Acres & Acres

Table Stakes

Chris Beytes

In today’s market, having innovative products, in stock with good people to sell them, is table stakes.

Cover Story

A Successful Succession Story

Jennifer Zurko

Learning the lessons from a previous transition experience, Kube-Pak proves there’s a right way to pass along a family business.

Features

Dianthus Explained, Part 2

Dr. Will Healy

The second part of our series dives into production best practices for dianthus.

Features

Increase Sales With B2B Email Marketing

Katie Elzer-Peters

How do you get going and keep growing with B2B email marketing? Here’s what to do.

Features

Interns Offer Fresh Perspectives—and Potential Hires

Julie Martens Forney

Imagine if you could do something to help build the industry workforce—would you do it? The American Floral Endowment sponsors internship programs that match motivated horticulture students with host businesses. Students bring top-shelf talent that could fill your company’s labor needs one day.

Features

Managing Your Greenhouse Staff

Jerry Gorchels

Now is a good time to start thinking about next spring—what went right, what could be made better and what really needs attention. These are all factors in managing your greenhouse.

Features

Visa Program Primer

Shawn Packer

Five things to think about before you apply for foreign workers.

Features

Wages: Onward & Upward

Compiled by Jennifer Zurko, Chris Beytes & Paul Black

In our 27th annual Wage & Benefit Survey, we find that compensation continues to increase, especially in the positions that are vital to running a greenhouse business.

Features

Year-End Checklist

Mark E. Battersby

Planning now for tax savings later.

Growers Talk Business

Get Your Hopes Up

Art Parkerson

Hiring is a numbers game. You have to work through a lot of duds to find a few who are truly great.

Growers Talk Production

A New Era in Holiday Houseplants

Austin Bryant

I have hope that plant sales will rebound from a slow third quarter as a personal, shippable gift item and become an annual holiday item.

GT in Brief

At the Global Produce & Floral Show

Chris Beytes

Supermarket produce, and floral suppliers and buyers were excited to gather in Orlando in October for the first annual Global Produce & Floral Show.

GT in Brief

Certis Now Sells BotaniGard & Mycotrol Directly

JC Chong

Certis Biologicals, a major manufacturer of biopesticides, now sells some of its products directly through its distribution channels.

GT in Brief

Express Seed Licensing Syngenta’s Poinsettia Line

Jennifer Zurko

Express Seed announced that they were now the exclusive global licensee of all of Syngenta’s poinsettia products.

GT in Brief

HRI Leadership Class Named

Chris Beytes

If the inaugural class of the HRI (Horticultural Research Institute) Leadership Academy is any indication, the future of our industry is in good hands.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Kristian Madsen

Chris Beytes

The Danish greenhouse industry lost one of its beloved members earlier this month when Kristian Madsen, second-generation owner of Gartneriet PKM in Odense, died of pneumonia at age 70.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Arborjet/Ecologel; Ball Seed; Dosatron Solutions LLC; Dramm; OHP, Inc.; Profile Products

Guest Column

Selecting the Best of the Bunch

Glenna Hecht

Do you select the employee who’s “ripe for the role” or the person who’s very green and needs time to develop?

Inside Look

Don’t Be Like Logan Roy

Jennifer Zurko

There’s a moral to the show "Succession" for owners who are looking to pass down the business to their children: don’t be like Logan Roy.

JZ on D.C.

H-2A Changes Ahead

Jennifer Zurko

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized updated regulations for the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers, capping off a process that started in 2019.

Paul's Pointers

Between Seasons

Paul Pilon

There are several areas I work on each fall during this transitional time of the year to prepare for overwintering and next year’s production.

Pest Management

Root Aphids a Growing Problem

Stanton Gill & Brian Kunkel

Rice root aphids are a growing problem in greenhouses, native and non-native herbaceous plant nurseries, and field hemp and medical marijuana growing operations.

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Debug Turbo and Debug Trés

Mycorrhizal Applications

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Mycotrol ESO

Certis Biologicals

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Series 2000 Commercial Greenhouse

GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures

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Spreading Begonia Hula Red

PanAmerican Seed

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UpTake PRO

Pace 49 Inc.

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Waxflower Moonlight Delight

Helix Australia