Acres & Acres

New School or Old School?

Chris Beytes

No matter which direction you choose, personalized customer service that exceeds your customers’ expectations is still the best way to ensure your company’s future.

Columns

Garden Mums & Florel

Rick Yates

New research to prevent premature budding.

Columns

The Little Things Make All the Difference

Roger McGaughey

If we take care of the little things, the important details, the big things, often take care of themselves and everyone’s stress level can be lower.

Columns

Worries & Wakefulness

Jennifer Zurko

One of the burning questions that I learned to ask from Chris Beytes is: “What keeps you up at night?”

Cover Story

Forget the Weather: Labor is Your No. 1 Worry

Jennifer Zurko

The decline in the availability of greenhouse and nursery workers has reached crisis levels. Here’s a look at how we got here and some creative ways in which growers are finding more help.

Features

Channeling New Varieties

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Ellen C. Wells & Paul Pilon

Part one of our two-part coverage of the 2017 California Spring Trials includes plenty of new annuals, and additions to popular series. And despite it being a relatively “quiet” year, there were a few memorable standouts worthy of your attention.

Features

Growth Control on the Low

Josh Henry & Brian Whipker

Low phosphorus fertilization as an alternative to PGRs.

Features

Mealybugs: What Can You Do?

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Mealybugs are destructive and economically important insect pests of a wide-range of greenhouse-grown horticultural crops.

Features

Phytophthora Diseases Affecting Ornamentals & the Potential for Foliar Outbreaks

Aaron Palmateer, Ph.D.

When it comes to effective management of aggressive pathogens such as Phytophthora, preventative fungicide applications are a must.

Features

Tech Talk

Christopher Machnich

Control systems that allow you to incorporate new technology in your greenhouse can also make you a better grower.

Features

Tips for Rooting Perennial Cuttings

W. Garrett Owen & Roberto G. Lopez

Optimizing callus induction and formation of herbaceous perennial cuttings.

Features

Which Would Work for You?

Ed Bloodnick & Troy Buechel

Tips on the building blocks of organic growing media.

Features

Worrying About Wilt?

Mary-Frances Behnke, Kelly Lewis & James Faust

A solution for rehydrating wilted cuttings.

Growers Talk Business

The Spring That Never Was

Bill Swanekamp

The odd part about this spring was that it never seemed to get going.

GT in Brief

Coloring Within the Lines

Chris Beytes

Ball Horticultural Company’s summer ground crew staff plant annuals in preparation for the annual Ball Seed Field Day & Landscape Day, which is always held the last Friday of July.

GT in Brief

Dümmen Orange Announces Dr. P. Allen Hammer Scholarship

Jennifer Zurko

Dümmen Orange announced the creation of The Dr. P. Allen Hammer scholarship fund.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Michael Vukelich Sr.

Chris Beytes

Michael Vukelich Sr. passed away in May at the age of 87.

GT in Brief

Neonics on Milkweed Brings Negative Publicity

Chris Beytes

It’s one thing to use neonics for general pest management, but why would you put them on a plant called “butterfly weed.”

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

EMERALD COAST GROWERS; HENRY F. MICHELL CO; lef FARMS; PHILIPS LIGHTING

GT in Brief

Orange Petunia Update

Chris Beytes

We call it the orange petunia situation because that’s the color that started the genetically engineered ball rolling, but it’s extended into a few other colors.

GT in Brief

Registration Open for UF Greenhouse Training Online Courses

Jennifer Zurko

Join the 488 growers who have successfully graduated from Greenhouse Training Online courses offered by the University of Florida IFAS Extension (UF).

GT in Brief

STEPABLES Wins Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Chris Beytes

Think twice before you borrow photos from the Internet for your website or catalog.

New Products

New Products

Adriana Heikkila

Ball Seed; Oglesby Plants International; Dramm Corporation; Westbrook Greenhouse Systems Ltd.; Bayer CropScience LP; Jelitto Perennial Seeds

SAF in the Lobby

Tax Reform Simmering

The Society of American Florists

Tax reform is one of the signature issues in the Trump administration, but questions abound about what direction it will take and whether or not reform can be a reality this year.

Under an Acre

The Williamson Legacy

Anne-Marie Hardie

It’s often been said that it’s the people, not the structure, that will determine the success of the business. That’s truly the case for Tom Williamson and the legacy he created with RCW Nurseries and Williamson Tree Farm.