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Tips For Producing Aquilegia
Aquilegia canadensis Always one of America’s favorite perennials, aquilegia remains a great harbinger of spring. With colorful blooms gracing gardens everywhere for spring and early summer, columbine...
View ArticleSnow Princess Lobularia: Optimizing Performance
The common production challenges of lobularia include lower leaf yellowing, vigorous growth and high irrigation demand. Listen to this episode of FloriCAST for solutions to these production situations.
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Growing Dianthus Successfully
Dianthus ‘Firewitch’ from Emerald Coast Growers From whites to reds to vivid pinks, today’s dianthus tease the senses with scents, colors and textures. This perennial favorite offers great potential...
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How Two Postharvest Care Products Worked On Potted Plants
Potted plants need to be handled carefully right from late production phase to retailing to ensure the best quality. Proper handling of potted plants at retail ensures plants will perform to their...
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Growers Report Nutritional Problems On Geraniums
Photo credit: Tom Dudek, MSU ExtensionCaliente geranium showing the purpling of lower leaves that can be caused by low temperatures and insufficient phosphorus. Geraniums are one of the most commonly...
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Growing Your Crops Above Their Base Temperature
Ask any grower about the winter of 2013 to 2014 and they will tell you they spent a lot of money on energy to heat their greenhouses. Today, energy for heating is typically the second largest overhead...
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Plan Now To Prevent Bract Edge Burn On Poinsettias
Growing poinsettias profitably requires that growers prevent losses during production, as well as during shipping and handling. Production practices can affect susceptibility of plants to bract edge...
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Darwin Perennials Takes Production Offshore In Bogota, Colombia
This summer, Darwin Perennials, a division of Ball Horticultural Co., announced its purchase of the perennial unrooted production facility, Green Leaf Plants Colombia, or Flores del Amanecer (FDA),...
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Ball FloraPlant’s Las Limas Facility Provides Growers With Clean Stock And...
When the management of Ball FloraPlant, the vegetative annual division of Ball Horticultural Co., started looking at venues to build a new offshore facility to replace production at its Linda Vista...
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Master The Art Of Watering
Watering plants is often the first task an entry-level employee is given. Yet seasoned growers are quick to agree that watering is the hardest thing to teach. Let’s discuss the basics of watering to...
View ArticleAmericanHort Publishes Revised American Standard For Nursery Stock
AmericanHort announces the revised American Standard for Nursery Stock (ANSI Z60.1) is now available for industry use. The Standard reflects the consensus of the industry regarding how nursery stock —...
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The Perennial Farm Joins HGTV HOME Plant Collection
The HGTV HOME Plant Collection announced a new partnership with The Perennial Farm of Glen Arm, Md., for 2015. The Perennial Farm will supply a range of perennials for the 2015 Essential Perennials...
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GrowIt! App Wins Gold At Design100 2014 US Mobile & App Design Awards
Mason Day and Seth Reed, co-founders of the social garden app GrowIt!, along with their programmers Eight Bit Studios, announced the app was awarded with Gold Winner recognition in the Home and Garden...
View ArticleGreenhouse Production: Two Years Of Basics & Beyond Articles
The Basics & Beyond section has been a regular feature in Greenhouse Grower’s production section for the last two years. In case you missed any of the great articles that cover the latest...
View ArticleAmerican Floral Endowment Accepting Research Pre-Proposals
If you are pursuing a floriculture research project, now is the time to apply for funding through the American Floral Endowment. Research pre-proposal applications for 2015-2016 funding are due to AFE...
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Infusion Technology Boosts Seed Performance, Study Suggests
Ten- to 15-year-old flower and vegetable seeds that germinate as well as the day they rolled off the production line may become a reality in the future, all thanks to quantum physics. W.C. Levengood,...
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Marijuana’s Trajectory And Ascent To Horticultural Crop Status
A hop crop showing the mature female cones just prior to harvest. Glands at the base of each individual cone scale produce compounds that contribute bitterness to beer, which balances sweetness created...
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Pollinator Initiative Promotes Bee-Friendly Talking Points
A new effort is underway that will provide growers and retailers with a way to communicate their bee-friendly efforts to customers and the public. A voluntary program will be available through the...
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4 Key Pollinator Research Projects To Be Funded By Horticultural Research...
The Horticultural Research Institute will grant $125,000 in financial support for four key projects as part of the industry’s Bee & Pollinator Stewardship Initiative. The funding covers a variety...
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Concern Grows Over Unregulated Pesticide Use On Cannabis
As most growers know well, the federal government regulates all insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and other commercial chemicals used on agricultural crops. Therein lies the problem with use of...
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