Acres & Acres

How You’ll Be Using AI

Chris Beytes

Here are a dozen possible ways.

Cover Story

Fixing the Flow

Jennifer Zurko

Is your greenhouse design costing you money?

Culture Notes

Perk Up Heat & Drought-Tolerant Programs With MEGA PAZZAZ Portulaca

Kathleen Hennessy

Danziger’s PAZZAZ Portulaca check all the boxes for big colorful blooms, heat-loving performance and attention-grabbing pots, combinations and hanging baskets at retail.

Features

Better Crops With a Smaller Energy Bill

Dr. Peter Ling

Data-driven strategies for greenhouse efficiency.

Features

Communicating With a Cadence

Rayne Gibson

It’s not the amount of touchpoints you have with your staff, it’s about tailoring meetings based on the issue to avoid major problems that often slip through the cracks.

Features

Compressed vs. Loose Growing Media: Making Every Cubic Foot Count

Pauline Portal

A greenhouse can hold a lot of plants, but not necessarily a lot of growing media.

Features

Creating a Culture of Quality

Neal Glatt

Maintaining quality not only goes into the plants you produce, but in how your employees are engaged.

Features

Dialing In

Luke Finn, Patrick Veazie & Brian Whipker

Balancing EC and pH in New Guinea impatiens.

Features

Homegrown Growing Media: Inorganic Products & Producers

Dr. Brian E. Jackson

This third article of a three-part series highlights domestically sourced growing media products.

Features

Integration, Intelligence & Accessibility

Chris Beytes

What can you expect from your environmental controls—whether basic or advanced—today and in coming years? We asked experts from three controls manufacturers to weigh in on the top features most all control companies are hoping to bring to customers (including AI), along with outlining their specific new offerings. Here’s what we learned.

Features

Keeping it Positive

Megan Gibb, Jeb S. Fields & Paul R. Fisher

What is cation exchange capacity and why should I care?

Features

Where Your Irrigation System & Fertilizer Matter

Alvaro Daniel Pantoja-Benavides, Mayra A. Toro-Herrera & Rosa E. Raudales

How much clean water does it take to clean up your runoff?

Features

Why Greenhouse Teams Are Turning to AI for Faster, Smarter Decisions

Tara Cosca

As AI tools become more accessible, growers have an opportunity to make faster decisions, improve operational efficiency and respond more effectively to changing market conditions.

Growers Talk Business

Are We Delivering Plants or Hauling Air?

Davy Wright

As delivery costs continue to rise, even small improvements in truck capacity can have a meaningful impact on profitability.

Growers Talk Production

On Curiosity

Albert Grimm

Creating a culture where curiosity is welcome ought to start at the top.

GT in Brief

A Centennial to Remember

Jennifer Zurko

In late August, Monrovia held a week-long schedule of events at its Dayton, Oregon, location to commemorate the company’s 100th year in business in conjunction with the Farwest show.

GT in Brief

A New Dutch Greenhouse Business

Chris Beytes

Wilbert de Rijke, a second-generation grower, just built his own greenhouse in ’s-Gravenzande, which is in the famous Westland region of the Netherlands. Kwekerij Wilbert de Rijke is the name of the business.

GT in Brief

Bates Daughters Close the Family Business

Chris Beytes

One of the oldest and most venerable families in the caladium world has decided to retire and close the business.

GT in Brief

On the Move

Jennifer Zurko

Ball Seed; Dramm; EHR; Monrovia; Proven Winners; Suntory Flowers; Unex, Inc.

GT in Brief

RIP Konrad Wagner

Chris Beytes

Konrad Wagner, the breeder behind the first true clear orange pansy, the F2 hybrid Padparadja, a dual award winner, died July 31 in Hannoversch Muenden, Germany, after a full life as a horticulturist, breeder and family man. He was 90.

GT in Brief

Save the Date for the Tropical Plant International Expo

Jennifer Zurko

Mark your calendars now: the 2027 Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE) will take place January 20-22, 2027, at the Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

GT in Brief

Save the Date: California Spring Trials 2027 set for April 6-9

Chris Beytes

National Garden Bureau, which organizes the registration for the annual California Spring Trials, announced the date for the 2027 event as April 6-9.

Guest Column

Benary’s Begonia Strategy

Lowell Halvorson

Rather than producing one more begonia every few years, Benary has been quietly filling application niches.

Inside Look

A Jumbo Hot Dog With Pickle & Mustard Only and Cheese Fries

Jennifer Zurko

That’s my go-to order whenever I go to Portillo’s.

JZ on D.C.

Judge Sends IFR Adverse Effect Wage Rate back to DOL

Jennifer Zurko

In August, a federal court ordered that the Department of Labor (DOL) must rewrite the interim final rule (IFR) from October 2025 on farmworker wages, putting additional pressure on Congress to come up with a solution.

Paul's Pointers

Seeds of Success

Paul Pilon

Perennials from seed can be more challenging than most of the seed annuals being commercially grown, so here are a few tips to help you be as successful as possible.

Pest Management

Integrating Effective Whitefly Chemistries With BCAs in Ornamental Crops

Powlomee Mondal & Muhammad Z. “Zee” Ahmed

How chemistries can integrate with biological control, based on published studies conducted across laboratory, greenhouse and semi-field settings.

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