Acres & Acres

The Generations

Chris Beytes

We’ve been waiting for the bump in retail sales to come since going through the Gen-X dip, and we should be there now, with plenty of Millennials in the 28 to 43 age bracket.

Cover Story

Making the Greenhouse Leaner & Meaner

Jennifer Zurko

A quick check-in on what some of your peers are implementing in their own operations to help them be more efficient.

Features

A Sweet Dream Realized

Jennifer Zurko

Marryn Mathis, owner of The Farmhouse Flower Farm, was going on 21 years of slogging away at a corporate job. But it was the birth of her son Finn that opened the door to the possibility of finding her true passion.

Features

Don’t Forget About Magnesium

Lynn Griffith

NPK may be what’s always on your mind when it comes to your crops’ nutrition, but magnesium is an element that also plays an important role in chlorophyll production.

Features

Growing Your Business—For the Right Reasons

Mike Gooder

With interest rates high, raw materials expensive and profit margins thin, it’s more challenging than ever to know when—or even if—you should expand your business. To offer some guidance with this tough question, we turn back to the fundamentals, as found in Chapter 12 of the Ball RedBook.

Features

Is Your Light Right?

Bill Calkins

Do you really know what your light levels are? Think about light like irrigation—it’s all about accumulation and how much is actually making it to the crop.

Features

Rebates Sweeten the Deal

Kerstin Poehlmann

A look at rebates and incentives available for growers who make the switch to LED lighting.

Features

Remote Greenhouse Monitoring Road Map

Rob Fusco

Maintaining the right microclimate is crucial for plant protection within your greenhouse.

Features

Rethinking Your Fertilizer

Grant Johnson & Bruno J.L. Pitton

Why mechanical controlled-release fertilizer mixing may be costing you nutrients.

Features

What We Can Learn from Proven Winners’ Customers

Chris Beytes

What are consumers thinking about gardening in general and our products specifically? It’s what we all want to know! But how do we reach them to ask our burning questions? Proven Winners has spent years building an online presence and a large database of garden consumers, so they have the means to ask. And they did, this summer, with their 2024 Proven Winners Consumer Data Report.

Growers Talk Business

Keeping a To-Do List Can Transform Your Greenhouse Business

Amy Morris

In the competitive and labor-intensive world of a greenhouse business, the humble to-do list becomes a powerful tool to manage complexities and ensure operational efficiency.

Growers Talk Production

It’s a Matter of Trust

Albert Grimm

The prerequisite for a culture of responsibility is a culture of trust.

GT in Brief

A New Way to Register for CAST

Chris Beytes

The National Garden Bureau (NGB)announced they’ll be taking on the administrative, marketing and registration duties for the California Spring Trials.

GT in Brief

Changes at FNGLA

Jennifer Zurko

After 40 years at the Florida Nursery, Grower & Landscape Association (FNGLA) and countless contributions to the success of the association, Linda Adams, FNGLA’s Chief Operations Officer, is transitioning into retirement.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Flower Time’s Bob Ench

Chris Beytes

Bob passed away on July 17 at the age of 83.

GT in Brief

Industry Veterans Form New Greenhouse Company

Chris Beytes

That new venture is the interestingly named Alchemy Greenhouse Solutions, the brainchild of Bill Vietas, James Parris and Michael Kovalycsik, who have more than 100 years of combined greenhouse industry experience.

GT in Brief

New AAS Winners for 2025

Chris Beytes

All-America Selections (AAS) has five new AAS Winners available for the 2025 gardening season.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

Kientzler North America

GT in Brief

RoBoCut: Autonomous Tissue Culture Propagation

Chris Beytes

You’re looking at a self-contained, fully automatic tissue culture lab that fits in just a few square meters.

GT in Brief

Why Sun Valley Closed its Doors

Chris Beytes

California-based cut flower grower Sun Valley Floral Farms recently shook up the cut flower world with the news of its pending closing.

Guest Column

Pycnanthe-whom?

Lowell Halvorson

For the mainstream American garden, this year’s Perennial Plant of the Year shows a rising desire to integrate the garden into the local ecosystem.

Inside Look

Left Behind in Lingo Limbo

Jennifer Zurko

I’ve realized that no amount of hair color or expensive eye cream can stop me from being left behind on the latest lingo.

JZ on D.C.

Important H-2A Program Update!

Jennifer Zurko

Earlier this year, 17 states and two organizations filed suit against the Department of Labor over the final H-2A rule titled Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (Final Rule).

Paul's Pointers

Failing in the Fall is Not an Option

Paul Pilon

Growers who fail to monitor roots in the fall and take steps to maximize their health are at a great disadvantage.

Pest Management

Shining a Light on New Technology for Thrips Management

Laura Barth

How UV-C light technology is emerging as a promising tool in the fight against WFT, providing growers with a novel approach to pest management.

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