Acres & Acres

Reliving 1968

Chris Beytes

What was happening in horticulture 50 years ago?

Cover Story

A Bit of Culture

Jennifer Zurko

10 new varieties, 10 guidelines on how to grow them.

Features

Harvesting Rainwater

Jennifer Duffield White

Some crops can require up to 0.4 gal. of water per square foot of growing space each day. When you start talking those kinds of numbers, it’s not hard to exceed supply, especially under water restrictions and drought.

Features

Making the Most of Your Space

Juan C. Vallejo, Paul R. Fisher & Alan W. Hodges

Don’t let your greenhouse space go to waste.

Features

Managing Light

Christopher J. Currey

This second of six articles on containerized herb production focuses on light during production.

Features

Mass Media

Ed Bloodnick & Troy Buechel

Choosing the right growing medium for plugs and liners.

Features

Rules of the Shipping Game

Jennifer Zurko

A quick update on trucking regulations with AmericanHort’s Tal Coley.

Features

Step 5: Setting the Pace of the Sales Process

Dean Bemis

Creating a sales process timeline that gets you and your customer to the destination you both desire.

Features

The New ICE Age

Leonard J. D’Arrigo

In these days of increasing labor and immigration enforcement, you need to make sure your I-9 compliance hasn’t fallen through the cracks.

Growers Talk Business

Fifty Shades of Red

Amy Morris

In our unique industry, we’re spoiled for color choices, but how do we determine what colors are selling and worth growing?

Growers Talk Production

Biological Black Holes

Albert Grimm

Lack of observability remains one of the most serious obstacles to success for those growers who are new to biological pest control.

Growing With Griffin

Rooting Out Root Rots

Joanne Lutz

How to defeat Pythium and Phytophthora.

GT in Brief

AmericanHort Announces Landscape Operations Tour

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort is holding the Landscape Operations Tour, a new event taking place on November 5-6 in Southwest Ohio.

GT in Brief

Another Greenhouse Part of Big ICE Raid

Chris Beytes

A hydroponic tomato operation, along with several other agricultural businesses, restaurants and a grocery store, were raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers August 8.

GT in Brief

Color Spot Update

Chris Beytes

Two additional bits of news about the recent (late July) “purchase” of Color Spot by its lender, Wells Fargo Bank.

GT in Brief

Dinner with Friends and Flowers

Chris Beytes

Two hundred enthusiastic flower lovers dine alfresco in Wisconsin in early September, guests of Star Valley Flowers and the American Grown Field to Vase Dinner Tour.

GT in Brief

Killing Two Meetings with One Event

Chris Beytes

All-America Selections, Perennial Plant Association and National Garden Bureau are collaborating to host the 2019 National Perennial Plant Symposium in Chicago next July.

GT in Brief

Lowe’s Closing Orchard Supply

Chris Beytes

Continuing the West Coast horticulture shakeup/shakeout started by the Color Spot bankruptcy, Lowe’s announced on Wednesday that it’s going to close the 99 locations of Orchard Supply Hardware that it bought in 2013 after Sears spun it off in 2011.

GT in Brief

OHP gets OMRI listing for Pycana Insecticide/Miticide

Chris Beytes

If you’re an organic grower looking for a new insecticide and/or miticide, OHP has you covered with Pycana, a unique combination featuring a blend of natural pyrethrins and canola oil.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

Danziger; Emerald Coast Growers; Griffin; OHP, Inc.; Sakata Seed America; Syngenta

GT in Brief

Valent Opens Biorational Research Center

Jennifer Zurko

Valent BioSciences opened a new facility called the Biorational Research Center, located at the Lake County Innovation Park in Libertyville, Illinois.

GT in Brief

West Coast Nurseries Come Together at Farwest

Allison Westbrook

The Farwest Show, put on by the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) this past August in Portland, featured almost 400 exhibitors and attendees from 45 states and 20 countries.

Inside Look

Technically Speaking

Jennifer Zurko

The bar is set pretty high before you’re considered to be an expert, technically adept at speaking on a certain topic articulately.

Paul's Pointers

Fall for Perennials

Paul Pilon

Why should fall sales be reserved for garden mums and a few other short-lived annuals?

Pest Management

Beware: High Risk of Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis

Dr. Aaron Palmateer

Studies have shown that Botrytis has significant potential to develop fungicide resistance due to its ability to undergo multiple disease cycles within a short time period.

Pest Management

Crape Myrtle Bark Scale: A New Threat in the Nursery

Steven Arthurs, Kyle Gilder & Kevin M. Heinz

Crape myrtles come in many shapes and sizes, but some now come with a new twist: a tiny insect, native to China, is now infesting these beautiful flowering trees in several southern states.

SAF in the Lobby

SAF Suggests Improvements to Floriculture Crops Summary

The Society of American Florists

Coming on the heels of a successful lobbying effort to fund the 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary, SAF has asked that the report be expanded to include more states to capture the breadth and scope of the floral industry.

Under an Acre

Falling in Love with Ferns

Anne-Marie Hardie

Known as the “Southeastern Fern Lady,” Eleanor Craig shares her passion for the diverse plants throughout her community and beyond.

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Side Rolling Bench Systems

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Suntory Mixers Combo Kits

Suntory Flowers Ltd.

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