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Caladium Capital Woes

Austin Bryant

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

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A New Era in Holiday Houseplants

Austin Bryant

I have hope that plant sales will rebound from a slow third quarter as a personal, shippable gift item and become an annual holiday item.

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The Summertime Sales Doldrums

Austin Bryant

Many nurseries expected a huge repeat of 2021 summer sales and didn’t flinch at putting in material to match. Now with industry-wide overproduction, many are finding themselves in quite a pickle.

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An Introduction to Holding Houseplants

Austin Bryant

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

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Hard Times for Hardgoods

Austin Bryant

This year has definitely shown us where the weak links in our industry are.

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What’s “Normal” for the Houseplant Industry?

Austin Bryant

To try and answer that question, I can only share pre-COVID knowledge completely excluding 2020 as the outlier.

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Healing Our Country With Plants

Austin Bryant

What has been the cost of social distancing for our communities locally? How do we rebuild better?

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Let’s “Spring Into Action”

Austin Bryant

There’s a plethora of long-term issues owners should be focusing on, like 2021 spring numbers and new variety trials.

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Oh, the Uncertainty! (Not Another COVID-19 Article)

Austin Bryant

This pandemic is forcing changes in our industry that will make it look and feel very different for many years to come.

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Trade Associations: What’s Their Value?

Austin Bryant

The health and prosperity of our state and national trade associations, and horticulture non-profit foundations directly correlates with how in-line our industry is with the newest members of its Millennial consumer base.