Trendspotting
Greenhouse Product News
June 2008
By Tim Hodson, Jasmina Radjevic and Paige Worthy
Didn’t make it to this year’s California Pack Trials? Let GPN be your eyes as we recap this year’s hottest trends and most inspiring displays.
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Success In Columbus — A Short Course Recap
Greenhouse Product News
September 2007
By Jasmina Radjevic
The OFA Short Course attracts growers and suppliers from around the world. Check out what attendees learned on the show floor and the innovative ideas they took home to implement in their own businesses.
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Traveling The Coast
Greenhouse Product News
June 2007
By Meghan Boyer, Catherine Evans and Tim
There is a lot of information to take in at Pack Trials,
which is why we brave the trip every year to bring
you full event coverage. Learn about the interesting
new ideas and varieties the breeder/marketer companies
introduced this year in the first of a 2-part series.
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Profitable Container Gardening
Greenhouse Product News
December 2006
By Kerstin Ouellet
Growers are finding creative — and profitable — ways to make their own container gardens instead of counting on retailers to do it for them.
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The 2006 GPN/OFA State Of The Industry Survey
Greenhouse Product News
September 2006
By Tim Hodson
Ask any grower what he or
she thinks about the current state of the green industry,
and you are sure to get an
earful. Ask more than 570 growers and you get the
2006 GPN/OFA State of the Industry Survey. This survey provides a snapshot of
today’s floriculture market.
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Testing For Success
Greenhouse Product News
March 2006
By Carol Hacker
Learn how testing potential employees can save you a lot of time during the hiring process.
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Judging the Seed Varieties
Greenhouse Product News
July 2005
Carrie Burns
The following 15 introductions represent what we think were the real standouts from one of the best years for seed in a long time
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Little Giant’
Greenhouse Product News
June 2005
By Paul Pilon
This American native is used as an aromatic border plant to attract hummingbirds and butterflies into the gardens. Echinacea is widely used as an herbal medicine to stimulate the immune system and fight off various viral and bacterial infections.
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Industry Leader Forecast
Greenhouse Product News
January 2005
Compiled by Bridget White
We put six of your peers to the test to see if they can predict what will be the biggest opportunities for growers in 2005.
New Year’s Resolutions
Greenhouse Product News
January 2005
By Roger C. Styer
I would suggest
making New Year’s
resolutions to improve profitability for 2005. Don’t just keep doing things the way you
have been doing them
if they aren’t working.
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Alternative Hydroponic Substrates
Greenhouse Product News
August 2004
By Bridget White
Rockwool and perlite have been the standard for years, but with so many alternatives out there now, it’s time
to reconsider the basis of your growing system.
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2004 Spring in Review
Greenhouse Product News
August 2004
By Carrie Burns
A slow, but ongoing trend that seemed to make a big statement this spring was the emphasis of large mixed containers, using unusual crops.
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Anthuriums Reinvented
Greenhouse Product News
December 2002
Rick Schoellhorn
Anthuriums are one of the crops where a lot of changes have taken place in the last 10 years. Breeding has really changed the face of this crop, but also, there are a lot of misconceptions floating around out there that have limited the adoption and use of this wonderful flower. Anthuriums remain one of the crops that most Northern nurseries bring in as pre-finished or finished, but the sparsely flowered forms of years ago are long since replaced by earlier and heavier-flowering varieties.
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