Acres & Acres

An Extraordinary Industry

Chris Beytes

What a retiring HR professional thinks of spending his last 20 professional years in horticulture.

Corr on Cannabis

Ant Wisdom

Dr. Brian Corr

There are plenty of outstanding cannabis companies who know what they’re busy about and will be the superstars to come.

Cover Story

A Day at the Circus

Jennifer Zurko

Our industry is more civically engaged than ever before and AmericanHort’s crack advocacy team is in the trenches of Capitol Hill making sure our voices are heard loud and clear. I spent a day as their shadow just as one of the most important pieces of legislation for our industry in decades was being pushed through.

Features

Dynamic Interaction

Bill Calkins

Why now is the right time to consider adding mycorrhizal fungi to your crop production strategy.

Features

Form & Function

Allison Westbrook

Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients—it’s certainly the one that you probably provide in the highest quantity. But nitrogen comes in several forms. How do you know which to apply? Here’s a primer on forms of N.

Features

Making, Mixing or Buying

Dr. Brian E. Jackson

This second article in a five-part series highlights some of the pros and cons of choosing to make your own wood substrate materials vs. purchasing a commercial product.

Features

Overcoming Grass Fatigue

Josiah Raymer

Alternatives to popular ornamental grasses to keep your selection fresh.

Features

Perfecting Perennial Propagation

Chris Fifo

Rooting perennial cuttings isn’t exceptionally difficult, but there are a number of best practices for perfecting the process.

Features

Try DIF on Bedding Plants

Julie Martens Forney

DIF gives you options for controlling bedding plant height. It’s in your toolbox, thanks to research funding from the American Floral Endowment. Learn how to use DIF to help regulate stem elongation in your bedding crops.

Growers Talk Business

Another Decade

Abe VanWingerden

The year 2020 can be a great year and 2020-2029 can be a great decade, but what’s your plan of action to navigate through the decade?

Growers Talk Production

Handling Loss and Grief in the Greenhouse

Heather Hydoski

The duration, frequency and intensity of the grief process is impacted by the manner of death and is exacerbated if the death is unexpected, which is exactly what occurred on our loading dock.

GT in Brief

$11 Million More for Pest Management Research

Chris Beytes

The Society of American Florists (SAF) reports that USDA Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins has announced the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested another $11 million in the Minor Crop Pest Management program (IR-4).

GT in Brief

Ball Adds Supplier Quality Rating to WebTrack

Chris Beytes

Just as other modern social media tools offer ratings of restaurants, sellers, your Uber driver and so on, Ball Seed is now making it easy for you to select a young plant supplier based on how good a job they do for customers.

GT in Brief

Danziger Announces NA Partnership with Rinehart Poinsettias

Jennifer Zurko

Danziger announced a new partnership with Rinehart Poinsettias.

GT in Brief

Danziger Partners with Gerbera Breeder

Jennifer Zurko

Danziger has become the exclusive worldwide distributor of Montiplanta Gerbera varieties and the supplier of plant material worldwide.

GT in Brief

HRI Sets New Strategic Research Focus

Jennifer Zurko

HRI identified research priorities to tackle the challenges, capitalize on the trends and opportunities, better direct its research investments and leverage federal funding.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Ed Lynde

Chris Beytes

Our condolences to the Lynde family of Lynde Greenhouse & Nursery, which lost patriarch Edward Spencer “Ed” Lynde November 20. He was 71.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Marty Orban

Chris Beytes

Third-generation nurseryman Marty Orban of Orban’s Nursery in Bradenton, Florida, passed away November 6 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was just 67.

GT in Brief

NGMA Saves Your Glazing

Chris Beytes

Not to overstate the situation, but if the National Greenhouse Manufacturer’s Association hadn't been monitoring the International Code Council (ICC) actions, you might have found your glass or polycarbonate greenhouse in violation of new energy codes.

GT in Brief

Plant Sentry is AmericanHort’s Newest Affinity Program Partner

Jennifer Zurko

Plant Sentry is a software program pioneered by Nature Hills Nursery that provides a comprehensive plant compliance tool designed to ensure that wholesale, retail and e-commerce vendors grow and ship only plants that are fully compliant with all federal regulations and restrictions of all 50 states.

GT in Brief

Proven Winners Awards $25,000 in Scholarships

Jennifer Zurko

This year, Proven Winners received applications from more than 100 young men and women enrolled in four-year colleges and universities, graduate programs, and technical or two-year post-secondary programs.

GT in Brief

Shinoda Foundation Announces Recipients of Annual Scholarship Awards

Jennifer Zurko

Elite students from some of the country’s top floriculture programs received awards totaling $23,500 as the Shinoda Foundation Board of Trustees presented its annual scholarships.

GT in Brief

USDA to Conduct 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties

Jennifer Zurko

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties this winter to provide a comprehensive picture of the U.S. horticulture industry.

GT in Brief

Why Ball Built These Greenhouses

Chris Beytes

You’re looking at the first new greenhouses constructed on the Ball Horticultural Company West Chicago, IL campus since the ’90s.

Inside Look

Under the Big Top

Jennifer Zurko

When Showtime first aired, “The Circus,” their docu-series about American politics, my first thought was that the name of the show was brilliant. There really is no better way to describe what goes on in Washington D.C.

JZ on D.C.

House Ag Labor Bill Passes the House

Jennifer Zurko

On Wednesday, December 11, the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038) passed the House in a bipartisan vote of 260-165.

Pest Management

All Coppers Are Not Created Equal

A. R. Chase

Copper fungicides represent one of the broadest-spectrum groups in our arsenal, but checking the labels for six copper fungicides shows some differences in their exact copper source, amount of metallic copper equivalent, REI and approved application method.

Under an Acre

Bringing the Culture Back to Agriculture

Anne-Marie Hardie

From a fairly young age, Camelia Frieberg, owner of Watershed Farm in Nova Scotia, had a strong interest in growing food.

Young Voices

A Year of Learning

Luís Gustavo Costa

A young student from Brazil shares his story about interning in the United States.

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OHP Inc.

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HandPicked Vegetables Collection

PanAmerican Seed

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Liv in Wax

WBD Holland

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SporeCam Sensors

LumiGrow Inc.

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Telescoping Handi-Reach Handle

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