Dec 21, 2024 · A good product, a skilled workforce, and a solid sales strategy can set you up for success. Equally important, staying ahead of potential risks and ensuring your insurance coverage evolves alongside your business is critical.. In my role, we help greenhouses navigate emerging challenges and safeguard their success.

Jan 16, 2024 · Greenhouse Grower Top 100 Growers in the ornamentals market shows that many of today's largest ornamentals operations continue to expand, with optimism for the future and cautious over labor costs and the changing economy.

Dec 27, 2024 · Available as a new trade release in 2025 and a new consumer release in 2026 through Southern Living and Sunset Plant Collections, Ilex Hybrid ‘Nelliet Holly’ represents an exceptional privacy or screening plant. With dense dark green foliage, bright red berries, and excellent branching, this variety offers easy care, minimal pruning, and a strong upright habit, reaching 15-25′ high by 10 ...

Nov 17, 2024 · PGRs Cost Too Much Money. Both Dabbs and Chong agree that there’s a common misconception that PGRs are expensive to use. While they aren’t free, growers find overall savings in labor, plant marketability, and even the ability to flex delivery schedules well worth the investment. “Medium- and large-size growers use a lot of PGRs.

Oct 22, 2020 · According to the data, the largest North American grower producing cannabis exclusively in a greenhouse is Arizona’s Copperstate Farms at nearly 2 million square feet, while February’s cover story subject, Glass House Farms in Santa Barbara, CA, is reportedly the largest cannabis greenhouse in the Golden State currently with two structures coming in at a combined 500,000 square feet.

Mar 9, 2024 · Greenhouse growers have an intricate ecosystem to maintain. The walls surrounding an indoor microclimate must resist the temptation to abide by conditions of the outside world.

Dec 5, 2024 · Loading Docks. Loading plants on a cold day requires planning and following established procedures. A few minutes of sitting on a cold loading dock unprotected can be enough to damage sensitive plants. While some facilities are protected from the weather, others have to make do. Shipping plants in cold weather is what Lamb does, probably for more months of the year than he’d prefer.

Feb 4, 2024 · Advocacy From the Ground Up. Plant trials are one way to support the industry from within, but Mike Gooder says it’s perhaps even more valuable and important to be an advocate for horticulture beyond the walls of the greenhouse.

White’s Nursery and Greenhouses, a Greenhouse Grower Top 100 Grower that has been growing plants in Chesapeake, VA, since 1956, has decided to wind down its wholesale greenhouse operation. On Feb. 12, 2024, the White’s ownership team of Norm White, Tal White, and Dana Doyle issued the following statement.

Feb 17, 2024 · “No matter what your passion is, you’re very likely to find something in this industry,” Albarran says. Careers Without Plants. The career opportunities that do not involve plants are endless.