Acres & Acres

The Hidden Cost of Shrink

Chris Beytes

If you want to take conservative production planning to the next level and get really profitable, you need to get really obsessive about shrink.

Cover Story

Tech in the Greenhouse

Jennifer Zurko

The demands and needs of growers—in all sectors—has allowed the growing environment to evolve at a faster pace.

Culture Notes

Vegetative Dianthus Culture Tips

Gary Vollmer

Basic culture and scheduling of dianthus from an unrooted cutting through the finished product.

Features

Consistent, Relentless Improvement

Bill Calkins

Receiving high-quality, pest- and disease-free young plants from offshore farms is one of the first links in the chain of success for greenhouse production. Here are some ways leading producers are stepping up the game and investing in major improvements—for your benefit.

Features

Measuring the Efficacy of LEDs

Qingwu (William) Meng

Timing white versus red + far-red LEDs to control flowering.

Growers Talk Business

Your Plants Just Murdered the Metaverse

Art Parkerson

The people who were supposed to be having a blast exploring the brave new Metaverse got a plant instead.

Growers Talk Production

Caladium Capital Woes

Austin Bryant

Our old nemesis Mother Nature has dealt caladium farms in central Florida a hard blow this past year.

GT in Brief

Apply Now for Scholarships

Chris Beytes

School is expensive, which is why it’s nice that organizations like the Horticultural Research Institute and the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund offer educational scholarships to worthy and eligible horticulture school candidates.

GT in Brief

Berger Celebrates 60 Years

Jennifer Zurko

This year, Berger, a Canadian-based growing media company, is celebrating 60 years in business.

GT in Brief

Costa Farms’ (Last …?) Season Premiere

Jennifer Zurko

This year, they say, was Season Premiere’s last hurrah.

GT in Brief

Farwest’s 50th Anniversary

Matthew Chappell

The biggest nursery industry trade show in the west, the Farwest Show, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this coming August.

GT in Brief

In Memoriam: Mandy Gerace

Chris Beytes

Mandy Gerace of Welby Gardens and Syngenta Flowers passed away suddenly on February 4. Mandy was just 46.

GT in Brief

New Online Tool Helps with Dianthus, Pot Carnation Selection

Chris Beytes

Selecta One North America has created a new web resource that helps you figure out the dianthus and pot carnations that are suited to your region and growing conditions.

GT in Brief

NJ Under SLF Quarantine

JC Chong

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) announced on February 1 that eight more counties were added to the state’s quarantine zone for spotted lanternfly (SLF).

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

Fine Americas; Plant Development Services; Profile Products; Proven Winners

GT in Brief

Save the Date: AAS Summer Summit

Jennifer Zurko

The 2023 All-America Selections Summer Summit will be held September 5 to 8 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Guest Column

“I Can Buy Myself Flowers …”

Matthias Redlefsen

Flowers are still super emotional and make people happy.

Guest Column

The Echinacea Renaissance

Lowell Halvorson

Modern echinacea cultivars feel differently today than the popular varieties released even a decade ago.

Inside Look

When the Robots Come for Us

Jennifer Zurko

You know what I think is kinda scary right now? Artificial intelligence.

JZ on D.C.

H-2A Wage Rule Released

Jennifer Zurko

The Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on H-2A wages late February, changing the program’s wage-setting methodology, which could substantially affect required wages for job tasks routinely performed on greenhouse and nursery farms.

Paul's Pointers

From the Plant Factory to the Disease Factory

Paul Pilon

When you think about it, greenhouses are potentially better disease factories than plant factories.

Pest Management

Insect Growth Regulators

Raymond A. Cloyd & Nathan J. Herrick

How the different types and modes of action of insect growth regulators commercially available for use in greenhouse production systems manage populations of insect pests.

Pest Management

Put Mites in the Rearview Mirror

JC Chong

Selecting miticides for your operation.

Pest Management

Using Banker Plants to Control Mites

Lance S. Osborne, Muhammad Z. Ahmed & Cindy McKenzie

By protecting crops from pest infestations, the banker plant system reduces the need for pesticide applications.

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