Acres & Acres

What I’m Learning From Our YGA Winners

Chris Beytes

I’ve been working on a fun project this winter: a podcast featuring our Young Grower Award winners. I’m picking their brains on a range of topics and I wanted to share a few of their thoughts.

Cover Story

Bios to the Rescue

Jeremy Webber

Here are a handful of situations where you can use bios to clean up nightmare pest scenarios without having to dip into your chemical locker.

Features

Always Safe, Never Sorry

Mary Ann Rose, Ph.D.

Staying safe and legal with pesticides.

Features

Assessing Root Rot Diseases in Wood-Amended Substrates

Dr. Brian E. Jackson & Dr. Anissa Poleatewich

Highlights from some of the findings of past and current studies.

Features

Biostimulants & How You Use Them

Michelle L. Jones & Laura J. Chapin

Microbial biostimulants promote the growth of greenhouse pansies at low fertilizer rates, but not under optimal fertility.

Features

Building Language Bridges

Paige Franks

The first in a three-part series about the multi-generational workforce. This month: communication across generations.

Features

It’s Not Just the Active Ingredient

Broch Martindale

Why formulation matters in ornamental crop safety.

Features

Know Your Enemy

Dr. Luis Cañas

Advances in the detection and identification of major insect pests of greenhouse crops.

Features

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Dr. Anissa Poleatewich & Katie Gustafson

A science-based tool for horticultural production.

Features

What They Need to Succeed

Neal Glatt

Giving your employees the right tools to drive their performance.

Growers Talk Business

Generations in Transition

Davy Wright

Retiring leaders and upcoming leaders rarely look at the process the same way. And that difference—the clash of approaches, attitudes and commitments—defines whether the hand off feels like a blessing or a battlefield.

Growers Talk Production

So What Are You Going to Do About It?

Albert Grimm

Nothing changes unless we take the steps to change ourselves and the perspective from which we look at the world.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Gary Mangum

Chris Beytes

It was a blow to many in the industry when they heard before Christmas that Gary Mangum, co-founder and former CEO of Bell Nursery in Maryland and a groundbreaker in the modern mass market plant business, passed away unexpectedly on December 15.

GT in Brief

McHutchison & Beekenkamp Announce Distribution Partnership

Jennifer Zurko

McHutchison has created a distribution partnership with Beekenkamp that started on January 1, 2026.

GT in Brief

Metrolina, South Central Merge

Chris Beytes

Metrolina Greenhouses of North Carolina and South Central Growers of Tennessee have agreed to merge into one company.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

4XROBOTS; BioWorks, Inc.; Eason Horticultural Resources; OHP, Inc.; PanAmerican Seed; Van Belle Youngplants

GT in Brief

Strategic Partnership Brings Integrated Climate Systems to Growers

Ilyin Costello

Mestek, Inc. has partnered with BioTherm to deliver advanced and energy-efficient climate solutions for greenhouses and controlled agricultural environments.

Guest Column

The Modern Brunnera

Lowell Halvorson

Playing against the normal rules of market growth, brunnera is a curious exception, remarkable for every reason you wouldn’t expect.

Inside Look

Honey, You Got This

Jennifer Zurko

The gear-up toward spring is here and with it the major challenges that come with producing hundreds of plants in a small amount of time.

Paul's Pointers

Does the Cold Bug You?

Paul Pilon

Things you should know and things you can do to keep pests from bugging you.

Pest Management

Controlling Insects on Foliage & Tropicals

Andrew Britten

Top insect populations that you’re likely to come across and the control methods for each.

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