Begonias are big in the April issue of Digger

A feature article on the re-emergence of begonias (PDF) is the cover story for the new April issue of Digger magazine. This issue has an unmistakable greenhouse focus. You can read the entire issue page-by-page as a flipbook here — fast connection recommended — or download the individual articles as PDF files. Additional articles in the April issue include:

• Truly connected (PDF) — Greg and Tamara Clift of McKenzie River Nursery enjoy growing their relationships with plants, retail customers and each other;
• Drawing on ingenuity (PDF) — How Bizon Nursery created an innovative, scalable water recapture and storage system;
• Piped-in nutrition (PDF) — How greenhouse growers can use fertigation to apply water and fertilizers to their crops at the same time;
• The downside of combination fungicides (Oregon State University Growing Knowledge series) (PDF) — Researchers believe that pre-packaged fungicide mixes can elevate the risk of developing pathogens that are resistant to treatment; and
• The hope of spring (Director's Desk) (PDF) — Jeff Stone, OAN executive director, looks at how the principles of winning baseball on a modest budget might help the nursery industry win in the marketplace.

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