Flora Funga Podcast 46: Sargent's: How to Get into the Green Industry with Cathy Maxson
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This week we chat with Cathy Maxson, the Head Grower and my supervisor from Sargents Greenhouse in Rochester Minnesota, USA. Cathy worked as a baker up until she needed a second job to fill time. She started as a waterer and has grown into a Head Grower position. She has taught me so much already this season about greenhouse maintenance and how be a greenhouse supervisor.
In this chat we discuss:
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- How she got into the green industry
- What are your duties as a Head Grower
- What is the difference between an annual and a perennial
- What tips and tricks do you advise people who want to get into the green industry
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- What are the typical tasks?
- Why cut back plants?
- When to do bareroot planting
- Bugs over winter?
- What do you look at for annual greenhouse maintenance?
- Greenhouse styles and what they are used for
- Sargent's sustainability ideology
- What can improve with the green industry?
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- What skills do you need?
- What is the biggest obstacle you face?
- What is the process of plant to consumer?
- Where do you see Sargents in the future?
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