Category: Production
New sticking machine saves on greenhouse labor
Ball Seed announced a distribution partnership with technology provider TTA to launch the company’s new CuttingEdge automated sticking machine for planting rooted and unrooted cuttings to the North American market.
Sun Gro Horticulture launches climate-conscious potting mix
Sun Gro Horticulture launched its newest product, a climate-conscious potting mix called Sunshine Black Bear Indoor & Outdoor Potting Mix.
Dr. Bugs: Biological control agent of Western flower thrips
Neoseiulus cucumeris can be released into greenhouse production systems to manage Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) populations on ornamental and vegetable crops below plant-damaging levels.
Start clean, stay clean in the greenhouse
Nancy Rechcigl of Syngenta gives their perspective on greenhouse sanitation and how that affects insects and diseases taking over in the greenhouse.
Sollum Technologies and Damatex partner for better greenhouse management
Sollum Technologies announces a new strategic partnership with Damatex.
All-in-one installation services for the horticulture industry
Griffin Greenhouse Supplies is offering turnkey installation services to guide your greenhouse project from start to finish.
Editor’s Letter: Labor updates
Read more about GPN’s labor survey and how growers are dealing with current issues, and don’t miss the natural control tips from BioWorks and Dr. Bugs.
Rotating chemical treatments
Avoiding resistance means learning to change your pesticide treatment type or mode of action to avoid the development of mutational resistance and keep the overall pest populations under control.
Hand-in-hand with hydroponics
Hydroponics is a way of growing plants without soil, but that doesn’t mean it is all media-less.
Investing in your plant health
Integrated plant health management (IPHM) emphasizing a more holistic approach that includes plant nutrition and other methods that promote plant tolerance of abiotic (environmental) and biotic (pests and diseases) stresses as a first line of defense.
Dr. Bugs: Resulting resistance
Insecticides are used to manage populations of insect pests including aphids, fungus gnats, leafminers, mealybugs, thrips and whiteflies in greenhouse production systems below plant-damaging levels.
Forty Under 40 Perspectives: Frost protection using irrigation
When I began working at Bailey Nurseries as an assistant foreman in plant health, I had a lot to learn despite a degree in horticulture and 10 plus years working in the industry.
Forty Under 40 Perspectives: Keeping fields cleaner
This article stresses the thoughts of an industry professional on how to keep the fields cleaner and reduce labor.