Sound Horticulture

08/28/2026

Farwest show 2026 has been filled with renewed relationships, creative ideas and lots of bug talk! Need help with a biocontrol program? Contact us at [email protected]!🌱 🌱

08/27/2026

Tour our booth at the Farwest show in Portland 2026! 🌱 🌱

08/24/2026

Emerald Ash Borer : Invasive pest alert for all of us! These have now been found locally here in Whatcom County Western Washington. Check out all trees in the Ash family in your area and report if you find them, please.

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed a report of emerald ash borer near Vancouver.

08/11/2026

Join us in SLC, Utah for an incredible plant production conference filled with tours, speakers and shared knowledge. Find reduced hotel rates for family and friends here 🌱https://book.passkey.com/event/51156221/owner/1422/home. 🌱 🌱

08/10/2026

This amazing article in Acres USA!

Dr. James White describes how microbes are replicated inside plant root hairs, how plants with microbes in them grow larger, and how endophyte-laden plants are

07/31/2026

I am sorry but I don'd understand why anyone would want to raise cockroaches ! I know that they are fascinating in that they can flatten their bodies and squeeze through amazingly small spaces, as we've had customers have them invade habitat systems ... but this illegal trade is just , well, YUCK!!

The insects are estimated to be worth up to $141,000, according to Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. Exotic cockroaches could harm the country’s wildlife and agriculture

06/29/2026

When a compost tea machine is inadvertently set up near a wasp nest. Move the tea machine or let the insects stay? What would you do?

06/17/2026

It's great to see that there is interest in using H**p Hurd material as a peat substitute! If there is anything we can do to improve research funding for the Horticultural industry I hope that we can all encourage this work. Cost is high now, but this could be a very feasible and cost effective solution as it scales up!

Increasing costs and potential decreasing availability of current potting medium components has prompted growing industries to seek alternative horticultural substrates, like h**p.

06/15/2026

Whether you’ve got a little or a lot of lettuce, aphids can be trouble. Use lacewing larvae and the parasitic wasp Aphidius for biological aphids control.🌿 🌿

06/05/2026

Thinking about how heat affects our behavior and how the insects already seem to be acting a little out of sorts this season... Then this popped up. Food for thought that we can consider for ourselves and the Planet we share with so many sensitive creatures.

Wide-ranging research suggests that as temperatures increase, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The findings hint at consequences that may ripple through ecosystems