Acres & Acres

Three Truths

Chris Beytes

n the 45 years I’ve been in horticulture, I’ve learned some truths about our little industry that make it the greatest industry on the planet.

Cover Story

BMPs for PGRs

Christopher J. Currey

Best management practices for advanced PGRs during the young plant stages.

Culture Notes

Making Magic

Lauren Blume

PGR best practices and production tips for Monarch Magic Ageratum.

Culture Notes

Scoop Up Impulse Sales With Senetti Blue Spoon

Delilah Onofrey

While we’ve seen spoon-shaped flowers in other genera, in Senetti it creates a striking bicolor look.

Features

Don’t Stress Over Geranium Propagation

Roberto Lopez & Charlie Smith

Tank mixing PGRs to prevent geranium lower leaf yellowing and promote rooting.

Features

Greener Growth

Carla Dempsey

AFE’s Sustainabloom initiative is a resource hub for growers.

Features

No Such Thing as Too Chill

Danielle DelConte & Dr. William Miller

Evaluating the susceptibility of cut flower gerbera to chilling injury.

Features

Plant Physiology for Growers

Lynn Griffith

Knowing how different parts of a plant function is more complex than growers need or want to know. However, being aware of a few basic principles can help us become better growers day in and day out.

Features

Start Clean, Stay Clean

Tina Smith

Attention to greenhouse sanitation and disinfecting are steps that you can take to help ensure the best crop quality and avoid any issues.

Features

Sticking Head Start

Dr. Roger C. Styer

Using rooting hormones and rooting stimulants in propagation of ornamental cuttings.

Features

What We Can Learn from Proven Winners’ Customers (Part 2)

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?

Growers Talk Business

Forecasting: An Ever-Evolving Business Plan

Susie Raker

Forecasting is one of the most important tools for running our business and it’s a continuous process. It never really starts and it never really stops.

Growers Talk Production

True Leaders Admit When They’re Wrong

Brian Groves

There’s a time to stand firm in the storm and there’s also a time to run to safety and admit that the wrong decision was made originally.

GT in Brief

AAS Honors Mitch Hanes With Breeders’ Cup

Chris Beytes

All-America Selections (AAS) announced that Mitch Hanes, retired flower breeder from Syngenta Flowers, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 AAS Breeders’ Cup Award.

GT in Brief

AAS to Host International Plant Trialing Conference in ’25

Chris Beytes & Jennifer Zurko

All-America Selections (AAS) knows a little bit about flower and plant trials, so it only makes sense that they would revive the International Plant Trialing Conference.

GT in Brief

AmericanHort, HRI Respond to Newly Detected Phytophthora

Jennifer Zurko

AmericanHort’s response focuses on three key areas: science, regulation and outreach/education.

GT in Brief

Congrats, Dr. Liz Felter!

Chris Beytes

Dr. Liz Felter, long-time Central Florida regional specialized extension agent for UF/IFAS, has been given the 2024 Gene A. Batson Award by FNGLA Action Chapter.

GT in Brief

Hort School Enrollment Hits 10-Year High

Chris Beytes

An enrollment survey conducted by North Carolina State University in collaboration with Seed Your Future indicates that bachelor’s program enrollment reached a 10-year high in 2021.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

American Horticultural Society; Ball FloraPlant; Ball Seed; BioWorks; Wadsworth Control Systems

GT in Brief

Plugs (and Poinsettias) at the Plug & Cutting Conference

Chris Beytes

Steve Mullen, long-time general manager at Knox Horticulture in Winter Garden, Florida, describes the basics of Knox’s plug and liner production strategies to a Plug & Cutting Conference tour group.

GT in Brief

SAF Winners From Their Convention

Chris Beytes

At their annual Stars of the Industry Awards Experience, SAF honored some folks “who have made an indelible mark on the industry.”

GT in Brief

SePRO Gets New Financial Partners

Chris Beytes

SePRO Corporation has two new financial partners: Stanley Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

GT in Brief

Sidney B. Meadows Fund Awards $24,000 in Scholarships

Chris Beytes

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Fund has announced the names of 12 students from 10 southeastern universities chosen to receive academic scholarships this year.

Guest Column

The Plume, the Spike & the Twisted

Lowell Halvorson

The distinctive, sometimes outlandish flower gesture of celosia comes in various forms. It’s eye catching and it sells.

Inside Look

At Capacity

Jennifer Zurko

I have come to accept that for the rest of my life I will be dealing with my at-capacity mental hard drive.

JZ on D.C.

USCIS Reaches H-2B Visa Cap or First Half of FY 2025

Jennifer Zurko

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it has reached the congressionally mandated cap for H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2025.

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