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Thursday, April 16, 2020
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Equiflor on how their farms are dealing with the COVID-19 situation

"Valentine’s-like pruning to stop production and reduce the labor"

When it comes to flower growers, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought some serious challenges around the world, including for Equiflor's farms in Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa…

Vacancies:

lobby for extra compensation was heard

€600 million compensation for Dutch ornamental industry and part of food horticulture

Dutch businesses in ornamental industry and some of the food horticulture who lost profit in the period of March, April, May 2020, compared to the average…

Introductions presented in a video

Video CAST 2020: What would have been on display at American Takii

CAST 2020 may have been cancelled, but the introductions are still being brought on display. Many CAST participants are presenting their novelties virtually this year. Also…

UK: Desch Plantpak donates PPE visor material

What if you are in the ornamental industry, not producing flowers or plants, but still want to brighten up someone's day with your product during this COVID-19 period? Last…

But in more countries garden centers slowly reopening

Belgium garden centers reopening today

Due to COVID-19 a lot of countries ordered many businesses, including garden centers to close their doors to the public. Fortunately, now increasingly more and…

U.S. growers get creative under stay-at-home orders

With flowers blooming and trees awakening from their winter slumber, many Ohioans are turning to gardening as a way to spend the extra time during the stay at home order.…

How COVID-19 influences first quarter 2020 at Veiling Rhein-Maas

At Veiling Rhein-Maas, the first quarter of 2020 started very satisfying, with product sales slightly above the previous year's level by the end of week 11. As a result of the…

UK: Garden centre worker spends £3,500 turning home into jungle with 1,400 plants

A garden centre worker has turned his small home into a jungle — with 1,400 plants. Joe Bagley, 20, waters them for hours each day, sometimes getting up in the…

India: Flower market reopens after 20 days, but sees few buyers

Madurai’s famous flower market, one of the biggest in south Tamil Nadu, resumed its business after a gap of about 20 days on Wednesday. Sales were dull amidst…

Sakata Seed America adds new Elite Propagation Manager to Ornamentals Group

Sakata Seed America welcomes Andor Gerendas to the role of Elite Propagation Manager for the company’s ornamental business group. Andor brings an extensive background in…

Special Service Supply

How to build an overhead conveyor system

A new video released by Ultimation Industries shows manufacturers, distributors and others how to build an overhead conveyor system that takes advantage of generally unused…

Bill Mukanik joins Valoya's Board of Directors

Valoya, the Finnish LED grow lights manufacturer has been steadily growing since its founding 11 years ago. Its Board of Directors will now be strengthened with the addition…

Live footage from the Beijing Florascape Flower Show

During the 7th edition of the Beijing Florascape Flower Show, Technical Executive Phoebe Xie gave a speech on the Syngenta Flowers range of Pelargonium Calliope Series. Her…

Dudutech moves to connect customers and R&D

Dudutech is excited to announce the introduction of the new Technical Product Team, John Ogechah and George Mala. The newly created role comes as part of a commitment to…

Slowing spring slug activity to a snail’s pace

Slugs (and snails) are an occasional pest in ornamental and edible greenhouse crops as they thrive in damp, humid environments – ideal conditions found in production and…
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For Bailey Nurseries, garden season never stops

For Bailey, founded in 1905, garden season never stops. And it’s no accident that while the temperature outside this month may be chilly, almost every plant you see at stores…

SAF continues push for grower aid

The Society of American Florists continued its push in Washington to ensure that industry growers receive a portion of the $9.5 billion allocated in the March…

KQ cargo blow after 283 crew stay in quarantine

Kenya Airways has been forced to ground some of its cargo planes due to a shortage of flight staff as the national carrier’s 283 cabin crew remain in mandatory quarantine,…

webinar, May 27

Developing a light spectrum – A balancing act

In an ocean of LED companies with conflicting claims, which one can be trusted for their horticultural lighting expertise? How can a grower understand which…

A new mode of agricultural production: The photovoltaic greenhouse

A photovoltaic greenhouse is a greenhouse that includes solar photovoltaic power generation, an intelligent temperature control system, and modern high-tech planting. The…

What happens when COVID-19 cancels your American Flowers Week Botanical Couture photo shoot?

For Tobey Nelson of Tobey Nelson Events & Design, the month of March brought the dawning reality that COVID-19 was indeed disrupting “business as usual.” Based…

China: The Kunming Dounan flower market transaction is picking up

Recently, the Kunming Dounan flower market has picked up. Previously, the flower market was temporarily suspended due to the impact of the epidemic, and as the epidemic eased,…

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Neil Alcock

We have 3000 fantastic Hydrangea Polestar Available now as P9! Perfect for #mailorder #newplants pic.twitter.com/x7HHJJ1QBW — Neil Alcock (@NeilAlcock) April 15, 2020

webinar, April 16

Lighting approaches to maximize profits

Supplemental lighting is often necessary for year-round greenhouse production of ornamentals and vegetables. However, the cost of providing supplemental light is high. It is…

"The coronavirus has not sidelined science"

Early action helped The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences beat-the-clock hustle ensured the continuity of our service to you.…

Fusarium on Echeveria

What do you write an e-Gro Alert on when your state is under a stay-at-home order due to COVID-19, and you have been stuck under quarantine because a co-worker tested…

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