There's a bunch of different whites, and they'll look pretty white to me. The rest of the world has switched away from peat because peat is a very limited supply, so I think soon we have to have the conversation about not using peat and switching to more compost-based media, but just make sure it's been sterilized. Use a heat matt to provide some bottom heat. So, when I think of any, growing any flower, I go back to the wild. About Us Mr. Sweet Pea Of all the flowers we grow, sweet peas reign supreme. Protect from temperatures below 20F. Please follow me on all my socials linked below.Sweet Girl Farms is a year round farm stand located in Reedley, CA. Really warm, really humid. So, thank you all for your support. It also just gives me a bigger, easier to handle transplant a little later in the season. The humidity stays at 100%. Most people don't have that capability, it's costly. Once they are up and growing they are very tolerant of heat as long as they are accessing water somewhere in the soil. We just saw it - saw soil steaming - in Holland last week. Pinch it when you first see that bud and let those resources continue to the later buds. A trained horticulturist and two-time Philadelphia Flower Show gold medal floral designer (through his former studio MODA Botanica ), Bailey now raises specialty cut flowers for farmers' markets and florists and provides full-service wedding and event design. And, use a clean tray. We really appreciate it and we'll follow up with all the folks in the webinar and we'll go ahead and closeout. I don't personally see an advantage to planting in the fall. Thanks for all you do. So, 38 seemed always kind of safe temperature for us. Be sure to check out the unusual color varieties, including rich blue and a truly chic pale green. They are situated in Vermont, I believe, but the plugs are sent from Gro 'n' Sell (Pennsylvania). Now there's a lot of workshops out there. Now, when I was a floral designer, I was buying these in from Holland, from Japan. There's my husband, Thomas, in ourherbaceous perennial field. If you put them in in October, November, they're going to look about the same in March. Third generation family operated business since 1979 producing a wide variety of drought tolerant plants and California natives, with a focus on hard to propagate varieties. Garden Centers. What's so great about Lisianthus? The chat well be monitoring. It turned out to be their biggest order that year. This tends to be more cost effective than boxing and shipping via FedEx or UPS. It's coming from a sterile greenhouse, so you should put it on a bench or on a clean surface, you know, until you're absolutely ready to transplant, because you can even on the ground in your driveway, you can pick up fusarium on the bottom of your plug tray and you'll start seeing plugs drop off before you even plant them. Sow 12-13 weeks in deep cell packs before last frost. The lower number is going to have bigger plugs. You can sometimes stop the spread by catching infections early, but sometimes infection has already spread by the time you notice it. A place to discuss custom plug orders and needs so that "Farmer Bailey" can better meet the plug needs of the professional flower farmer. Seed should be sown once the weather warms up, or indoors. We have about 800 different products, so we've got a lot of cut flower items. Don't hold them for more than a week, as they can and will become rootbound and will be stunted later in life. I know Lisa Mason Zieglar lists them as cool flowers in her book. Not to mention, you know the growers in the restof the world, so they reallydon't, Im not saying theydon't care, but their stuff is sold already, it just makes more work for them without really any more profit. We never get a rebloom in Vermont, but we are also not known for warm summers. You can mix other varieties. Do not compost it. I don't argue that, but I think the risk might be a little too great considering how expensive the plugs can be. Why would that be? As a safeguard, we also ordered lisianthus plugs- a lot of them. And, you know if you have a plant that's jostling around all the time, it's going to be stockier and shorter. They're not getting the light intensity to trigger flowering yet. But that's OK! And then kind of as a last-ditch effort around your last frost, try some 3s and 4s and, you know, give them some shade. We've got a great lineup scheduled. Yes - lisianthus plugs were bought from Farmer Bailey, who contracts with Gro N Sell, and were not grown organically. Other than that, I'm happy with the condition the plants arrived in. Spring Plugs include items used for bedding flat production, potted flowering annuals, hanging baskets, and combination planters. I think there's even one species or subspecies that goes into the Caribbean that tells you they really don't mind heat at all. You can plant them, well, as long as your soil is a little bit cool. Uhm, really nothing special in terms of post-harvest treatment. This is part of why Lisianthus is notoriously slow to grow. I have friends that don't use support netting and I am deeply suspicious of them! The second it needs more light,those lights kick on. You're in a special location. They grow them really fast. Relatively drought tolerant once established. They generally grow mainly in the central part of the US. This is the chroma series, one of the first one of my first years with them. The only thing I recommend is maybe don't grow these outside. Our product line includes greenhouse plants, plugs, seeds, nursery stock, hardgoods, and more. In a tunnel you can plant 4-6 weeks