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A New Poly Film is available!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Rohloff May 17.

Breeder & Patent Holder Branding
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Jan 8, 2012.

The General Public's perception of Poinsettias
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Eric Rohloff replied to Steve's discussion A New Poly Film is available!
"Dbl poly is 1.5 so this system would have to be cheap to install or you'll never get the payback from any difference. What are we talking $/sqft for materials?"
May 17
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A New Poly Film is available!

Hi everyone... it has been a while since I have been on here.  I want to make everyone aware of a new poly film that was introduced at OFA last summer.  It is called SolaWrap.  It is 3 layers of Polyethylene film laminated together (for a total of 16.8 mils in thickness)  The manufacturer in Germany blows air bubbles in the middle layer and creates a manufactured dead air space of 8 mm.  Because of the integrated air space, no inflation fans are required.  The air bubbles also deliver diffused…See More
May 16
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Steve replied to karen bafumo's discussion Scarlett Red Tomatoes
"Just curious... did you ever find your seedlings?"
May 16
Steve replied to T. Campbell's discussion drip lines clogging
"First I would install flush valves on the ends of your drip lines,  These valves are open when the water pressure is under 2 lbs.  When the pressure increases the valve closes.  Install your drip lines so they will drain towards the…"
Aug 17, 2012
Steve replied to Randy Schmitz's discussion Communication in (and outside) the garden center
"We use Sprint's Direct Connect on our cell phones."
Aug 17, 2012
Steve replied to Michael Pawelek's discussion How Does The Nursery Industry Adapt To This generation?
"The ultimate answer to this problem is a political one.  The fact is that Congress is paralyzed and our President's only policy answer is to raise taxes on the rich.  The very first thing that needs addressing is a political one.…"
Aug 17, 2012
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Jun 16, 2012
Steve replied to Mark Soxman's discussion Systemic Insecticide
"Use Safari as a drench that should get them.  Also you need to put ant traps around the outside perimeter of the greenhouse because the ants will actually farm the the aphids, picking them up and moving them from place to place.  If you…"
May 13, 2012

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At 11:46pm on April 8, 2009, Steve said…

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At 7:47pm on March 24, 2009, Michael Pawelek said…
Steve, I just read your comments about "Proven Winners" and agree with just about everything you had to say on the subject. I am forever tired of telling customers that the "labels/tags" we use on our Proven Winner plants have to be in the containers "by law" and at the same time have to explain why they do not give out correct information for our area. Many of the Proven Winner tags that claim "full sun" are just plain wrong for our S.E.Texas weather. It gets way too hot here in June, July and August for many Proven Winner "Full Sun Plants", especially those planted in western exposures. Their grower's catalogs are chocked full with supposed plants that will tolerate our weather but in fact do not. As the grower/retailer of their products I end up catching the flack from customers dissapointed with underperforming varieties....
At 7:39am on March 24, 2009, Scott Sterling said…
Steve, You asked about IBA and I posted a link for you to check out. Just after I posted the link, the company took their web site down for about a week (for maintenance purposes). I think you must have checked it during that time, because the link is working again.
At 11:28am on January 1, 2009, Sara Tambascio said…
Hi Steve,
Happy New Year! We used a software called Ning to create this site. Check it out at Ning.com.
We looked into a spell check for posts here, but I wasn't able to find one. If you find one, would you let me know?
Thanks!
 
 
 

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