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GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5042✨ NGB’...
09/11/2025

GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5042

✨ NGB’s Year Of…
2026 picks are here! Crocus, Impatiens, Hot Pepper, Ficus, Sedum & Azalea 🌸🌶🌳—plus stunning illustrations to boost your marketing.

💡 Purpose-Driven Gardening
It’s not just what we plant, but why. Gen Z is leading the charge—are you aligned with your brand’s “why”?

🏡 Monrovia’s Garden Design Trends
Patio Culture, Exquisite Edibles, Wild-but-Refined looks & the dreamy Sunday Garden 🌿🍇🌹.

🥗 Mega Trends: Cost, Convenience, Health & Wellness
Where food + beverage go, gardening follows.

🎨 Get Artsy
Host a watercolor collage workshop with Katie Elzer-Peters—webinar Oct. 8.

⚽️ Markets Meet FIFA
Dallas Markets (June 2026) overlap with World Cup—book hotels early!

Ep. 196: The Power of Seed ft. Josh KirschenbaumWarning: You’re going to hear the word SEED a lot in the next half hour ...
09/10/2025

Ep. 196: The Power of Seed ft. Josh Kirschenbaum

Warning: You’re going to hear the word SEED a lot in the next half hour or so, because our guest on the Tech On Demand podcast this time is Josh Kirschenbaum, the seed supply manager at Ball Seed Company. He’s a seed guy all the way. In previous roles, Josh was PanAmerican Seed’s business and portfolio manager for the company’s vegetable lineup and before that was product development director at Territorial Seed Company in Oregon.

Here’s what you can expect from host Bill Calkins and Josh this episode:

Their shared fascination with the new OPEX Perfect Pick machine Ball introduced earlier this year. Josh describes it as a climate-controlled vending machine for seed packets that can pull 20 orders at a time, resulting in speedy service and increased accuracy in order fulfillment. (Check out the video and article link in the show notes to see the machine in action.)

Bill challenged Josh to come up with three reasons why seed solves problems and why it’s still a preferred way to produce crops. Josh explains the economic benefits, why flexibility and efficiency are optimized when starting from seeds or plugs and finally the amazing innovation and quality of genetics available from seed.

Throughout the conversation, Bill and Josh touch on many more aspects of seed crops that have been at the core of Ball’s business for more than a century. Josh discusses the global nature of our industry, how innovative breeding drives our future, the importance of quality seed in large-scale plug production and the legacy seed has in horticulture.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KIut9nP7cIfU8263KmOTW?si=1885fedd770049a4

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-on-demand-brought-to-you-by-growertalks/id1523055762

GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5036🌿✨ Fre...
09/04/2025

GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT!

Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5036

🌿✨ Fresh from the Farwest Show! ✨🌿

From snakeroot to butterfly bush, ipomoea to camellia, the 2025 Farwest Show delivered big plant energy—and plenty of winners to keep an eye on for your 2026 orders. 🪴🌸

🏆 Award Highlights:
🌟 Retailers’ Choice Awards & New Varieties Showcase featured stunners like:
• Ruby Ruffle Patio Peach 🍑
• Venti Fireburst Dahlia 🌺
• Edge of Night Mondo Grass 🌱
• MoonShadow Morello Hardy Hibiscus 🌸
• Camellia sinensis Yellow Tea 🌿

✨ Best in Show went to Youngblood Nursery’s booth (congrats!) and the standout plant was Festuca Glow Sticks.

🍋 Trend Alert: Garden Media Group’s 2026 theme is “Lemonading”—turning challenges into opportunities and joy in the garden. 🌞

💚 Joy in Action: A reminder that plants don’t just transform gardens—they transform lives. Just ask Melody, an Uber driver who found new purpose through caring for plants. 🌱💫

🌼 Want more inspiration (or a full list of winners)? Check out the latest from Green Profit and get ready to plan your next season!

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! The ABCs of Foliar DiseaseFor Tech On Demand podcast episode 195, host Bill Calkins is joined by Dr...
09/02/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! The ABCs of Foliar Disease

For Tech On Demand podcast episode 195, host Bill Calkins is joined by Dr. Janna Beckerman from Envu to discuss three key diseases commonly encountered in greenhouse and nursery crop production. Conveniently for the podcast title, these diseases begin with the letters A, B and C—anthracnose, Botrytis and cercospora.

The conversation starts with a brief recap of some diseases Dr. Beckerman saw a lot of in the spring, like rusts and Pythium and then the conversation moved quickly to the topic at hand—foliar diseases. Bill and Janna took the three ABCs in order talking through the main crops impacted by each one, symptoms to watch for and control methods. Dr. Beckerman spent time discussing one of Envu’s flagship fungicides, Broadform (a unique chemical class with two modes of action to control more than 50 pathogens) and her rotation recommendations and application best practices were extremely in-depth and user-friendly. She also went through strategies to mitigate the risk from these three diseases using good sanitation practices and greenhouse and nursery environmental management.

Bill and Janna closed out the conversation with the importance of resistance management—a topic that cannot be overstated. Keeping our toolboxes full and giving all growers the best chance for controlling diseases (and insect/mite pests) requires diligence and intelligent approaches to chemical rotation and application.