before last outdoor frost. Should you do it? "Growing your business from the ground up", The Henry F. Michell Company has been supplying greenhouse growers, nurseries, landscapers, and others with top-quality garden products for over 123 years! When your plug tray arrives at your door, the plugs are ready to go into the ground, or into a bigger cell. Your last spring frost date is an important benchmark in your season. I don't know that any studies have been done in terms of which varieties respond better. You know, aswe saw crops of lisianthus a year in the same soil, but they're steaming in between each one, so always good to take a break whenever possible. So, I contacted Gron Sell. I haven't done much with low tunnels, I mean my lisianthus get 36 to 40 inches tall. There's a kind of a natural stopping point. They talk your language, so I'm going to share those results real quick. Good evening everyone. March 23, 2022. professional competency areas for student affairs practitioners. I say grow what you like the looks of. So, feel free to drop any questions in the chat and the Q&A and we will work on answering those when we get to the end of the webinar. You'll never squeeze it back into that small cell. They're just such slow growers. BH: Very true, absolutely, that'll that goes for almost all cut flowers. They only took me 4 years (and finally buying plugs from Farmer Bailey ) to successfully grow an amazing crop!". Alright, so this is last week. So just raise, you know, put, like I said, use two layers, start them at the ground level. Really grateful to Farmer Bailey for making these ridiculous varieties available to us little guys! Well,theirs wasn't - they didn't understand the need for these. These are probably best in tunnels. I would often use just the Pro-Mix BX that we can we can get locally. Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. Our LP32 plugs are 4.00" deep by 2.22" square and come 32 per to a standard nursery liner. So, if you'd just take a minute to fill out those 3 poll questions, that would be great. BH: I'm sure, yeah, Im a bad salesman, I should have tried to promote myself more. So that's when I first started growingplugs. Have a question or comment? So, you know what's so great about it? The plants just have more resources. Usually in the moist prairies and along streamsides that might get dry in the summer, but they put down really deep roots so they can always find that moisture in their native environment. By that point you're already getting true leaves, but you're lucky if you've got just those two first cotyledons after even a couple weeks in that germination chamber. Plugs can dry out quickly due to the small volume of growing medium; check the trays 2 or 3 times daily for watering. It's part of the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference, so we encourage anybody who's here in the area that wants to participate in the short course, and we'll have some great topics covered there. I'm sure I'll talk about that organization in a bit as well. Let's say most growers order plugs, of any size. Never had much problem with it. If they sense it's getting really hot, they decide that they're not going to flower this year. I forgot they were even in the cooler and just in a pinch and I needed something. Lisianthus can get very tall. Cuttings harvested in-house and planted daily for healthier and less-stressed plants from the start. Not many people are, especially in Kentucky, you can ignore this part. AS: OK, next one we've had a lot on is pinching soare there varieties that are better to be pinched? FD: Bailey, if you think you can get a second flush, how would you achieve that? That said if your plugs arrive and you are not ready for them, I recommend bumping up into a 50 or 72 cell tray. So, I think it's really a great professional organization. Don't see too many zeros, but every now and then you'll find one listed as zero. Thanks for taking the guesswork out of starting these from seed!, "This year I invested in virus free (Cafe au Lait dahlia) cuttings from Farmer Bailey and they are spectacular! Japanese breeders such as Sakata, Takii and Sumika have further transformed this species into a wide range of flower colors, shapes and sizes with broad market appeal. Theyll flower again for you next year, but you'll probably start seeing some holes, not every one of them is going to make it. There will also be a transcript that you can go back and look at as well, and then finally I'm just going to put a quickplug or a little image up here. According to Farmer Bailey, lisianthus is tolerant of frost when it is young, and will be fine with temperatures down to 20F (-6C), assuming it is planted in the ground (they CANNOT handle these temps in a tray). I mean a compost-based medium is great, just make sure it doesn't have,you know, fresh garden soil mixed in because you might be infecting them with Fusarium. Flower Farming Fran Parrish April 15, 2021 . If you see something that looks like it's not going to grow upwards and you're just getting a rosette of leaves, that is probably rosetted. Lisianthus will not flower in the plug tray like some plants will, it must reach a certain stage of maturity before buds will form. Perfect. That'll spot your petals. And here they are in a couple of colors. Really any cut flower in a tunnel is going to be a bit taller than its field grown counterpart. CF: This is really for Kentucky growers, but we know that there are regional and other nationwide growers interested in our topics, so we'd like to get a little information from you about where you're logging