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They Just Adore a Penthouse View
‘If you plant it, they will come’ is fine when attracting the right crowd - butterflies, birds or the bees...
Blooming Success!
Planting a seed and watching a plant grow and bloom is much like watching your kids grow up...
Controlling Growth of Ornamental Millet
Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are valuable tools utilized by greenhouse growers. Whether it is for promoting or controlling growth, PGRs give growers the opportunity to produce high quality crops in the face of their production or shipping challenges...
Getting Fall Garden Mum Propagation Right
Getting Ready for Propagation Season Summer is in full swing, and greenhouse growers across the country are receiving their garden mum cuttings for fall production...
Plant Benefit Information for Marketing Herbs, Fruit and Vegetable Plants
Customers receive many benefits from interacting with plants and nature. Many of these benefits have been recognized by the scientific community and plants are used to alleviate stress and improve healing (e...
Managing Magnesium Deficiency in Spring Bedding Plants
Magnesium (Mg) is an essential macronutrient and is integral to photosynthesis and the chlorophyll molecule...
Why controlling weeds is so difficult?
Why controlling weeds is so difficult? Weeds are undesirable plants in a particular situation or in other words "A plant in the wrong place” and it can interfere with human activities...
Fly Gardening
What do chocolate, trillium, and pawpaws all have in common? It’s obvious to entomologists: their flowers are all pollinated by flies! Flies are second overall to bees as pollinators and some plants depend exclusively on them as partners...
Resource Spotlight: Produce Safety in Hydroponic and Aquaponic Operations
Have you been looking for a grower-friendly guide to better understand and incorporate produce safety practices in your operation? Look no further! The Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety recently released an online resource guide covering produce safety topics for hydroponic and aquaponic growers...
Flashy Tags Demonstrate Benefits
The point-of-purchase tags have gotten larger and more attractive in recent years. Dr. Bridget Behe, Professor Emeritus of Horticultural Marketing, always said that consumers "don't buy features, they purchase benefits...
Using Origin Information on Ornamental Plants
Demand for local products has increased since the Great Recession with a heavy focus on fresh produce (fruits, vegetables)...
Participate in the National Green Industry Survey Today!
You are invited to participate in the National Green Industry Survey, a study conducted every five years to help gauge green industry trends, production practices, and marketing and retail trends...
Resource Spotlight: 2024-2025 New York and New England Management Guidelines for Greenhouse Floriculture and Herbaceous Ornamentals
One of the most used resources for pest management across the floriculture industry has a new face this year! The former New England Floriculture Guide has joined forces with Cornell University to become a jointly-authored publication, the 2024-2025 New York and New England Management Guidelines for Greenhouse Floriculture and Herbaceous Ornamentals...
Lower Leaf Yellowing and Purpling in Spring Pansies
Over the past few weeks, the Midwest has experienced many cool and rainy days. These conditions create an opportunity for lower leaf reddish purpling to manifest in early spring crops such as pansy (Viola × wittrockiana)...
Disease Control Products for Herb Bedding Plant Production
When choosing products to control plant diseases in greenhouse production, the active ingredient and brand name is an important consideration...
2024 State of the Green Industry Survey
Dear e-GRO reader: You are invited by the Green Industry Research Consortium, a group of University-based horticulturists and agricultural economists, to participate in our industry survey...
Becoming a Greenhouse Guru: Eight Tips for a New Grower
Recently, a group of experienced Michigan greenhouse growers gathered to share their experiences and create lists on how to prepare for the spring growing season...
Upcoming Webinar on Employee Safety and New CE Crop Insurance
The Floriculture Team at Michigan State University Extension will be offering a virtual Greenhouse Risk Management Webinar for greenhouse and nursery growers...
Transplanting Tips
The time has come to plan or begin transplanting plugs (seedlings) and liners (rooted cuttings) for spring production...
Updated Bulletin on Biological Control Agents Available
In recent years, greenhouse growers have increasingly embraced biological control for pest management...
Watch for Botrytis on Poinsettia
It’s time to get your poinsettia crops past the finish line and out the door. There has a myriad of disease issue on poinsettias this growing season including bacterial soft rot, Pythium and Phytophthora root rots, Rhizoctonia stem rot, Alternaria leaf spot, powdery mildew and Botrytis to name a few...
The Eye Eats Before the Mouth, but What Attracts Customers?
Edible greens (e.g., leafy greens, lettuces, herbs, microgreens) have a variety of aesthetics. Color is a key aesthetic for these items, and they come in various colors from purples and pinks to various shades of green...
Aloha! Hawaiian Beet Webworm in Celosia
Each year eastern Long Island, NY is inundated with exotic summer visitors, including some of the entomological persuasion...