Acres & Acres

I Hated Math, Too

Chris Beytes

Our cover story by Dr. Charlie Hall is proof that we should have paid more attention to math in school.

Cover Story

Pricing: Think Beyond the Loaded Truck

Dr. Charlie Hall

Don’t make the same pay-by-scan pricing mistakes again.

Features

Advocacy Advantage

Jennifer Zurko

Being a member of AmericanHort doesn’t just include entry into the Cultivate show; this industry organization offers benefits that you may not even know about. We spoke to one member to learn how he values being a part of AmericanHort.

Features

Cutting Sticker Update

Chris Beytes

They’re the hottest thing since the transplanter—and sometimes they ARE the transplanter! They’re automated cutting sticking machines, and while there are only two manufacturers currently offering them, they’re evolving as fast as we can write about them. Here’s the very latest on the technology.

Features

Effective Control of Piercing-Sucking Pests

Dr. Aaron Palmateer

Growers need solutions that manage troublesome insect pests with minimum impact on beneficial arthropods, as well as pollinators.

Features

How to Find Them and Keep Them

Jennifer Zurko

This year’s GrowerTalks/Nexus Young Grower Award finalists give us their take on attracting the next generation of hort professionals and how to keep them.

Features

Marketing Containerized Herbs

Christopher J. Currey

You’ve grown your herbs—now it’s time to sell them. The last article in this series ends with tips on how to market them.

Features

Putting the Plants First

Michael Heaven & Alex Fermon

Plant-centric controls for plant growth optimization.

Features

The Economics of Lighting Young Plants Indoors

Paul R. Fisher, Celina Gómez, Megh Poudel & Erik Runkle

Indoor growing of transplants can achieve a high level of growth and quality control, as clearly shown by the research presented in this five-part article series. The key question for commercialization is: Does it pay?

Features

Whatever Happened to Retractable-Roof Greenhouses?

Chris Beytes

What killed the retractable-roof greenhouse? Two things.

Growers Talk Business

Who’s “Braking” Your Business?

Amy Morris

What do we do when the government mandates a new policy on trucking and doesn’t see the effect it has on our bottom line?

Growers Talk Production

Biocontrol Anecdotes: Aphidoletes

Albert Grimm

A story about what’s required to understand the concept of managing bugs with bugs.

Growing With Griffin

Make More Green with Ornamental Grasses

Beth Engle

There’s still time to produce and use ornamental grasses for your late summer and fall programs.

Growing With Griffin

Terra Nova Nurseries and Danziger Announce North American Licensing Agreement

Jennifer Zurko

Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. and Danziger jointly announced they’ve signed a licensing agreement, granting Danziger rights to produce and sell cuttings from Terra Nova Nurseries’ elite stock.

GT in Brief

Beacon Impatiens Has a Website

Jennifer Zurko

PanAmerican Seed has launched a new website devoted specifically to its new Beacon Impatiens.

GT in Brief

Bonnie’s Stan Cope to Retire

Chris Beytes

President and CEO of Bonnie Plants for more than 10 years, Stan Cope stepped down from the president role April 1 and will back away from his CEO position at the end of the year.

GT in Brief

Marvin Crunches the Census of Ag

Chris Beytes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture finally released the 2017 Census of Agriculture, the result of a mandatory survey conducted every five years in all 50 states for all agricultural producers.

GT in Brief

NGMA Hopes to Block Proposed Greenhouse Energy Regulations

Chris Beytes

The National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association (NGMA) is watching for possible building code changes that could negatively impact greenhouses and fighting on your behalf.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Dosatron; Dümmen Orange; Jiffy; W. Atlee Burpee

GT in Brief

Register for the AIB Symposium

Jennifer Zurko

Registration is open for the 2019 America in Bloom Symposium & Awards Celebration, which will be held October 3-5 in St. Charles, Illinois.

GT in Brief

Testing a Retailer’s Sanity

Chris Beytes

Platt Hill Nursery in Carpentersville, Illinois, lying quietly under a fresh blanket of snow, makes a picture-postcard winter scene … except this photo was taken on Sunday, April 28.

Inside Look

Math Evasion

Jennifer Zurko

If I had to run a business, I’d have to hire someone to handle the books. And it’s because I’m horrible at math.

JZ on D.C.

Update on Additional H-2B Visas

Jennifer Zurko

On March 29, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it planned to release an additional 30,000 H-2B visas.

Paul's Pointers

Act Quickly … Your Crops Are Depending on It

Paul Pilon

Failure to act can often lead to a reduction in plant quality or even worse—crop losses.

Pest Management

Making Mass Trapping Work for You

Dr. Sarah Jandricic

More than just predatory mites are needed to keep your thrips biocontrol program consistent and stable, and one of the easiest and cheapest ways to improve your program is with mass trapping.

Under an Acre

Embracing the Local Floral Movement

Anne-Marie Hardie

Cut flowers were already a part of their homestead farm, but they were grown primarily so that they could have some nice pollinators on the property and add some fresh flowers to their kitchen table. Now, Village General Farms was looking at how they could transform these flowers into an income.

Young Voices

Industry Flower Festival: CAST ’19

Lauren Kirchner

As performances go, there were plenty of great crescendos, a few lullabies and some straight-up lip synching that altogether kept us charmingly invigorated.

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Ball Seed’s WebTrack To Go Mobile App

Ball Seed

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Cora XDR Vinca

Syngenta Flowers LLC

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GrowSpan Series 500 Tall Greenhouse

Growers Supply Inc.

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Headgrower Mobile App

Bartlett Instrument Company

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REA 15 Battery Backpack Sprayer

ITB Co. Inc.