Acres & Acres

1,000

Chris Beytes

For the past 83 years and four months of continuous publishing, from the end of the Great Depression through WWII and various other conflicts, economic booms and downturns, and several energy crises, GrowerTalks has always remaining focused on one task: Helping you grow and sell better crops.

Cover Story

Celebrating the 1,000th Issue of GrowerTalks

Anna Ball

As my grandfather saw it, everyone stood to benefit if all the information was shared. That was the basis for GrowerTalks then and it remains the basis today.

Features

Being Efficient in a New Normal

Gary Cortés

During the stress of dealing with a COVID-19 spring, the inefficiencies at growing operations really stood out.

Features

Best Practices for DIF on Poinsettias

Julie Martens Forney

Got poinsettias? Then you need DIF. This efficient growing tool can help you bring your poinsettia crop in on time and to spec—and it’s all possible thanks to research funding from the American Floral Endowment. Brush up on your DIF skills for your best poinsettia season ever.

Features

Woodies for Our Winged Friends

Dr. Matthew Chappell

Extending the pollinator season with shrubs.

Features

Zoom CAST Part 2

Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells, Bill Calkins, Paul Pilon & Jennifer Zurko

The Bobbleheads are back for the second part of our virtual Spring Trials coverage, including innovative new perennials, dramatic shrubs and more.

Growers Talk Business

More Cash Than We Know What to Do With

Art Parkerson

Let’s show our gratefulness by not blowing our harvest from a false spring, lest the second Thanksgiving of 2020 is far more somber than the one we enjoyed in April.

Growers Talk Production

Oh, the Uncertainty! (Not Another COVID-19 Article)

Austin Bryant

This pandemic is forcing changes in our industry that will make it look and feel very different for many years to come.

GT in Brief

Canadian Greenhouse Conference Goes Virtual

Chris Beytes

Like so many other shows, the Canadian Greenhouse Conference is cancelling its trade show, originally scheduled for October 7 and 8 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

GT in Brief

CAST Moves to June

Chris Beytes

The California Spring Trials, normally held in late March or early April, is officially moving to the end of June in 2021, making it the California Summer Trials.

GT in Brief

Costa Acquires DeLeon’s Bromeliads

Chris Beytes

In mid-June, Costa Farms announced the acquisition of Florida grower DeLeon’s Bromeliads.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Gary Falkenstein

Chris Beytes

Well-known horticulture industry executive Gary Falkenstein passed away June 5 from complications following surgery. He was 75.

GT in Brief

Mark Schermer Named New Boss at Syngenta Flowers

Chris Beytes

Syngenta Flowers has just announced that Michael Kester will retire at the end of 2020 after 42 years at Syngenta and Mark Schermer is being appointed as his successor as global head of Syngenta Flowers.

GT in Brief

Mum Anticipation

Bill Calkins

You’re looking at 8,000 of the 20,000 garden mums currently in production at Fairview Farms in Whately, Massachusetts.

GT in Brief

Northeast Greenhouse Conference Cancelled

Jennifer Zurko

The New England Floriculture Board and Extension Representatives have decided to postpone the Northeast Greenhouse Conference that was scheduled for this November to the fall of 2021 because of safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

HIP Labels; Sakata Seed America

GT in Brief

SAF’s Annual Convention Cancelled

Jennifer Zurko

The Society of American Florists’ 137th annual convention that was supposed to be held in Phoenix in September has been cancelled.

GT in Brief

tHRIve Videos Feature Hort Research Results

Chris Beytes

The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) has created a new web-based series featuring key research findings that help horticulture businesses grow.

GT in Brief

Virtual Conference to Look at “Recovery from Crisis”

Chris Beytes

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is organizing an all-day online conference September 15 called “Recovery from Crisis—the Future for Ornamentals."

Inside Look

A Small Contribution to 1,000 Issues

Jennifer Zurko

Do you ever notice that when you’re a part of something that’s old and steeped in history, you find yourself feeling very small?

Paul's Pointers

Need a Light Bulking?

Paul Pilon

It’s amazing how light quality, intensity, total amount per day and duration can influence how a crop looks or grows and to help achieve certain objectives.

Pest Management

Alimentación a base del huésped por parasitoides

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Algunos parasitoides liberados en ambientes cerrados, como los sistemas de producción de invernadero, pueden regular las poblaciones de plagas de insectos matándolos al poner huevos o al alimentarse del huésped.

Pest Management

Host Feeding by Parasitoids

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Some parasitoids that are released into enclosed environments, such as greenhouse production systems, may regulate insect pest populations by killing them when laying eggs or when host feeding.

Pest Management

It’s Time to Fall for Mums

Nancy Rechcigl

A programmatic approach for successful production.

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