Chat Room Do you have a formal system in place to sanitize/filter recirculated irrigation water? MORE than 80% DO NOT! Turn to page 26 to learn why you may want to implement a filtering system. Have you implemented a system for inventory management? Autumn is just around the corner. Is your operation up and running during the shoulder season? More than 85% SAID YES! What crops do you produce August through October? Cool-season vegetables Mums Pansies Asters Shrubs Perennials Cannabis Poinsettias Grasses 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 GPNMAG.COM More than 60% DO NOT! Turn to page 38 to learn how you can improve your supply chain. 87% 74% 81% 55% 79% 55% 75% 44% OF YOU GROW BEGONIAS GROW PETUNIAS GROW MARIGOLDS GROW VINCAS GROW ZINNIAS GROW LEUCANTHEMUMS GROW HOSTAS GROW HYDRANGEAS All of the above have been AWARDED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE! Turn to page 16 to learn more. Editor's Note: In January, we began sending out a monthly survey to our readers on a variety of topics. Chat Room is the new monthly feature that reports those survey results. This is a perfect venue to get to know your peers and where you stand in different categories. Do you have a question you want us to ask? Contact managing editor, Jasmina Dolce, at jdolce@greatamericanpublish.com. This month, we asked readers about late-summer performance, plans for fall, water filtration and inventory management. Here's what they had to say. The peak of summer 2019 is now behind us. Which varieties have been your top-performing sellers late into the season? » Supertunia petunias » Wave petunia baskets » SunPatiens impatiens » Sombrero echinacea » Titan vinca AS WELL AS ASSORTED pentas, zinnias, begonias, lantanas and succulentshttp://www.GPNMAG.COM