With the variety of sizes, shapes and load configurations involved in nursery shipping, and with the fact that shippers are moving living plants across great distances, coordinating shipping in nursery is fraught with logistical challenges. Careful planning, good communication and loading efficiency are critical steps to getting a truck in and out of a nursery […]
New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight
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As boxwood blight was spreading in the U.S. in the 2010s, executives at Plant Development Services in Loxley, Alabama, and Saunders Brothers Nursery in Piney River, Virginia, were looking for solutions. Plant Development Services looked to Europe, where blight had been a major issue since 1998, while Saunders Brothers looked to germplasm it had on […]
Subsurface drip irrigation tape emerges as an effective option
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Twenty-five years ago, subsurface drip irrigation was little more than a niche concept in the nursery industry. It was being used in a select number of ornamental tree operations, according to Kevin Stewart, director of marketing for Rivulis, a leading manufacturer of subsurface drip irrigation systems. Today, as water resources have become scarce and energy […]
Nurseries ride the next wave of automation
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As labor costs soar and the need for efficiencies increases, Oregon nurseries are embracing technology like never before.
Nurseries use new propagation systems with biodegradable liners
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Nurseries are testing new propagation systems using biodegradable pots and are designed to optimize production and improve plant development.
Oregon nurseries say a good work-life balance is critical to their success
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In an industry reliant on labor, maintaining a healthy workforce is critical. And for many nurseries, ensuring the health of a workforce means much more than ensuring employees get home safe at night.
Greenhouse structures vary, so pick the one that suits your operation best
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At Little Prince of Oregon Nursery, a wholesale annuals/perennials grower in Aurora, Oregon, Mark Leichty works with several styles of greenhouses, including gutter connect, Quonset-style and peak-roofed structures. His preference is a GK Machine peak-roofed greenhouse, part of the Donald, Oregon, company’s 5000 series. And, fitting with Leichty’s philosophy, you can find several of the […]
Shippers must sift through layers of deception
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Shippers, brokers and carriers increasingly must be watchful for a fraudulent practice called ‘double brokering’
The problem of the root
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Growers, suppliers discourage tap roots and circling with pruning pots and grow bags.
Finding your flow
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Today’s technology can automate every aspect of irrigation, saving labor and water, but it comes with a price With irrigation controls at your fingertips and data on soil moisture levels and plant stress a click away, today’s nursery producer has more control over plant health than at any time in history. And with labor and […]
