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The Christmas Flower Is Back
Grower News

The Christmas Flower Is Back

The Miller family, from left, includes Steven, Christy, Dustyn, Courtney and Dave YORK, Pa. — Miller Plant Farm is a sea of red this month as Christmas poinsettias take center stage. Fourth-generation owner Dave Miller expects to sell 7,000 poinsettia plants this...

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Empowering plants: Balancing biochemistry
Grower News

Empowering plants: Balancing biochemistry

FIGURE 1. Various processes in the plant produce and consume assimilates, creating a balance. Growing By Plant Empowerment (GPE) is a global follow-up to a new Dutch growing method called Het Nieuwe Telen (HNT, also known as Next Generation Growing). It starts with...

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Perspective December 2019
Perspective

Perspective December 2019

At the end of every year, most of us look forward to the coming year and wonder what’s in store for us. As difficult as these predictions are, and as often as we get them right or wrong, we still persist in making this effort.   “Economists have allowed themselves to...

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