#10: How Long Will the Plant-Buying Spree Continue? Find Out in This On-Demand Webinar
An expert panel that included Abe Van Wingerden, Bridget Behe, Alicia Rihn, and Melinda Knuth took a closer look at whether plant sales can continue their momentum.
Find it here.
#9: Take a Virtual Video Tour of a High-Tech Dutch Greenhouse
Technology adoption is a critical part of the plant production process at Ammerlaan-Sosef.
In this video, you can take a virtual tour of the company’s automation systems, including pot movers, conveyors, packaging, and more.
#8: Hurricane Ian Update: Florida Growers Mostly Report Roof Damage, Flooding
Growers in the Southeast U.S., especially Florida, continue to assess the damage caused by the
path of Hurricane Ian. Photo credit: NOAA
#7: 2022 California Spring Trials: Top Ten Plants from Ball Horticultural
Ball Horticultural is
always a great stop along the California Spring Trials (CAST) trail filled with beautiful plants, good people, and plenty of new varieties to consider growing for the 2023 retail season.
#6: Why Bacterial Soft Rot Is Causing the Death of Succulents
When the University of Georgia’s Jean Williams-Woodward made a recent greenhouse visit, she saw that Zebra Haworthia (
Haworthiopsis attenuata) was collapsing and dying not from the usual suspects,
but by bacterial soft rot.
#5: 16 Drought-Tolerant Plants That Can Withstand Dry Conditions
Learn more about some of the top
drought-tolerant crops to consider adding to your variety offerings next year.
#4: Why Dewar Nurseries Is Speaking Out on Behalf of Its Workers
#3: Anystis: Building a New Predatory Mite from Potential to Product
The transfer of the
predatory mite, Anystis baccarum, to Vineland Research and Innovation Centre’s commercial partner, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd., was a milestone that capped off more than 10 years of research. Photo: Tara Saito
#2: The Coolest Garden Retail Products on Display at TPIE 2022
#1: Why Top 100 Grower Seville Farms Is Selling its Assets
Seville Farms, a Texas-based greenhouse operation with more than 5 million square feet of controlled-environment production and a
Greenhouse Grower Top 100 Grower, has made the
difficult decision to sell its assets.
If 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2021 was the year of the supply chain, perhaps 2022 can be considered the year of uncertainty. The long-term effects of a global health crisis and recovery made it difficult to know whether the consumers gained in 2020 would stick around, how inflation might affect the prices we pay and earn, and whether we’d be able to plan ahead with a clear understanding of whether we’d have the materials we need.
Through all this noise, a few headlines stood out. Check out the slideshow above, which counts down the 10 most-read news stories on GreenhouseGrower.com in 2022.