Acres & Acres

As for Next Spring … ?

Chris Beytes

How do you plan for next season when this season was a crazy, roaring, raging, once-in-a-lifetime anomaly?

Cover Story

Optimism in the Face of a Pandemic

Jennifer Zurko

Read the essays of this year’s GrowerTalks/Nexus Young Grower Award nominees as they find their way through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Culture Notes

Growing Heliopsis Punto Rosso Compact

Steve Rinehart

Heliopsis Punto Rosso Compact features bright golden-yellow daisy flowers with continual summer flowering—an easy pick in the garden center if flowering plants are presented.

Features

Greenhouse Safety in a Pandemic & Post-COVID World

Bill Calkins

Best practices for establishing protocols to keep workers safe in North American production greenhouses.

Features

Light Control in Greenhouses

Alex Fermon

To maintain specific light levels, there are two principle methods.

Features

Managing Propagation Mist

James E. Faust

How to know the proper application of mist during propagation.

Features

Taking Control

Jennifer Zurko

What you want and need from your climate control system ties in to the modern technology you already have in your hands.

Features

The Impact of LEDs on Floriculture Germination & Propagation

Bill Calkins

North American growers continue to adopt LED lighting technology and positive results are being reported in the early stages of plant production.

Growers Talk Business

Be Wise—Stick With the Plan

Amy Morris

It makes us all elated that we’re selling, but we have to be conscious of not thinking this is going to happen next year.

Growers Talk Production

Last Chance to Learn

Albert Grimm

Suddenly, garden vegetables are a hot item again and I suspect that many first-time greenthumbers will find out the hard way that growing carrots is not as simple as Google might make you believe.

Growing With Griffin

Algae Growth: How to Prevent a Slippery Slope

Karen Stever

The risks associated with algae extend beyond human injury.

GT in Brief

AAS-NGB Summer Summit 2020 Postponed

Jennifer Zurko

The All-America Selections, National Garden Bureau and Home Garden Seed Association 2020 Summer Summit planning team has decided to postpone the Summer Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia, that was supposed to be held September 9-12, 2020 to September 8-11, 2021.

GT in Brief

Cultivate’20 Will Be Online Instead of Live

Chris Beytes

Cultivate’20 will not be held in the Columbus Convention Center in July. Instead, AmericanHort is taking the event online and dubbing it “Cultivate’20 Virtual.”

GT in Brief

Darwin Goes Digital

Ellen C. Wells

Like what parent company Ball Horticultural decided to do with its California Spring Trials, Darwin Perennials is taking its annual Darwin Perennials Day and going digital with it.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: August “Sonny” Hummert III

Chris Beytes

August “Sonny” Hummert, the third generation owner of the famous horticultural distribution company Hummert International, passed away suddenly on May 2 while enjoying a walk with Kathy.

GT in Brief

New Dates for FNGLA Convention

Jennifer Zurko

In light of the current restrictive nature of gatherings due to the COVID-19 virus, new dates for the 2020 FNGLA Annual Convention are set for Friday and Saturday, August 14-15, 2020 with optional activities taking place Thursday, August 13.

GT in Brief

New IDM Grower Guidelines, Fungicide Rotations

Bill Calkins

Ball Seed has released revised Impatiens Downy Mildew (IDM) Guidelines for Growers with new Fungicide Rotation Information.

GT in Brief

No Masking Their Enthusiasm

Chris Beytes

Social distancing and the required wearing of face masks has not deterred shoppers; to the contrary, they’ve been turning out in droves and spending record amounts.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

BioWorks, Inc.; Certis USA; Dramm; Dümmen Orange; Sakata Seed America; Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

GT in Brief

OSHA Revises Its COVID-19 Recordkeeping Requirements

Jennifer Zurko

The Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) is no longer requiring most employers to record COVID-19 cases due to potential difficulty in making determinations about whether workers who contracted COVID-19 did so at work.

GT in Brief

Ralstonia Found on Geraniums in Michigan

Chris Beytes

In April, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 in the geranium cultivar Fantasia Pink Flare in a Michigan greenhouse.

GT in Brief

The 2020 Michigan Garden Plant Tour is Still On

Jennifer Zurko

The 17th annual Michigan Garden Plant Tour, which offers commercial growers, landscapers, public garden employees and other industry professionals the opportunity to learn about new and existing ornamental plant selections, will be held from July 27 to August 7.

Inside Look

Rolling With the Changes

Jennifer Zurko

During the last few months, we’ve all had to adjust our personal and professional lives to keep ourselves, our families and our co-workers safe.

JZ on D.C.

Does Presidential Proclamation Hurt Horticulture?

Jennifer Zurko

On April 22, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation halting the issuance of new green cards for 60 days.

Paul's Pointers

Change is Good

Paul Pilon

With stay-at-home orders in place and reduced sales, many growers needed to grow their perennials significantly different than they originally planned.

Pest Management

Honeydew: What Is It?

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Honeydew can be produced in copious amounts by most sucking insects and also serves as a growth medium or substrate for black sooty mold, which can reduce the plant’s ability to manufacture food by means of photosynthesis.

Under an Acre

The Path Less Travelled

Anne-Marie Hardie

The Garden in Salt Spring, British Columbia, is home to over 40 exotic citrus plants and avocados that are grown exclusively with renewable energy and thermal mass.

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GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures

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Hydro House

Atlas Greenhouse

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SpotOn Quantum PAR Light Meter

Innoquest Inc.

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