Acres & Acres

Not Customer Service—Hospitality

Chris Beytes

I’ve long felt customer service is the one easiest (and hardest) place you can make your business stand out from the crowd.

Cover Story

Tackling the Tough Stuff

Jennifer Zurko

Matthew Tyson, this year’s GrowerTalks/Ball Horticultural Company Young Grower Award winner, has used the life lessons he’s learned and his years on the football field to lead his team at Costa Farms to success.

Features

A Good Vibe

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Polanz

The mood was good and the new products were plenty at Cultivate’23. Here are some highlights.

Features

Pre-production Prep

Jennifer Zurko

Growing info on some of the newest varieties.

Features

Service in Real Time

Katie Elzer-Peters

Grow your customer base with live online inventory.

Growers Talk Business

Headwinds Ahead?

Stan Vander Waal

How do we as operators and business owners prudently plan and navigate the challenges ahead?

Growers Talk Production

Micromanage Plants, Grow People

Stephanie Saccomano

One can’t possibly micromanage every person’s decision making and expect to live a long, happy life.

GT in Brief

2024 Great American Gardener Awards Nomination Open Now

Jennifer Zurko

Nominations are still being accepted for the American Horticultural Society’s (AHS) 2024 Great American Gardeners Awards.

GT in Brief

AFE Releases Thrips & Botrytis Library

JC Chong

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has released its Thrips and Botrytis Research Library.

GT in Brief

All In for Next Year’s Varieties

Jennifer Zurko

On August 8 and 9, growers, retailers, brokers and breeders were hosted by four local trials sites.

GT in Brief

Danziger Announces Imagine More Scholarship Program

Jennifer Zurko

Danziger is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, the company is partnering with the Horticulture Research Institute to develop a new scholarship.

GT in Brief

Get the 2024 AAS Winners From These Young Plant Suppliers

Jennifer Zurko

Don’t know which All-America Selection (AAS) winners are available at your supplier? Go to the AAS website!

GT in Brief

New Joint Guide for IPM in New York, New England

Chris Beytes

A perk of signing up for this fall’s Northeast Greenhouse Conference & Expo is the chance to pick up a copy of the new New York and New England Management Guidelines for Greenhouse Floriculture and Herbaceous Ornamentals.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Ball FloraPlant/Selecta One; Eason Horticultural Services; Jiffy; Plant Development Services, Inc.

GT in Brief

Remembering Jim Nau

Jennifer Zurko

Jim earned his spot as an industry icon because of his broad swath of horticulture knowledge garnered through years and years of planning and growing for the Ball Gardens.

Guest Column

Begin With the Waxes

Lowell Halvorson

Waxes are relentlessly reliable. In an industry full of risks, they bring stability.

Inside Look

“Mike” on the Strong Side

Jennifer Zurko

Now that Matthew Tyson is a grower for one of the biggest operations in the country, he's been playing his old football role again.

JZ on D.C.

Federal Labor Program Updates

Jennifer Zurko

There were several Department of Labor (DOL) updates on both the H-2A and H-2B temporary worker programs in July.

Pest Management

The Effect of Growing Medium on Steinernema feltiae

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Steinernema feltiae is an entomopathogenic nematode used in greenhouse production systems to manage fungus gnat larval populations.

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