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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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Fabelicious - 'With love from Africa to Amsterdam'

New brand of dried roses on the market

After being out of fashion for over 20 years, apparently they have made their comeback. We're talking about dried flowers. Rudi Tuinman and Pascal Koeleman with 2Dezign once…

Turkish Flower Associations:

"70% of Turkey’s floriculture industry will go out of business if coronavirus situation continues any further "

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the sales of cut flowers and ornamental plants in the domestic market dropped off dramatically and the exports are on hold due to border…

Tulip gall mite cannot withstand high temperatures

The dry bulb mite (Aceria tulipae) in tulips can be controlled by storing tulip bulbs for 48 hours at a temperature of 25 °C with low oxygen and high CO2-level. This treatment…

and don't forget the moms!

Frontline healthcare workers get showered with flowers

Nurses Week just started today (May 6-12), but over the last weeks, they have already been praised all around the world. And not only them, but more people in the frontline of…

The Flower and Plant Show

Turkey: The Flower and Plant Show returns in November

The Turkish ornamental plants industry brings its new products and services to the world at The Flower and Plant Show, in November 2020. Generating an annual average of TL 6…

Dümmen Orange expands North American team

Dümmen Orange continues to grow with the addition of four new hires to its team in North America. Heather VonAllmen arrives as the western sales manager for Dümmen Delta. She…

Capogna Flowers

"It’s not sustainable," says flower grower of online, curbside sales

Fans of Capogna Flowers in Kingsville may be disappointed after the producer shut down its gardening centre to the public. Owner, Andrew Capogna told BlackburnNews.com…

Corona crisis: country updates

In this article you will find an update from the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), who are involved in the crisis measures surrounding the Coronavirus and…

Cheap gas and electricity for the smart grower

When reading about the decreasing oil prices and a surplus of (green) electricity, one knows that these are strange times. Receiving money when purchasing power, because…

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Oregon State University

Three DIY safety projects for your greenhouse

In recent weeks, Hortica covered a variety of topics to help your greenhouse maneuver through an uncertain spring. This included impactful ways to keep your business…

Catherine McKenna

CAN (BC): 500,000 red tulips bloom to mark Liberation Day

More than 500,000 bright red tulips are bursting across the Lower Mainland to mark the 75th anniversary of the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands during the Second World…

Turkish Flowers

Turkish flower growers eye Italian and Spanish markets

Turkey’s flower growers are looking for new foreign markets as demand has dropped significantly because of the global pandemic. The industry’s exports stood at $107 million…

Video Netflix launches flower design show

If you're currently staying at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak, chances are you've been doing a lot of binging on Netflix. Soon you can actually designate that streaming…

North America: Floralife cleaner products approved for use against SARS-CoV-2

FloraLife, a division of Smithers-Oasis Company, is offering its FloraLife® D.C.D. ® and FloraLife® MicroBLOC® disinfectants that meet EPA criteria for use…

Beneficial Insectary

Beneficial Insectary debuts instructional release videos in English and Spanish

Beneficial Insectary’s IPM team has made use of the downtime thanks to COVID-19 by working on digital content for their customers. Over the last year, they have released a…

Your Levy at Work

Australia: Preparing for business interruption

Fire, flood, drought, storms, pestilence and even pandemics – Interruption to business can happen at any time and changes to daily activity need to be high on…

Randall's Farm

US (MA): Florists get reprieve from coronavirus shutdown as demand for flowers surges

Flowers say springtime. Flowers say “Happy Mother’s Day." And a Monday night update to Massachusetts’ rules governing nonessential business during the coronavirus shutdown…


app helps growers make most out of their TAPKIT "Growing is not only about the right hardware, but also about knowledge and crop support" With the TAPKIT, a 500 m2 greenhouse enabling growers to start-up their own hydroponic venture, TAP brought hydroponic growing within reach of many growers all around the world. With the newly launched app, including crop advise on specific climate conditions, water quality and hundreds of FAQs, they help growers making most out of…

Cornell University:

2020 Synapsis Symposium draws a global audience

Cornell’s Plant Breeding & Genetics graduate student organization, also known as Synapsis, hosts an annual symposium where national and international scientists speak on…

How two floral models are changing and adapting

The latest episode of the Slow Flowers Podcast features two guests sharing their stories from different parts of the floral equation — and both hugely relevant to the Stories…

Tulip Nachtwacht – A Dutch master in bloom

What do you name a new tulip variety when up till now it’s only had a number? That is the task a group of tulip farmers were faced with when they were…

Plant Empowerment Workshop goes online

The Ohio State University, in partnership with Gotham Greens and HortAmericas, will be organizing Plant Empowerment Workshop Online on July 9th and 10th, 2020 (10AM – 2:30PM…

Today on social media

@HomeGrownPlants

Good to see another nursery getting out their plants to gardeners everywhere who want to enjoy their bank holiday gardening. https://t.co/f7C5ZbitCZ — Home Grown…

$25,000 grant for school greenhouse expansion project

The William N. Pennington Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to the Carson City School District to build an outdoor classroom and expand an office at the Carson High School…

The complete chloroplast genome of fragrant plantain lily

Fragrant plantain lily (Hosta ventricosa) is an ornamental plant and widely cultivated in China due to its environmental adaptability. In a new study, the…

Lilac Hill Greenhouse

US (MN): Lilac Hill preps to open second greenhouse

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and greenhouses are opening back up just in time. Lilac Hill Greenhouse is getting ready to open a pop-up store in the parking area at…

Studies regarding the behaviour of ornamental species Lagurus ovatus in Romania

A new paper aimed to analyse some aspects about behaviour and multiplication of Lagurus ovatus species in cropping conditions from Iaşi County, Romania.…

Royal FloraHolland

Glass Tulip Award 2021: Vote for the best market introduction

The Glazen Tulp Award is presented to the best market introduction in five categories: Cut flowers, Concepts, Houseplants in bloom, Houseplants green, Garden plants. In order…

Greenlife Industry Australia

Connecting with customers through the power of marketing

Marketing means different things to different people. It’s a broad discipline which can mean everything from big TV commercials, to search engine optimisation. But one nursery…

webinar, May 13

Updated Production Nursery Business Benchmarking Tool

An interactive webinar will be held on Wednesday, 13 May to unveil the latest version of the Nursery Industry Business Benchmarking Tool. Developed as part of…

Australia: Two new Minor Use Permits issued

Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA) has been issued the Minor Use Permit for Actinovate biofungicide for the management through suppression of a range of plant…

Niagara Peninsula Energy

CAN (ON): Relief of portion of GA charges for industrial and commercial customers

Ontario is deferring a portion of Global Adjustment (GA) charges for industrial and commercial electricity consumers that do not participate in the Regulated Price Plan (RPP),…

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