Acres & Acres

The Roller Coaster Season

Chris Beytes

Would any of you get back in line and go around again?

Corr on Cannabis

“Plants is Plants”

Dr. Brian Corr

What effect is the rapid expansion of the cannabis industry having on career decisions being made by the newest generation of horticulturists?

Cover Story

The Big Get Bigger

Jennifer Zurko

Is our little industry in danger of too much consolidation where the big fish will be the only ones left?

Features

Behind the Business: Potting Mix—It’s in the Bag!

Chris Beytes

Occasionally, GrowerTalks likes to reveal little-known details about the birth, growth or success of a well-known horticultural business. This month, ASB Greenworld, the Germany-based originator of bagged potting mix, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

Features

Dipping with Biopesticides

Michael Brownbridge

Our second article in a four-part series discusses an early intervention technique to enhance biocontrol success for poinsettias.

Features

Maximize Your Weed Control

Nelson Gonzalez & Fred Hulme

Weed control is probably one of the most important challenges growers face. Keeping weeds under control depends on an organized, flawless weed management plan.

Features

Striving for the Perfect Plant

John Dole, Ifitkhar Ahmad & Brian Whipker

PGRs do much more than control growth.

Features

The Best of the Best (and Some of the Rest)

Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

Part 1 of highlights from this year’s California Spring Trials, including memorable new intros, new series and more.

Growers Talk Business

Attitude Adjustment

Bill Swanekamp

The biggest benefit of this season was the attitude adjustment I made: see the positive, ignore the negative.

Growers Talk Production

Irrigation Specialists

Roger McGaughey

It’s often said that the person with the hosepipe in their hand is one of the most important employees on the nursery.

Growing With Griffin

How to Defend Against Fall Pansy Diseases

Rick Yates

Fall-flowering crops are typically started when the weather is quite warm, even hot, and therein lies the challenge from a disease-prevention standpoint.

GT in Brief

Color Spot Files Chapter 11

Chris Beytes

On Tuesday, May 29, Color Spot Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. court in Delaware.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Chuck Buster

Chris Beytes

Alpha Foliage’s Charles “Chuck” Buster passed away May 3 at the age of 78.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Greg Soles

Chris Beytes

Greg Soles of Darwin Perennials passed away unexpectedly on May 12. He was 65.

GT in Brief

Keeping Blight at Bay

Jennifer Zurko

What started as a hobby has put a Virginia nursery on the map as one of the largest boxwood suppliers on the East Coast.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Darwin Perennials/Kieft Seed; OHP, Inc.; RPC BPI Agriculture

GT in Brief

Registration Open for AAS/NGB Summer Summit

Chris Beytes

The All-America Selections/National Garden Bureau Summer Summit is slated for October 2-5 in lovely New Orleans.

Inside Look

The Risks of Business

Jennifer Zurko

To me, business is scary. And for many, hearing the words “consolidation” and “monopoly” is even scarier.

Pest Management

Protect Poinsettias from Propagation to Finish

Nancy Rechcigl

It’s important to continue monitoring for common disease and insect pests.

SAF in the Lobby

Washington Deep in Farm Bill Drama: A Detailed Look

Society of American Florists

In late May, the House rejected the Farm Bill—officially known as H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018—on a vote of 198 to 213.

Under an Acre

Designing a Balanced Lifestyle

Anne-Marie Hardie

Kim Bechle, owner and operator of the wholesale perennial nursery Still Pond Nursery in Douglassville, Pennsylvania, was bitten by the plant bug at an early age.

Young Voices

Better Than Sex

Lauren Kirchner

Beauty industry parallels in a Millennial marketplace

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EPM-25 Professional All-Purpose Mix

Lambert Peat Moss

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MycoApply Ultrafine Endo/Ecto

Mycorrhizal Applications

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Rootcubes

Oasis Grower Solutions

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Spathiphyllum Malibu

Oglesby Plants International Inc.

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The Ball Seed STEM podcast series

Ball Seed