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International Horticultural Technologies LLC
PO Box 1035 Hollister CA 95024 831-637-1800 38 years in business ihort . com
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WHAT DID YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS DO BEFORE STARTING ihort ? We started in the nursery business ; we were Leonard Coates Nurseries , Inc ., a 100-year-old wholesale nursery . It was my grandfather ’ s , my father ’ s , and then mine . We farmed miscellaneous truck crops and fruit trees throughout the Salinas and San Joaquin Valley .
HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS INDUSTRY ? This industry ( stabilized soil media ) didn ’ t exist ; we had to invent it . It was to fill a need for automatic transplanting of lettuce and then we brought it into the horticultural field after that . ihort is the authority in propagation . The company offers propagation plugs and prefilled trays for every type of grower , whether you field transplant , grow in loose media , or operate hydro / aqua or aeroponic systems . They have a plug for you . To learn more about the company , Dylan Sandstrom ( sales manager / product and business development ) interviewed ihort founder and president Gary Hartman .
WHEN AND WHERE DID ihort BEGIN ? This company began in 1982 , when we worked with Castle & Cooke , which we branched into Grow-Tech . After we sold Grow-Tech , we created ihort in 1997 .
WHAT DID YOU FIRST PRODUCE ? We first produced our 18 / 40 plug for Carnation production . We produced over 15 million plugs for Cal Florida Plant Co .
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