Acres & Acres

We Are the Escape

Chris Beytes

You know what this world needs? A place to escape all the insanity.

Cover Story

High Demand, High Prices, High Hopes

Jennifer Zurko

How greenhouse suppliers met the record demand for structures during the last two years while trying to navigate a chaotic supply chain with rising costs.

Features

A Quick Look Into LEDs

A.J. Both

An update on the expansion of LEDs and whether switching completely from HPS is a good idea.

Features

A True Voice

Jennifer Zurko

We’ll feature an industry business in a series of articles that focus on the importance of developing an effective company culture. This month: Costa Farms in Miami, Florida.

Features

Change as a Constant

Mark E. Battersby

Coping with 2022’s tax uncertainty.

Features

Optimizing Heating in Your Winter Greenhouse

Patrick Mahoney

How to make sure your greenhouse heater doesn’t go to waste.

Features

Soilless Substrate Science for Current & Future Growers

Brian Jackson, Jeb Fields, Jim Owen & James Altland

Part 2 of a three-part series on a collaborative effort to assess the horticulture industry’s needs for soilless substrates in North America.

Growers Talk Business

Give Me a Grower

Art Parkerson

An ode to Art’s growing wish.

Growers Talk Production

An Introduction to Holding Houseplants

Austin Bryant

Make sure your greenhouse or plant shop conditions are good enough for holding houseplants.

GT in Brief

AgriNomix, Zwart Systems Now Part of AdeptAg

Chris Beytes

There’s a new player in the greenhouse equipment, irrigation, technology and automation market: AdeptAg.

GT in Brief

American Farms Gets New Owner/Investor

Chris Beytes

Naples, Florida-based American Farms has become the newest member of the eclectic Hoffmann Family of Companies with the sale of a majority of the business to entrepreneur David Hoffmann.

GT in Brief

Congrats to Metrolina—They’re an IGOTY Finalist!

Chris Beytes

A hearty congratulations and good luck to Metrolina Greenhouses of Huntersville, North Carolina, for making the finals of the AIPH International Grower of the Year Award.

GT in Brief

Don’t Forget to Register for Cultivate’22

Jennifer Zurko

If you haven’t already done so, there’s still time to register for Cultivate’22.

GT in Brief

FNGLA Welcomes New CEO

Chris Beytes

After 24 years of service, CEO Ben Bolusky is stepping down from the top spot at the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association. Replacing Ben will be Tal Coley.

GT in Brief

Former ColorPoint Greenhouse Has a Buyer?

Chris Beytes

We recently received word that the nearly 2 million sq. ft. Paris, Kentucky, greenhouse complex that once grew flowers for ColorPoint LLC and later produced hemp for AgTech Scientific, has a high bidder in its receivership sale, although no name has been made public as of yet.

GT in Brief

Freeze Frame

Chris Beytes

Ice protects 150,000 calibrachoa hanging baskets from freezing at Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, North Carolina.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Bailey, Eason Horticultural Resources; Mycorrhizal Applications

GT in Brief

Seed Your Future: New Initiatives, New Cabinet Members

Chris Beytes

Seed Your Future, the SAF partner that promotes horticulture and inspires people to pursue careers working with plants, has several new initiatives planned for 2022.

GT in Brief

Willowbend Acquires Herman Losely & Sons

Chris Beytes

Willowbend Nurseries, owned and operated by Angelo Petitti of Petitti Garden Centers, has purchased the assets of woody ornamental producer Herman Losely & Son, Inc. of Perry, Ohio.

Guest Column

Culture is Your Business!

Glenna Hecht

Culture is present in everything you do in your company.

Inside Look

We’re All Connected

Jennifer Zurko

We’re so much more connected than we realize.

JZ on D.C.

AmericanHort Joins New Immigration Coalition, Kicks Off Its 2022 Legislative Agenda

Jennifer Zurko

In early March, a diverse group of 30 organizations from a variety of industries and interests announced a new coalition: the Alliance for New Immigration Consensus (ANIC).

Paul's Pointers

48 Hours

Paul Pilon

When it comes to growing, 48 hours is a rule I try to live by.

Pest Management

How to Mess Up Your Fungicide Treatments

Todd Cavins

Here are a few things to consider so you don’t get caught with your “plants down.”

Pest Management

Revisiting Respiratory Safety

Jennifer Zurko

How to choose the right personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure your employees’ health isn’t compromised.

Under an Acre

Unraveling the Mystery in Tiny Trees

Anne-Marie Hardie

Bonsai West is located on a 1-acre property in the suburbs of Littleton, Massachusetts, where Michael Levin has nurtured a thriving bonsai business.

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