Acres & Acres

Pandemic Not Required

Chris Beytes

We don’t have to suffer through a pandemic to have record sales.

Cover Story

Could H-2A Be Your Labor Savior?

Jennifer Zurko

It’s far from a perfect solution, but more and more greenhouse growers have turned to the H-2A visa program to secure the help they need now that the workforce well has essentially run dry. For those thinking of applying for H-2A workers, there are a few things to consider and some homework to do.

Features

Next Year’s New Stuff

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko

Part 1 of our yearly three-part coverage of the California Spring Trials gives you all the highlights in annuals for 2024.

Features

Re-thinking Your Growing Media

Jeb S. Fields & Kristopher S. Criscione

Reducing peat through substrate stratification.

Features

The Benefits of Horticulture Testing

Joann Peery

Is it a growing media issue or not?

Growers Talk Business

Defining True Innovation

Terri McEnaney

Innovation can be so much more than an ethos or a driving force in an organization. Without it, we become stagnant, and with it, we unlock endless opportunities.

Growers Talk Production

Keeping a History

Michael DeBerti

Keeping notes can help make the next season a bit easier and more successful. Whatever you call it, it’s about how you want to keep track of your data.

GT in Brief

75 Years of Unique Plants

Chris Beytes

???Happy 75th anniversary to the folks at Ted’s Greenhouse in Tinley Park, Illinois, in Chicago’s south suburbs, a retail-grower well-known by Chicagoland’s retailers, landscapers and gardeners for the interesting, oddball and unusual.

GT in Brief

Biobest to Acquire BioWorks

Chris Beytes

Belgium-based Biobest Group, the well-known global expert in biological control and pollination, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire BioWorks, Inc., a Victor, New York-based manufacturer and marketer of biopesticides, including RootShield, BotryStop and MilStop.

GT in Brief

Congrats to DOCTOR Daughtrey!

Chris Beytes

We can now call her Dr. Margery Daughtrey without her having to sheepishly correct us because the plant industry’s beloved and long-running plant pathologist has officially finished all requirements to receive a Ph.D. from Cornell University.

GT in Brief

Floriculture Is Up, With Foliage Up the Most

Dr. Marvin Miller

The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) released its annual Floriculture Crops 2022 Summary the last week of May.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Kurt Dramm

Chris Beytes

Kurt William Dramm, second-generation of the famous greenhouse and irrigation equipment company, passed away in May. He was 84.

GT in Brief

OnThe Move

Jennifer Zurko

Ball Horticultural Company; Ball Seed; Impello Biosciences

Guest Column

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zonals

Lowell Halvorson

From the 1960s to now, zonal geraniums continue to capture the eyes and hearts of consumers.

Inside Look

The Good Ol’ Days

Jennifer Zurko

Remember when there was a time when you had stacks of job applications and enough labor to get through the spring season? Those days are over.

JZ on D.C.

Governor Larry Hogan Set as the Keynote for Impact Washington

Jennifer Zurko

Governor Hogan served two-terms after pulling an upset election in 2014 and becoming only the second Republican governor Maryland has ever had.

Pest Management

Ace Summer Mum Production With an Agronomic Plan

Nancy Rechcigl

As you begin planning for mums, help ensure the highest plant quality by preparing for expected and unexpected challenges with proper scouting techniques, cultural practices and an agronomic program.

Pest Management

Encarsia formosa: Biological Control Agent of the Greenhouse Whitefly

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

E. formosa can be released into greenhouse production systems to manage greenhouse whitefly populations on ornamental and vegetable crops.

Pest Management

Turning the Tide on Thrips & Botrytis

Laura Barth

AFE unveils innovative new research.

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