Acres & Acres

Dance Floors & Balconies

Chris Beytes

A smart leader or manager is not only involved in the day-to-day details; he or she also takes time to get up above the fray for the 50,000-ft. view.

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IPM From Above

Stanton Gill

Using spray drones to apply low-risk pesticides to greenhouse chrysanthemum crops.

Features

A Constant Scourge

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

A refresher on fungus gnat damage and control.

Features

Branded vs. Generic

A.R. Chase

Can you substitute post-patent fungicides for the brand names you’ve known and trusted for years?

Features

Copper: It’s Not Just for Bacteria

A.R. Chase

One of the first tools developed to control diseases can be used for other greenhouse tasks, too.

Features

Pay Attention to Your Pesticide

Carlos E. Bográn, Ph.D.

Distinguishing between phytotoxicity and disease.

Features

Stick & Die: How to Avoid It

Bill Calkins

How to effectively hold and handle unrooted cuttings to avoid losses and optimize young plant production.

Growers Talk Business

Where Did All the Labor Go?

Amy Morris

More immigration would fill more vacancies, stimulate our economy and lead use back to a new normal way of life.

Growers Talk Production

There Are No Shortcuts to Plant Wellness

Albert Grimm

Shortcuts in growing may be convenient, but they don’t serve the wellness of our plants any more than our cholesterol pills and blood pressure medications fix the damage created by our unbalanced lifestyles.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Bob Briggs

Chris Beytes

It’s rare to find the passing of a horticulturist making front-page news, but the passing of Colorado native Bob Briggs, owner of Briggs Garden Center & Greenhouse from 1961 to 1979 and executive vice president of the Colorado Greenhouse Growers Association for 17 years, was noteworthy because of his wide-ranging public service.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Glenn Goldsmith

Chris Beytes

Glenn Goldsmith, iconic plant breeder and founder of Goldsmith Seeds, passed away December 18 in Hawaii, where he had resided for many years. He was 93.

GT in Brief

Meet the International Fresh Produce Association

Chris Beytes

The new year marks the launch of a new produce and floral association, the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), which calls itself “the largest and most diverse international association serving the entire fresh produce and floral supply chains.”

GT in Brief

Signify Buys Fluence

Chris Beytes

Signify (formerly Philips) made the announcement December 20 that it has entered into an agreement with OSRAM to buy Fluence.

GT in Brief

Skagit Horticulture Adds Brindabella Roses

Jennifer Zurko

???Suntory Flowers has licensed rose and perennial grower Skagit Horticulture of Mount Vernon, Washington, to produce Brindabella Roses.

GT in Brief

The Botrytis Merry-Go-Round

Jennifer Zurko & Bill Calkins

If you ask Ball’s Tech On Demand team what they’re seeing in greenhouses most often, there’s one answer—Botrytis.

Inside Look

Balancing Tech and Life

Jennifer Zurko

How do you know your level of tech savviness?

JZ on D.C.

AmericanHort Meets With Agriculture Secretary

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort was part of a select group joining an agriculture roundtable discussion with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in Columbus, Ohio, on December 10. Brown is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Paul's Pointers

Going Gray?

Paul Pilon

Like its common name gray mold implies, Botrytis is most commonly identified by the fuzzy gray or brown spore masses on infected plant parts.

Under an Acre

The Wonders of Locally Grown

Anne-Marie Hardie

Allison Shannon’s original vision didn’t include horticulture, but it’s a path that has seamlessly brought together her love of plants and her desire to provide a space where she could share her knowledge and passion with her local community.

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