Columnist Chris Beytes

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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for more than 40 years. He owned his own greenhouse - Indian River Ornamentals - in Merritt Island, Florida, after he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism and a minor in horticulture. After he and his wife Laurie sold the greenhouse business, he started writing full-time, first for local publications in Florida and then moving to the Chicago area when he began writing for GrowerTalks. He's been with Ball Publishing since 1993 and only thinks about retirement once in a while.

Recent Articles

ASHS Presents Awards to Excellent Ph.D.s

We join the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) in honoring the following award recipients, who were formally recognized at the organization’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, this summer.

New SAF President Named

Lori Wheat of Lafayette Florist, Gift Shop and Garden Center is the new president of the Society of American Florists (SAF).

GreenTech Coming to North America

GreenTech, the big Dutch automation show, is coming to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia September 23-24, 2026.

Minnesota Gets America’s First A1-rated Horticultural Expo

Minnesota is getting the first major, large-scale global horticultural exposition in America approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH).

Major Dutch Grower Closing Down

Bunnik Group, the parent company of Bunnik Plants, one of the Netherlands’ largest and best-known potted plant and foliage producers, has announced it’s closing its doors as of March 31, 2026.

Don’t Put it Off

While it’s tempting to slow down at the end of the year, don’t—in fact, do the opposite.

Don’t Worry, Growers, Your Job is Safe

Though powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, the autonomous greenhouse will still require a grower to decide the objective—be it yield, quality, energy savings, profitability or a combination of all of these.

How Far Off (or Far-Fetched) is the Autonomous Greenhouse?

Before answering that provocative question, we should also ask, “What is an autonomous greenhouse?” and “Should growers be excited or worried?” We dig for the answers with Cornell University’s Dr. Neil Mattson and Rutgers’ Dr. A.J. Both.

Dutch Heritage Gardens Now in the Young Plant Business

Heritage Young Plants, a brand new division of Dutch Heritage Gardens located in Larkspur, Colorado, founded by Aaron and Rozalia Van Wingerden, will focus on producing premium-quality starter plants for professional growers across North America.

Remembering Tom Piini

Tom Piini, the founder and president of Micro Grow Control Systems of Temecula, California, passed away on August 4. He was 71.

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