2026 Blogs

Our Ball for Fall Event gives growers the chance to see a huge number of Fall varieties growing side-by-side in one place.

Kube Pak is a plug and liner producer based in New Jersey in the United States. The company carries a wide selection of cut flower material.

Pinching liners is a common practice, but also an additional production cost and a potential route of disease transmission.

Join us and explore what’s next for Fall. Registration is now available to compare the latest mum varieties, discover standout performers and get inspired for your next Fall program.

Whether you're a greenhouse grower, garden center retailer, cut flower grower, landscaping professional, or independent grower, Ball Seed offers the products, expertise, and support needed to help your business succeed.

Here at Ball Seed, we strive to make sure you feel supported for every year and growing season. We hosted this year’s Customer Days on July 30 and 31, 2026, with an amazing turnout of nearly 1,000 visitors.

The Ball Seed team enjoyed another successful year at Cultivate’26, North America's premier horticulture trade show, held in Columbus, Ohio.

Ball Seed Technical Services expert, Nick Flax, is back again with an audio tip sharing a concern that’s come up during one of his numerous calls with growers across North America.

Join us at Customer Days 2026 to explore what’s possible for the 2027 growing season and beyond. With more than 145,000 plants on display, access to leading plant breeders, and expert-led educational sessions, the Gardens at Ball serve as a living re...

Following up on last week’s pre-transplant mum tech tip with your next steps in the process.

This is the beginning a quick two-parter to help you and your garden mum team get the crop off to a strong start.

We’re thinking ahead about mum production in the heat of summer, which is always a challenge for growers.

Just about every week, our Ball Seed technical services expert, Nick Flax, shares a concern that’s come up during one of his numerous calls with growers across North America. In his weekly "Nick's Tips," he shares the advice he's offered to hopefully...

Let’s put a bow on spring ... Actually, we’re encouraging you to do a bit of reflection before tying said bow.

This week, we're starting the 2026 chrysanthemum discussion, which will continue through the summer.

The Grounds Crew has been hard at work planting up The Garden at Ball. The Darwin Perennials beds are in, and you know what that means…Darwin Perennials Day is near! Join us in The Gardens at Ball on June 17, 2026, to learn about the vast perennial o...

This week we’re sharing some tips and trick for slowing down crops that just might come in handy the next couple of weeks as you prepare for the Mother’s Day rush.

Here at Ball Seed, we continue to partner with superior breeding companies allowing us to serve our customers with first-class products in flowers and plants.

This week we’re talking about a pest that seems to be on everyone’s radar this spring: Aphids.

Now’s the time to place your poinsettia orders. Check out the latest varieties for 2026 and place your order on WebTrack® today ! Find information on new introductions, classic reds, and trend-driven novelties. Let’s take a peek at the newest and tru...

Ball Seed was recently a featured speaker at a first-of-its-kind forum uniting global plant breeders, Mid-Atlantic regional growers, and public garden professionals to help shape the future of gardens. The event, “From Breeding to Beauty”, took place...

There are many factors to keep on your radar during the transplant process.

We field this geranium challenge from growers to identify and correct just about every year: Iron and manganese toxicity.

Intumescence is a fairly common issue this time of year. Here’s some details on this disorder.

Here are some tips on moisture management during this frigid winter weather.

Our technical specialist, Dr. Josh Henry, weighs in this week to discuss a topic that’s becoming more and more common but definitely requires close attention and careful selection (of crops and active ingredients): PGR liner dips.

With a massive snow and ice storm forecast for this weekend that will stretch from Texas to the Carolinas to Maine, it's important to prepare your cut flower farm for the storm. Here's a short checklist of tips and recommendations to help you along.....

Our newly redesigned BallSeed.com website is filled with updated features to help you get the answers you seek to build, grow, and sell your programs. Let’s deep-dive into some of the new ways growers can interact with us online!

There’s a greenhouse problem that’s not unique to 2026, but it sure seems to be coming up in more and more customer conversations as we get into spring production.

Our Technical Services team recently filmed tech-training videos to further educate greenhouse teams on important strategies and best practices. In this blog, we'll take a closer look at Rooting Hormones.

There’s a critical piece of the propagation puzzle you should know about — dialing in your root-zone temperatures. As cuttings begin to arrive, hopefully these tips help your team prepare.

Here's a quick summary of just a few of the topics we tackled over the past 12 months: