July 2025

Affording to automate in the greenhouse

As finding adequate labor becomes difficult, more CEA operations will automate time-consuming, tedious tasks

Be heard on today’s labor challenges

Industry feedback is vital — share your labor challenges in the 2025 GPN Labor Survey

Color theory in bloom

Trending varieties rooted in primary hues

Culture Report: Meet Top Wave spreading pansy

As fall approaches, the Wave brand gets a new series for its 30th anniversary

Data logger vs monitoring system for greenhouse control

When it comes to environmental control and compliance in greenhouse operations, it’s essential to choose the right type of data tracking technology. CAS DataLoggers outlines three key differences be... more

Duets: Plant breeding for CEA production systems

Today’s guest is Andrew Ogden, assistant professor of plant breeding for controlled environment agriculture at the University of Georgia (UGA). Andrew completed his doctoral degree at the University... more

Forty Under 40 Perspectives: Prioritizing plant health

As a technical services specialist with Ball Seed, I have the privilege of working with greenhouse growers across North America on a daily basis. The challenges I see can be diverse, but most of these... more

From lab to leaf: Measuring biocontrol quality

An assessment of biological control agents in a greenhouse production system

Latest solutions for optimal greenhouse growing

Lighting, especially LED horticulture systems, play a major role in growing. These grow lights offer energy-efficient year-round growing, improved yields, more flexibility, longer fixture lifetime and... more

Microscopic menaces: Managing mite misadventures in the greenhouse

Mites are nearly invisible to the naked eye, but their impacts on commercial plant production are massive. Their diminutive size means infestations are easily overlooked until damage becomes visible â... more

Shrubs still rule

Resiliency, variety and perennial nature keep shrubs trending

Smart controls for practical greenhouse production

How to boost greenhouse thermal efficiency

Software simplifies inventory and logistics

Managing plant inventory and logistics can be complex — but Agriware simplifies the process by connecting every part of the greenhouse operation into one seamless system.  “Agriware’s softwa... more

Technically Speaking: Common pitfalls and practical solutions of supplemental lighting

Greenhouse growers are increasingly purchasing and installing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to deliver low-intensity photoperiodic or high-intensity supplemental lighting. There are many potential a... more