for my $i (0..$#$plants) {      
    $sizes = $self->dbh->selectall_arrayref($s_stmt, {Slice => {}},($plants->[$i]{'id'}, 1));
     
    if (@{$sizes}) {  
        $jctr = 0;
        for my $j (0..$#$sizes) { 
            $plants->[$i]{'sizes'}->[$jctr]{'size'} = $sizes->[$j]{'plantsize'}.$sizes->[$j]{'unit'};
            $jctr++; 
            
            #query just the growers with those plants, by size                
            $growers = $self->dbh->selectall_arrayref($g_stmt, {Slice => {}}, ($sizes->[$j]{'plantid'}, $sizes->[$j]{'plantsize'}, $sizes->[$j]{'unitid'},1)); 
            
            if (@{$growers}) {
                $kctr = 0;
                for my $k (0..$#$growers) {
                    $plants->[$i]{'sizes'}->[$j]{'growers'}->[$kctr]{'abbrev'} .= $growers->[$k]{'two_letter_abbrev'}." ";                        
                } 
                $kctr++; 
            } 
        }     
    } 
}