GrowerTalks - Green Profit - Inside Grower

12/08/2025

Bigtime injector tech for greenhouses of any size! Chris Beytes found the new J-Pro fertilizer injector system from HE Anderson at Cultivate ‘25.

12/06/2025

Join Chris Beytes on a tour of all seven breeding companies at the Hoffman Heimos Poinsettia Trials and their new poinsettia offerings. You’ll see lots of new reds that fit specific niches, an excellent new dark red that almost leans into burgundy territory, some euphorbia types, including an important improvement, and a poinsettia that could almost be called a Christmas coleus.

Plus, as a bonus for sticking on till the end, learn all about bracts from Hortistician Dr. Marvin Miller. Did you know that, botanically speaking, there are nine kinds of bracts? Marvin tells you as only he can which one poinsettias have.

GrowerTalks editor-in-chief Chris Beytes takes you on a tour of all seven breeding companies and their new poinsettia offerings. You’ll see lots of new reds ...

12/05/2025

Here’s a “tariff-beating” idea that Chris spotted in the M&M Wintergreens booth at Cultivate ‘25 - natural accents for holiday greens and living decor!

12/04/2025

A sexy irrigation boom?? 😳😳 Editor Chris Beytes made this claim about a new product from Control Dekk that he spotted at Cultivate ‘25. Do you agree?

12/03/2025

Here’s a quick look at The Garden Center Group’s Retailers’ Choice Award-winning plants from Cultivate ‘25.

12/03/2025

Check out the TTA / ISO cutting sungulator! Chris Beytes tells you all about it in this quick video from Cultivate ‘25.

12/02/2025

NEW PODCAST!

Artificial Intelligence in the Green Industry (Part 2)

In episode 209 of the Tech On Demand podcast, host Bill Calkins is joined by two experts from Epicor—Kerrie Jordan, the chief marketing officer and Sam Kirkland, a national business development strategist—to talk A.I. and ways to take the data you have, digitize it and apply A.I. to use it even more effectively. This is the second podcast in a miniseries covering A.I for our industry and it's based in part on a series running in Green Profit (written by Clint Albin).

A.I. has the capability to assist in all fundamental business processes—from product procurement and cash flow management to employee productivity and customer engagement. That’s just a snapshot of what Kerrie and Sam share in this episode.

Bill and his guests spend time discussing what exactly A.I. means for green industry businesses and how applications from other industries can be transformational, as well as ways A.I. can help personalize businesses to level up the customer experience. They close looking to the future and what might be possible as this technology continues to evolve.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-on-demand-brought-to-you-by-growertalks/id1523055762

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KIut9nP7cIfU8263KmOTW?si=8e0b20d7dc9142e9

11/29/2025

Vintage GrowerTalks (front and back) - May 1965!

11/28/2025

Vintage GrowerTalks (front and back) - July 1974!

11/27/2025

Vintage GrowerTalks (front and back) - July 1966! Plus a Customer Day reminder …

11/26/2025

GrowerTalks’ editor-in-chief (aka “bossman”) Chris Beytes popped up to the Hoffmann Heimos poinsettia trial in Millstadt, Illinois, last week with videographer Osvaldo Cuevas to see what’s new in poinsettia genetics. The 18th edition of the annual event was the biggest ever—up 72 cultivars to 222, from seven breeders. For highlights and key introductions, watch for our YouTube video coming in a week or so!

Here are a few pics:
• Dane Rinehart from Rinehart breeding with Timeless Red, offered by InBlume.
• James Doukas from Selecta with Christmas Royale.
• FabYULEous Pink joins FabYULEous Red, from Dümmen Orange.
• Vivero's Nick Read with Papagena Marble from Italian breeder Lazzeri. Talk about novel—this is practically a poinsettia crossed with a coleus!

11/26/2025

Vintage GrowerTalks (front and back) - January 1977! Plus the #1 trend for ‘77 …