Listen to the Tech On Demand podcast on your favorite app—like Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube. Here are direct links:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KIut9nP7cIfU8263KmOTW?si=587d9334e044495f&nd=1&dlsi=cf314f0c99274f40

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-on-demand-brought-to-you-by-growertalks/id1523055762

YouTube: https://youtu.be/RfXKI5hX0Nc?si=-rqTcc54PVqzGUuH

ACRES ONLINE E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5035✨ W**d Smarts ...
08/29/2025

ACRES ONLINE E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5035

✨ W**d Smarts – Pre-emergence herbicides can cut w**d control costs by up to 73% compared to hand-w**ding! Thanks to Dr. Janna Beckerman & Steve Larson for the tips in our recent livestream.

🍁 Farwest Scoop –
• Best-in-Show Plant: Glow Sticks Fescue 🌟
• People’s Choice: Alpenglow Maple 🍁
• Best Booth: Youngblood Nursery 👏

🌸 New Plant Buzz – Buddy Lee introduces Encore Azalea Autumn Kiss—a tough, compact azalea with eye-catching blooms.

🇳🇱 From the Netherlands – Rabobank’s Horticulture Barometer gives the industry a strong 7.17/10, and Trade Fair Aalsmeer is coming up Nov. 4–6 near Amsterdam.

🏆 Bailey Awards – Congrats to Lancaster Farms for being named Trial Grower of the Year!

🌿 Mark Your Calendar – International Plant Trialing Conference returns Oct. 13–15 in Minnesota with a new multi-year perennial & shrub trials session.

💡 Pro Tip – Job interview coming up? Ask this:
“Let’s say this interview went really well and I got the job. A year from now, what would I have had to accomplish for you to feel you made a good decision?”

GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5031✨ Sala...
08/28/2025

GREEN PROFIT'S buZZ! E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & Subscribe at https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5031

✨ Salary & Benefits Survey – It’s back! Participate in the GrowerTalks/Green Profit + AmericanHort survey and get insider salary & benefits data to benchmark your business. 📊

✨ AmericanHort Webinar – Connecting Your Career to Capitol Hill is happening Sept. 24. Learn how advocacy impacts YOUR business. 🏛️

✨ Text Marketing Works – Garden centers are using SMS to boost sales (one saw $151 avg. per welcome-offer purchase!). 💬

✨ Gen Z Insights – They’re not always shopping online! A balance of in-store + digital is key to reaching younger buyers. 👩‍🌾🛍️

✨ Video First – 70% of consumers would rather watch a how-to video than read about it. 📹 Are you creating video content?

✨ Marketing Inspiration – “Just for YOU!” offers + teacher appreciation promos are proving the power of personalization. ❤️

👉 Want the details? Catch all the stories in this week’s newsletter. https://www.greenprofit.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5031

GREENTALKS E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & subscribe at https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5028🌿 What’s happeni...
08/27/2025

GREENTALKS E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & subscribe at https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5028

🌿 What’s happening this week in sustainable growing & horticulture?

🌱 Wild Grid Initiative: Whole Foods + Mad Agriculture launch a 1,000-acre biodiversity highway—connecting farms through climate-resilient ecosystems.
🌸 Webinar (Sept. 18): Eco-beneficial landscape strategies with Kim Eierman on using native plants to build climate resilience.
🐞 Biocontrol Conference (Sept. 28, New Haven, CT): Learn the latest in pest management from leading experts (with 6 pesticide credits available).
🐭 Rodent Challenge: Got long-term solutions for gophers & voles? We’re collecting grower wisdom.
📊 Salary & Benefits Survey: Share your data, get the full report—help strengthen our industry’s benchmark.
🍅 From the Montana Outpost: A reminder of the joy in sharing the season’s harvests with neighbors.

INSIDE GROWER E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & subscribe at https://www.inside-grower.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5027🌱 Big moves...
08/27/2025

INSIDE GROWER E-NEWS IS OUT! Read & subscribe at https://www.inside-grower.com/Newsletters/View/?article=5027

🌱 Big moves in controlled environment agriculture this week!

🚨 Merger News: Soli Organic + 80 Acres Farms join forces — projecting nearly $200M in first-year revenue.
🥬 Nature Fresh x Revol Greens: A new partnership bringing leafy greens + vine crops under one label.
🏆 CEAs Nominations Open: Recognizing excellence in CEA — from innovation to stewardship.
🇨🇦 Canadian Greenhouse Conference: Oct. 8–9 in Niagara, ON. Don’t miss it!
🔥 BioTherm Heating Video: Smarter, scalable hydronics for greenhouses.

Plus: We want to hear from YOU 👉 What’s your biggest challenge heading into winter?

NEW Tech On Demand Podcast—Episode 194!Pre-emergence Herbicide Tips & Tricks for Perennial Production ft. Broch Martinda...
08/26/2025

NEW Tech On Demand Podcast—Episode 194!

Pre-emergence Herbicide Tips & Tricks for Perennial Production ft. Broch Martindale, Corteva

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KIut9nP7cIfU8263KmOTW?si=6abe374f558c43bf

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-on-demand-brought-to-you-by-growertalks/id1523055762

Corteva Agriscience’s technical guru, flower grower and greenhouse and nursery “coach” Broch Martindale is back on the podcast to share strategies for controlling w**ds in perennial production using products like Gallery, Dimension and Snapshot. Bill and Broch recorded this episode live in The Gardens at Ball.

Over the course of this episode, Broch and host Bill Calkins discuss selecting the best products to control specific w**ds impacting crops each season.

They dive deep into w**ds that can take over when temps drop and why fall applications of pre-emergence herbicides can be critical. General “best practices” are shared that will not only keep w**ds at bay but also reduce costs associated with labor and product purchase.

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