Industry news/Production

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) may seem like a futuristic indulgence, but it's actually a helpful, attainable technology. RFID helps manage production, order pulling and shipping. Pots, benches and racks can be fitted with RFID tags. Get your questions answered at these sites.
 

 

Features
The challenge. How sustainable pesticides and fertilizers are used differs from how synthetics are u...
Wallitsch Nursery and Garden Center in Louisville, Ky., was a typical, mid-century American grower/r...
In March NMPRO we identified some of the most unwanted pests in the nursery industry. This month we'...
Plants
Chamaecyparis 'Vintage Gold' is a compact-growing evergreen with fernlike foliage that is soft to th...
Check out the latest new cut flowers from breeders around the world.
Landscape designer Cathy Testa created this foliage-rich combination for large containers. Golden sh...
Insights
I'm sure you've heard the old adage: It's not what you know, but who you know. This became very evid...
I've followed the crisis the drought brought to the Southeastern green industry closely. It's been h...
For plant entomologists, evidence that spring has arrived is the increased number of phone calls and...
Interviews
New plants are fun and keep the nursery business interesting. We'd get bored if the product mix didn...
How many growers are producing plants for the Hort Couture program? Is there any part the country wh...
Rick Vuyst oversees operations at Fruit Basket Flowerland, a three-store chain in Grand Rapids, Mich...

 

 

 

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