Acres & Acres

They’ll Love Your Job

Chris Beytes

There are trendy, socially progressive ways to get young people interested in horticulture, but the more alluring and important attributes of our industry are the simple, practical ones.

Cover Story

The Neighbors Are Complaining

Jennifer Zurko

As more ornamentals growers are getting into the business of controlled environment agriculture, they’re starting to deal with a brand-new issue: “light pollution” complaints from the locals.

Features

A Taste of Water Quality

Rosa Raudales

The first in a four-part series that gives you a sneak peek on what will be covered at this year’s Plug & Cutting Conference.

Features

Afraid of Your Shadows?

A.J. Both & Tim Shelford

Understanding the differences in light can help you better manage it during production.

Features

Curtainus Maximus

Julie Dean

Are you taking full advantage of everything your curtain system can do for you?

Features

Giving Love to the New and Old

Jennifer Zurko

This year's GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award finalists give us their thoughts on how growers can keep their customers excited about the bread-and-butter varieties that many consider commodities.

Features

Precision Plant Production

Joachim Nachmansohn

A fertilizer method that pinpoints certain parts of the plant.

Features

Which Cuts Can Cut it?

Dr. Ben A. Bergmann & Dr. John M. Dole

How North Carolina State University’s Cut Flowers and Postharvest Floriculture Program helps you choose the best ones to grow and sell.

Growers Talk Business

Lasting Thoughts

Gary Mangum

Overwhelmingly, relationships developed through the industry have contributed more to our business than anything we could possibly do ourselves.

Growers Talk Production

Happy? At Work?

Albert Grimm

The field of horticulture is one of the last bastions where freedom to create happiness is still obtainable in the workplace.

Growing With Griffin

Your Secret Decoder Ring for Fertilizer Injectors

Rick Yates

Some of us lump our fertilizer injectors in with the other technology in our lives that we try to keep at arm's length.

GT in Brief

$1 Million More for Floriculture and Nursery Research

Chris Beytes

The Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), a research program of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, has been funded to the tune of an additional $1 million, says the Society of American Florists, which has had the full court press on in Washington for at least two years.

GT in Brief

Monsanto/Bayer Deal Approved

Matthew Chappell

In April, the U.S. Department of Justice approved Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, conditional upon the sale of certain assets to secure antitrust approval.

GT in Brief

New Irrigation Tool Tells if Your Water is Good Enough

Chris Beytes

To be certain your water is good enough for greenhouse or nursery use—or to test a new water source—there’s a new tool you can use that interprets water quality data and tells you if it’s suitable for irrigation.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

FLORIDA NURSERY, GROWERS & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION; PHILIPS LIGHTING

GT in Brief

Quick Q&A with Amazon

Jennifer Zurko

We reached out to the Seattle-based company with a handful of questions to get a sense of what their goals are for this new category.

GT in Brief

Save the Date for the 2018 California Summer Vegetable Trials

Jennifer Zurko

What’s now a yearly tradition, vegetable breeding companies dealing in the fresh market and home garden segments are hosting the Summer Vegetable Trials via Open Houses and Field Days.

GT in Brief

The HC Companies Investing in New Container Technology

Jennifer Zurko

The HC Companies announced it will invest in new manufacturing technologies aimed at improving product consistency and delivery times for the horticulture industry.

GT in Brief

Trials, Florida-Style

Chris Beytes

Sixty or so landscapers and nursery professionals, mainly from Florida, tour the flower trials at the Orange County University of Florida IFAS Extension Education Center in Orlando on May 18.

Inside Look

Bright Lights … Not Just in the City

Jennifer Zurko

Very rarely do they get complaints about the lights coming from the greenhouse and disturbing the night sky. But it’s a different story for growers of greenhouse lettuce/greens and other vegetables.

Paul's Pointers

Does This Rattle Your Cage?

Paul Pilon

The occurrence of TRV and other viruses can be very frustrating, but they don't have to rattle your cage.

Pest Management

Protect Your Christmas Poinsettias from Whiteflies

Steven Arthurs, Erfan Vafaie, Pete Krauter & Kevin M. Heinz

The warm and humid conditions required for rooting cuttings can provide an ideal environment for pests and diseases.

SAF in the Lobby

Farm Bill Update

The Society of American Florists

On April 12, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) released his draft text of the 2018 Farm Bill.

Under an Acre

Inspiration from a Dandelion Cutting

Anne-Marie Hardie

Ed Hebbe, owner of Circle H Growers, said his love for growing started as a child when he would pick dandelions for transplanting.

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Bloomin’ Easy Panther Ninebark

Van Belle Nursery Inc.

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GrowSpan Series 1000 Greenhouses

Growers Supply Inc.

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Large Bare Root Sempervivum

Hen and Chicks LLC

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Pretty Little Interspecific Geranium

Syngenta Flowers

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Procidic

Greenspire Global Inc.

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White Knock Out Rose

Star Roses and Plants