A tomato patio planter was just one way greenhouses sold veggie plants to customers this spring – when supplies lasted.
Photo by Gail March Yerke
by Gail March Yerke
When it comes to vegetable plant sales this season, it’s been a wild ride for greenhouse growers, retailers and suppliers alike. (more…)
by George Looby
For as long as we have been growers, we have been trying to find ways to keep pests from our plants. (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
Known mostly as an airborne virus, COVID-19 is still a concern for many, even as states continue through their various phases of reopening. That means it’s still something both producers and consumers need to consider. (more…)
“We already have a lot of capabilities in managing our plants in a precise way,” Manoj Karkee, associate professor of biological systems engineering at Washington State University, said in a recent virtual presentation. (more…)
Growing fruits and vegetables requires knowing how to plant, provide pest control, irrigating when needed and harvesting at the proper time. (more…)
At this time of various COVID-19 restrictions, you may not be able to serve your customers as you normally would, but communicating with them remains a vital outreach for your business. (more…)
We need plants for food. Our livestock need them too. (more…)
Watching for trends in color selections pays off. “Everyone wants peach, cream and blues,” Beth Syphers (right) said.
Photo courtesy of Crowley House Flower Farm & Studio
by Sally Colby
There’s no doubt Beth Syphers’s early years influenced what she’s doing today. “Growing up, we had amazing, beautiful flowers with a lot of different landscape specimens that bloomed year-round,” said Beth. (more…)
The Asian giant hornet
Photo courtesy of Allan Smith-Pardo, Invasive Hornets, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
by Courtney Llewellyn
If you were to pay attention solely to the sensationalized news reports, you might think America was about to be overrun by so-called “murder hornets.” In reality, Asian giant hornets (AGHs) are not necessarily a threat – yet. (more…)
With an assortment of unique containers at hand, John Boyer makes each flower presentation special.
Photo courtesy of Honey Haven Farm
by Sally Colby
John Boyer grew up on a dairy farm and continued to milk cows as an adult. Although the dairy enterprise ended 18 years ago, Boyer continues to farm Honey Haven Farm in Ashland, Ohio. (more…)
Harvesting apples is labor intensive, even when using good equipment.
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Many fruit farm owners inherit a family farm as their entry into the business after working on the farm for years and perhaps attending an ag school. Others purchase a farm they’ve worked on for many years. (more…)
by Sally Colby
Dr. Jill Calabro, research and science programs director for AmericanHort, recently moderated a discussion on Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 (R3bv2).
“The last find of this bacterial pathogen in the U.S. was 16 years ago in 2004, and it was eradicated then,” said Calabro. (more…)
