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Bittercrest weeds

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Unproductive Customers

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Real Christmas Trees: A Great Environmental Choice

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Question for greenhouse owners?

Posted by Becky Litterer on October 21, 2009 at 6:32pm — 13 Comments

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Forum

Simple Point of Sale system 6 Replies

Started by Cyndie Warbelow. Last reply by Cyndie Warbelow 6 hours ago.

round or square, which is better? 2 Replies

Started by liz. Last reply by Victor Flaherty 9 hours ago.

Whitefly Control 5 Replies

Started by Diana Politika. Last reply by Tom Broome 15 hours ago.

Organic fertilizer program 2 Replies

Started by Tim sullivan. Last reply by Tim sullivan 1 day ago.

Can we cover newly planted evergreens with landscaping cloth? 4 Replies

Started by Becky Litterer. Last reply by Becky Litterer 1 day ago.

Ajuga liners - where? 14 Replies

Started by Bonnie Weller. Last reply by Bonnie Weller 1 day ago.

Small Decorative Container Sources

Started by Wynne Phillips Nov 21.

Unproductive Customers 19 Replies

Started by Timothy Lamprey. Last reply by Debbie Woodruff Nov 21.

LED lighting 1 Reply

Started by Steve Antonius. Last reply by Sonny John Nov 20.

Putting Our Name and Logo on our Product ! 33 Replies

Started by Bettinger Farms, Inc. Deb. Last reply by Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" Nov 20.

Latest Activity

Cyndie Warbelow replied to Cyndie Warbelow's discussion 'Simple Point of Sale system'

We really feel that a cash register with a credit card reader would be all we need...we found a Casio that would do what we wanted but it would not work with our merchant services provider...and we want to stay with this provider. Then we looked a...

6 hours ago

Victor Flaherty replied to liz's discussion 'round or square, which is better?'

My guess is your vendor likes to hear himself speak. Square pots for annuals make more sense as Michael stated above.

9 hours ago

Lena Edwards and John Stranberg joined Fresh Air Forum

11 hours ago

ken yorko added a discussion to the group Retailers

How much of your retail shelf space is dedicated to chemicals?

How many different brands do you stock? What could a distributor do for you to better manage this category in your store?

13 hours ago

ken yorko joined Sara Tambascio's group

Retailers

Retailing, merchandising and display...find it all here.

13 hours ago

John Stranberg replied to Cyndie Warbelow's discussion 'Simple Point of Sale system'

My suggestion is to think twice about the baby step concept. Most off-the-shelf POS systems (QuickBooks®) are not designed with the nursery industry in mind. You will spend 1,000's of hours backing yourself into a corner. What ever you decide purc...

13 hours ago

Tom Broome replied to Diana Politika's discussion 'Whitefly Control'

I have used coffee to take care of any white flies that cause me trouble. I take the used coffee grounds from Starbucks and make "sun tea" from them and then use that to spray the plants. It works great, is organic, and even gives them a foliar sp...

15 hours ago

terry commented on Becky Litterer's blog post 'Question for greenhouse owners?'

I have one grhouse that I divide in half in January for about a month. I just take a large piece of plastic (left over from covering the grhouse) and slide it under one of the hoops, at least 12 " so it doesn't slide off. I have a break in the she...

20 hours ago