Acres & Acres

Take This Job … and Promote It!

Chris Beytes

Everyone should jump on board and support Seed Your Future’s efforts to bring some much-needed publicity to the job and career opportunities we offer.

Cover Story

Do These Things Now

Christopher J. Currey

Improve efficiency by reducing inputs.

Culture Notes

Fun House Petunia Culture

Dr. Alicain Carlson & Dr. Mary Lewis

Fun House Petunia is a collection of petunias where novelty and performance collide to make better retail programs.

Culture Notes

Kitchen Minis Tabletop Vegetables: A Growing Guide

Carsten Leth

Producing the best-quality, edible potted vegetables for retail.

Features

Avoiding Caladium Conundrums

Roberto Lopez, Caleb Spall & Nathan Durussel

The first article of a two-part series discusses how to grow a better caladium crop with air, substrate and irrigation water temperature management.

Features

Ellepot at Retail? These Growers Say Yes!

Chris Beytes

Growers seeking to gain efficiency, reduce input costs and produce novel products are finding success with the Danish paper pot technology known as Ellepots. Here are three examples.

Features

Heating in Your Winter Greenhouse

Patrick Mahoney

Energy-efficient tips for the winter grower.

Features

Lessons Learned in Automation

Jonathan Pedersen

When it comes to incorporating new technologies into your business, there are many important questions to ask and a few techniques to learn.

Features

The Dynamics of Growing Media

Bill Calkins

Data collected and diagnosed by testing, sampling and analysis leads to accurate and efficient solutions to your soil challenges.

Features

When Using Your Land Doesn’t Go As Planned

Matt Sturzen

How your county’s planning and zoning laws can affect whether you can expand or not.

Growers Talk Business

The Dump Pile: What’s in Yours?

Amy Morris

We all know we have a pile, but do we all know what’s in it?

Growers Talk Production

When Crop Disaster Strikes

Albert Grimm

There’s no learning experience quite like watching a crop go sour.

GT in Brief

A Grand Expand

Jennifer Zurko & Chris Beytes

Two years ago, Johannes “JP” Pieterse and Brent Troost made the switch from wholesale only to grower-retailer when they purchased Countryside Flower Shop & Nursery in Crystal Lake, Illinois. They must have really enjoyed the past two years because they’ve purchased a second retail location, Shady Hill Gardens in Elburn.

GT in Brief

ASHS Meets in Chicago

Nathan Jahnke

The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) hosted their annual conference in Chicago July 30 through August 3. Almost 1,000 people attended.

GT in Brief

Bayer Environmental Science to Sell and Become Envu

Chris Beytes

Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business will become Envu as a standalone company, contingent on the successful close of the acquisition of the business by private equity firm Cinven.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Len Busch

Chris Beytes

Leonard S. “Len” Busch, founder of Len Busch Roses, died August 22 at the age of 90.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Signify; Vivero North America

GT in Brief

Seville Farms to Sell After Losing Key Customer

Chris Beytes

Seville Farms, based in Mansfield, Texas, is up for sale after nearly 30 years in business.

GT in Brief

Sidney B. Meadows Fund Awards $26,000 in Scholarships

Matthew Chappell

This scholarship, created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), announced the names of 13 students from seven universities chosen to receive academic scholarships this year.

GT in Brief

Tech On Demand Earns ASHS Award!

Chris Beytes

The Tech On Demand initiative of Ball Seed and Ball Publishing was awarded ASHS’s 2022 Outstanding Education Materials Award—Multimedia.

GT in Brief

Two Notable Industry Retirements

Chris Beytes

Robert Bowden is retiring after nearly 30 years as the Executive Director of Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida. Dr. James Klett has announced his retirement from teaching at Colorado State University, where he's been on the faculty for more than 40 years.

GT in Brief

Valent BioSciences Announces Significant R&D Investments

Chris Beytes

Valent BioSciences LLC, the subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical of Tokyo, has announced significant investments at several of its key research and development facilities aimed at increasing their innovations in biorational and biostimulant products.

Inside Look

I Didn’t Write This Efficiently

Jennifer Zurko

If you continue to put off the things you need to do now, in the end you achieve very little. And that’s the opposite of being efficient, right?

JZ on D.C.

New Climate, Health Care & Tax Law Includes Boosts for Agriculture

Jennifer Zurko

In August, President Biden signed to enact the climate, health care and tax law known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Paul's Pointers

Keeping an Open Mind

Paul Pilon

Keep an open mind for both your professional and personal life when hearing new ideas, evaluating problems or when entering unfamiliar territory.

Pest Management

Common Insect Problems on Tropical Houseplants

Dr. Aaron Palmateer

The key to success is to start with clean plants and to create an environment for them to thrive.

Under an Acre

An Homage to Holland

Anne-Marie Hardie

Windmill Island Gardens in Holland, Michigan, has expanded into a beautiful park and heritage site where visitors can experience a taste of Dutch architecture, floriculture and horticulture.

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10.00 Roman Saucerless Hanging Basket

The HC Companies

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BotaniGard 22WP Mycoinsecticide

Certis Biologicals

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Dual Atrium

Prospiant

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Endless Summer Pop Star Hydrangea

Bailey Nurseries Inc.

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Solarscape Series

PanAmerican Seed

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Surfinia XXL

Suntory Flowers