Production

Online horticulture training courses

Two online training courses for greenhouse and horticulture professionals will be offered from Sept. 8 to Oct. 3, 2025, focusing on workforce management and plant disease diagnosis. Success with your Latino Workforce This course will... more »

Women looking into a microscope in Sormac's microbiological laboratory.

Sormac lab supports leafy greens processing worldwide

Sormac is helping processors improve the quality and safety of leafy greens through its in-house Microbiological Lab and specialized equipment. The company, which has developed vegetable processing technology since the 1990s, designs machines that handle... more »

Profile Products names Gladys Opiyo sales director

Profile Products has promoted Gladys Opiyo to director of sales, North American growers, for its Growing Solutions team. In her new role, Opiyo will oversee the company’s grower division... more »

Hydroponic system design: Adding a sanitation isolation reservoir

Incorporating a second reservoir into a recirculating irrigation system to serve as an isolation chamber offers flexible potential to a sanitation strategy. This idea is the result of accumulated observations spanning two decades of irrigation... more »

Real-world ROI of greenhouse automation

Automation can decrease labor and costs, and increase productivity and profit throughout your business. Starting with small changes can turn into big improvements. Let’s take a look at what some growers are using in their... more »

Irrigating with technology

Well-designed irrigation systems can help increase efficiencies in greenhouses and nurseries with labor savings and optimizing water delivery for plant growth. Automation provides a systematic and reliable way of delivering water while pairing irrigation with... more »

Controlling greenhouse temperature for successful production

The single greatest reason we grow crops inside greenhouses is to regulate the temperature. In addition, the primary determinant of crop timing is the average temperature. Despite this, it can be easy to overlook temperature... more »

Hort Americas now offers organic liquid nitrogen

Hort Americas has partnered with Avé Organics to offer OAN 10-0-0, an organic nitrogen fertilizer designed for immediate plant uptake and sustainable use in organic and hydroponic operations. OAN 10-0-0 delivers a 100% plant-available source... more »

GreenWorks names CannaSun young plant producers network

GreenWorks has announced a network of young plant producers now licensed to grow and supply its seed-grown CannaSun series. The CannaSun series debuted in U.S. public trial gardens at Young’s Plant Farm, where it generated... more »

Hort Americas offers early access to Dose1.0 fertigation system

Hort Americas has announced early access to the Voeks Dose1.0, a fertigation system designed to streamline irrigation and nutrient delivery for commercial growers. The Dose1.0 system is built to simplify operations by managing when, where... more »