Acres & Acres

Me? A Titan?

Chris Beytes

In early August, I was deemed to be a “titan” of horticulture and sat alongside three true titans.

Corr on Cannabis

Turning the Pages of the Cannabis Calendar

Dr. Brian Corr

Once again, the pages on the cannabis calendar fly by faster than can be imagined and controversies in the cannabis industry are making news.

Cover Story

Teacher, Mentor, Risk-Taker

Jennifer Zurko

Maddie Maynor, this year’s GrowerTalks/The HC Companies Young Grower Award winner, has earned her role as a leader in her company, crafting a management style that enables the people around her to thrive and grow.

Culture Notes

The Evolution of Easy Wave Petunias

Lisa Lacy

The new E3 Easy Wave series is the solution you’ve been waiting for.

Features

60 Years of Industry Success

Julie Martens Forney

The American Floral Endowment helps fuel the industry by investing in the future. From pest solutions to labor shortages, AFE partners with growers to tackle real-time issues and ensure long-term industry success.

Features

Biobased Growing Containers

Craig Ruvere

A viable alternative for growers and consumers.

Features

California Summer Trials ‘21

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko

Spring, summer or whenever they’re held, the annual “flower fashion show” that is CAST is a must-attend (or at least a must-read-about) industry event. This time, we cover annuals.

Features

Cultivate’21: Live and In-Person Once Again!

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Zurko, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Polanz

Ball Publishing editors spent all three days working the show to sniff out the best and most interesting new products from a wide range of categories.

Growers Talk Business

Do Two Strong Springs in a Row Make a Trend?

Abe VanWingerden

As you return from well-deserved summer trips after a second crazy spring, it’s probably a good time to take stock about where you are as a business.

Growers Talk Production

Growth & Gratitude

Stephanie Saccomano

Next time you’re presented with a mistake, consider it an opportunity.

GT in Brief

AIPH and GreenTech Join Forces for Virtual Conference

Jennifer Zurko

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has partnered with GreenTech worldwide events, the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) and FloraCulture International (FCI) to create a virtual online international conference.

GT in Brief

Are Buildings Getting Their Fair Share of the Plant Craze?

Chris Beytes

As gardening benefits from the pandemic and as foliage plants boom like it’s 1975, are the world’s commercial real estate investors participating in the trends?

GT in Brief

CAST to Once Again Be “Spring” Trials

Chris Beytes

The main breeding companies that organize the California Spring/Summer Trials have agreed to move the dates of the event back to their “normal” time period of late March/early April.

GT in Brief

Dümmen Orange OnTarget Mobile App Now Available

Jennifer Zurko

Dümmen Orange’s OnTarget mobile app supplies growers with modern growth strategies, information about pests and diseases, a digital logbook for observations and measurements, and a direct line with Dümmen Orange’s technical experts.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Sarah B. Armellini

Jennifer Zurko

Sarah B. Armellini, 97, of Palm City, Florida, formerly of Vineland, New Jersey, passed away on July 4, 2021, with her loving family by her side.

GT in Brief

Longtime AIB Judge & Board Member Passes Away

Jennifer Zurko

Evelyn Alemanni, a longtime America in Bloom (AIB) judge and former board member, passed away in early July as a result of complications from pancreatic cancer.

GT in Brief

Michigan, From Above

Chris Beytes

If you didn’t have time to drive the miles across Michigan to visit the six participants in the annual Michigan Garden Plant Tour, here’s an aerial view of what you missed.

GT in Brief

OHP’s New Fungicide Chemistry

Chris Beytes

t’s always newsworthy when one of our industry’s excellent crop protection companies introduces a new product, like OHP’s new Seido fungicide, a “revolutionary” tool for prevention and early curative control of powdery mildew infections.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Danziger; D.S. Cole Growers; Profile Products; SePRO

GT in Brief

SAF Names New President-Elect

Jennifer Zurko

Oscar Fernandez, director of sales for Equiflor-Rio Roses in Miami, Florida, has been named the Society of American Florists’ (SAF) next president-elect.

GT in Brief

Spring Meadow-Proven Winners Endowment Fund Tops $1 Million

Jennifer Zurko

Spring Meadow Nursery and the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) announced that the Spring Meadow-Proven Winners Endowment Fund has topped $1 million.

Inside Look

Maddie’s Book

Jennifer Zurko

If there ever was a person that epitomized the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover,” it’s Maddie Maynor, this year’s Young Grower Award winner.

JZ on D.C.

Push Continues for Ag Workforce Legislation in Senate

Jennifer Zurko

Late July brought a concerted push for bipartisan legislative action on a Senate version of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and other “lower-hanging fruit” immigration reforms.

Pest Management

10 Ways to Reduce Nursery Weed Control Costs

Dr. Chris Marble

Weeds are a continual issue and hard to control because like many pests, they don’t increase linearly, but exponentially.

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