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Nursery News

March 2025 Nursery News Notes

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Below, we’ve curated the latest news and insights from trusted sources across the industry. Stay updated with these key highlights.

Trade Journal Articles

New tools in the battle against thrips

By: Man-yeon Choi / Digger March 2025

Oregon Nurseries Hall of Fame member Jack Bigej passes away

Scientific Journal Articles 

Trends in 170 years of Australian plant nursery production & coupled response to climate change

By: Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Brett Bennett, Sameer Hifazat, Mark G. Tjoelker/Plants, People, Planet March 2025

Positive Pressure Tunnel for Less Pests

By: Nadav Nitzan, Uri Adler, Hezi Goren, David Silverman and Tzion Decco / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 3

Managing Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot on English Lavender in the Greenhouse with Fungicides

By: Daniel M. Dlugos, William C. Bridges, and Steven N. Jeffers / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 3

IPM is the Best Pest Control Strategy Consumers Have Never Heard Of

By: Andrew H. Jeffers, Bridget K. Behe, Michael Vassalos, William C. Bridges, and Sarah A. White / HortTech Vol 35: Issue 2

Substrate Stratification Can Reduce Peat Requirement Associated with Young Plant Production

By: Maureen Thiessen, and Jeb S. Fields / HortTech Vol 35: Issue 2

Nursery News

February 2025 Nursery News Notes

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Below, we’ve curated the latest news and insights from trusted sources across the industry. Stay updated with these key highlights.

Trade Journal Articles

VIDEO: Substrate Temperature Management Strategies

By: Lloyd Nackley & Jeb Fields / NurseryMag Feb 2025

A Future Without Peat?

By: Neville Stein / NurseryMag Feb 2025

Logistics Lowdown

By: Patrick Alan Coleman / NurseryMag Feb 2025

Drought-tolerant Groundcover & Shrub Trial at NWREC

By: Heather Stoven & Neil Bell / Digger Feb 2025

Scientific Journal Articles 

Boxwood Blight Spread & Risk Model in NC & VA

By: Ihsanul Khaliq, Herve F. Avenot, Anton Baudoin, Leonard Coop and Chuanxue Hong / Science Reports Vol 14

Preventing Iron Chlorosis with Fe Chelates in Soilless Media

By: Julie A. Herchkowitz, MAckenzie G. Dey, Royal Heins and Bruce Bugbee / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 3

Mineral Oil Improves Turf Quality in Drought-Stressed Bermudagrass

By: Mingying Xiang, Marco Schiavon, Pawel Orlinski, and James H. Baird / HortTech Vol 32 : Issue 2

Nursery News

January 2025 Nursery News Notes

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Below, we’ve curated the latest news and insights from trusted sources across the industry. Stay updated with these key highlights.

Trade Journal Articles 

Pressure-Compensating Spray Stakes: Efficient but Costly for Nurseries

By: Gerry Spinelli & Chris Shrogren / NurseryMag Dec 2024

Hot Media Affects Root Growth and Fertilizer Release

By: James “Jim” S Owen Jr, & Jake Shreckhise / NurseryMag Jan 2025

Silicon Boosts Pest Resistance in Rhododendron

By: Jana Lee / Digger Jan 2025

Scientific Journal Articles 

Reduced Water Content: Effects on Landscape Shrub Growth

By: Ji-Jhong Chen and Youping Sun / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 2

A New Loropetalum Option for Oregon Growers

By: Jia-le Peng, En Wu, Da-mao Zhang, Ling Li, Yi-wen Wu, Xiaoying Yu, Don-lin Zhang,  and Yan-lin Li  / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 2 

Hongzi Die: A New Flowering Crabapple Cultivar

By: Minghan Luo, Sijun Qin, Deguo Lyu, and Jiali He  / HortScience Vol 60: Issue 2 

Do Hybrid Butterfly Bushes Produce Fewer Seeds? Impacts on Oregon’s Invasive Plant Rules

Cara Still and Ryan Contreras / Journal of Environmental Horticulture Vol 42 Issue 4 

Boxwood Production Costs and Strategies for Nursery Growers 

By Charles Hall / Journal of Environmental Horticulture Vol 42 Issue 4