrangea brand Endless Summer, which was launched by Bailey Nurseries in 2004.

GT in Brief

Metrolina Gives Back Big

Chris Beytes

It’s nice to know that some of our biggest greenhouse and nursery operations also have big hearts.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

Ball FloraPlant; Ball Seed; Ball Seed Cut Flowers; BioWorks; Monrovia; Hoffman Nursery; Profile Products; Sollum Technologies

GT in Brief

ThinkPlants Announces New Shrub Program

Chris Beytes

The folks at ThinkPlants have expanded into the woody plant market with the launch of a new shrub liner program.

Guest Column

Ornamental Oreganos

Lowell Halvorson

If you need a low-cost perennial that lasts year-over-year in decorative pottery, urns and other above-ground plantings, consider the ornamental oreganos.

Inside Look

Bits & Morsels

Jennifer Zurko

When you’ve been covering this industry for a while, people think you know things.

JZ on D.C.

H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates Published

Jennifer Zurko

The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has published the new Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for range and non-range occupations in the Federal Register for the H-2A visa program.

Paul's Pointers

Checking All the Boxes

Paul Pilon

There are really a lot of considerations when it comes to growing plants.

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Bacilirid Biological Fungicide

Koppert

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Flourish! and Thrive

Ball Landscape

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LM-ORG LM-18 Organic Germination Mix

Lambert Peat Moss

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Miscanthus Morning Sun

Emerald Coast Growers

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Obtego Fungicide and Plant Symbiont

SePRO Corporation

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