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Thursday, May 17, 2012 Vol. 76 No. 1


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01 |GT in Brief
02 |SAF in the Lobby
03 |New Products
04 |Classifieds
05 |Request Product Info

06 |Article Archive
07 |Acres Online
08 |Inside Grower
09 |Digital Edition
10 |Digital Catalogs
11 |Trade Show Calendar
12 |Research Database
13 |Subscriptions
14 |Media Kit 2012

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May 2012 Issue

Features
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Throughput Accounting | Kathleen Ray
Struggling to calculate whether or not you’ll make money growing that extra spring crop? Greenhouse accountant Kathleen Ray shows you a technique called “throughput accounting” which might make that crop worthwhile.

Ever heard of Yoder Brothers Hot House Vegetable Company? | Chris Beytes
Each month during GrowerTalks’ 75th Anniversary celebration we’ll reveal little-known details about the birth, growth or success of a well-known horticultural business. This month: Aris? Nice name for a company, but there’s nobody named Aris. Yoder? Now THAT is a surname with a long history in horticulture.


Culture Notes
Verbena: A Garden Gem | Jeroen W. Ravensbergen
In recognition of All-America Selections 80th anniversary, GrowerTalks is featuring a series of Culture Notes articles on previous AAS winners during 2012.


Columns
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Do You Struggle With Control Issues? | Chris Fifo
We don’t just grow plants, we control plant growth. Much more than we’ve ever been able to before.

Predictions … They’re Scary | Abe VanWingerden
There are five constants in our business we can all live by no matter what the futurists say will happen in the next 75 years.




WEB EXCLUSIVE

18th Edition of the Ball RedBook is now available! |Jennifer Zurko
Hot off the presses, the new edition of the Ball RedBook is available just in time to celebrate its 80th anniversary.




Who will be this year's Red Fox/Young Grower winner? |Jennifer Zurko
Join us at OFA Short Course to see who will win this year's Red Fox/Young Grower Award!

Under an Acre

As part of Grower Talks’ 75th anniversary retrospective, this month’s Under an Acre highlights a grower who has shared his insight since this feature’s debut in 1985.
Pest Management

One of the interesting aspects associated with the history of greenhouse pest management is that reliance on pesticides and the arthropod pests commonly encountered really have not changed much; only the insecticides and/or miticides used to manage them.

Acres & Acres

A standard petunia or impatiens or pansy series demands multiple colors and designer mixes. But occasionally, a variety comes along that’s special enough to stand by itself. More colors not only wouldn’t help, they might even hurt.

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