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Garden & Greenhouse Volume 15, Issue 7 ■ August 2017 T able of C ontents 14 True Liberty ® Vacuum Sealer 6 46 The Importance of Consistency in Greenhouses and Indoor Gardens Emerald Green Arborvitae – Thuga occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 20 48 Troubleshooting Hydroponic Systems Problems Growing African Violets 28 Orchid Transplant Adaptation 30 Understanding Containers for Houseplants 38 4 Solutions to Farming in High Salinity Soils page 30 50 Canadian Hemlock for Landscapes 52 Growing Plants Hydroponically From Seeds page 41 53 How to Build a Cedar Potting Bench 56 Products, Plants & More 40 Starting an Organic Backyard Hive 59 41 Garden & Greenhouse Business Card Directory Garlic is Great for the Off-Garden Season 44 Holy Basil page 56 Garden & Greenhouse For Small Greenhouse Growers & Retailers, Hobby Greenhouse Owners and Indoor & Outdoor Gardeners Nichols Publishing Company 6170 Forest Hills Drive Dubuque, IA 52002 PHONE: [phone] FAX: [phone] [email protected] www.GardenAndGreenhouse.net Offi ce Manager Terri Nichols Publisher Robin Nichols [email protected] PHONE: [phone] FAX: [phone] [email protected] Contributing Editors Mary Ann Berdak Bill Baugh John Berends Bill Baugh Marion Catubig Eric Hopper Dr. J Benton Jones, Jr. 4 Mike McGroarty Jeff Sanders Clair Schwan Caron Wenzel Graphic Designer Char Thumser Advertising & Editorial Inquiries Questions for our gardening experts should be submitted to Ques- [email protected]. Garden & Greenhouse ISSN 1559-9973, is published 10 times per year, by Nichols Publishing Company, Inc., and is distributed without charge to qualifi ed subscribers in the United States. Non-qualifi ed subscription rates in the U.S., $19 per year; Canada and Mexico $75 per year; all other countries, $150 per year, payable in U.S. funds. Sub- scription requests must include name, job title, business type, address information, a signature and date. The publisher makes no representation concerning any product or service advertised in this publication. Garden & Greenhouse Magazine serves only as a medium for sell- ers to reach potential buyers and does not warrant the accuracy of any advertisement. Garden & Greenhouse Magazine makes every effort to eliminate any typographical errors and assumes no responsibility for misspelling names of people from handwrit- www.GardenandGreenhouse.net ten copy. All editorial items submitted are subject to editing and alteration at the dis- cretion of the publisher. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any item for publication at the sole discretion of the publisher. Design and format of this magazine is protected by the copyright laws of the U.S.A. Reproduc- tion of this publication in whole or in part is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Garden & Greenhouse, 6170 Forest Hills Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002. August 2017