in from, how much experience you have, and then what kind of operation that you have. Order your plugs for a date when you know you will be able to plant them directly into the soil. There's kind of a trade-off. I mean, it might work for some people if you have really strong lights and you're just really, a careful waterer, or you never give them a bad dayin their lives. A holding solution in the cooler will extend life. There's no magic solution other than just get rid of your weeds. You had mentioned already bloom group, but there were a couple people who said that bloom group didn't seem to really matterto them, is there another way extend the season? In long summer locations, growers may be able to harvest 2 or 3 flushes of bloom. linktr.ee/farmerbailey Posts Reels Videos Tagged You might, you know, soak the trays on arrival and Actinovate and then soak in one more time and RootShield before you plant. I wish that we could do a huge round of applause. So, we started Ardelia Farm in 2014. It's usually free or low cost. I'm using dampened seed germination mix from AM Leonard. To Order Plugs & Liners: Download or request the pricelist (s), create your order and scan, e-mail, FAX (877-892-9197) or mail your completed orders to us, along with your billing information OR call us at (800) 544-7938 with your order. You know, any plants purpose is to make a flower and make seeds and reproduce. That helps airflow down the middle. If an item goes out of stock, or there is a shipping charge discrepancy, you will be notified via email and refunded promptly. Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. Fusarium is the biggest disease facing Lisianthus. Very cold, not unheard of to see -35 up there, where we ended up, wefound out that sweet peas did really well for us. It helps me keep my varieties straight. But we more recently have been producing sweet pea seed, which we will continue to do after we move to Portugal in a couple of weeks. These are both voyage series. Every state has a land grant university, and should have a plant pathologist on staff, funded by your tax dollars. And is that true? A friend of mine planted some in July in Tennessee and every one of them rosetted. So, think about it. Roseanne Black Pearl, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds, Mariachi Pure White, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds. New to Farmer Bailey? And I was glad to see you wearing the blue. Make sure you leave lots of questions. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. Lisianthus will not flower in the plug tray like some plants will, it must reach a certain stage of maturity before buds will form. I mean they are perennials in the wild, but they're short-lived perennials. Lisianthus are notoriously difficult, grow very slowly, and can be prone to algae problems. The listed germination time is between 10 and 15 days, so I am thrilled to see some little babies popping up exactly 10 days in. Lisianthus expert and flower farmer Bailey Hale teaches you how to grow premium Lisianthus stems in this one-hour video with Q&A. They evaluated, like, total profits based onpinching or not pinching, and I think per square foot they saw you could make more money with pinched plants than without. So, you don't need to panic, but if you're thinking about plugs this year, this is a really great week to get your order in because you know, come Christmas time things start getting tight, the space is just fully booked. It's because the closer you plant together, then the more chance there is that, you know, some pathogens are going to get established in there. That's out of the cooler. OK, so lisianthus has a bad reputation for being difficult, but it's really only difficult when you are growing it from seed. I prefer to grow all Lisianthus in a tunnel, but for field growing, perhaps avoid the big ruffled types. We supply Canadian farmers and gardeners with Vegetable, Herb, Flower, and Greencrop seed. You know, put a piece of frost cloth over there if you're going to have a cold snap. In the wild, Lisianthus can become a short lived perennial when conditions are favorable. You know when you run your drip tape, soil right below the drip tape is nice and moist, but even an inch or two on either side it might becompletely dry. Let me get out of my screen share here. Well, I don't think they do. In doing so, I was able to get access to new varieties I couldn't have gotten by purchasing seeds. The stems are clean, they don't foul the water quickly, they're just kind of a model cut flower in my opinion. This winter, we are taking a specific look at lisianthus, delphinium, and craspedia. Once your seedlings start to grow, you're nearly in the clear. With time the flower forms have become larger, more double, and more ruffled, making them a compelling flocal flower. This group is for professional growers only. It lasts a really long time. Rip those plants out immediately, and as a precaution I recommend ripping out the plants growing next to the affected plant to create a firewall of sorts. So that's a really, just perfect germination chamber. To be more precise, it's a really a complex equation of temperature, day length, and light intensity. It's a lot of big, heavy equipment. This is the Solo series. It's quite ubiquitous, so if you experience it, don't freak out, but just know that you're going to have to deal with that in the future. They leave an open space down the middle of the rows. AS: Alright, one last one, then I'm going to pass it to Felicia, see if she caught anything that I missed. That's the facility that I work with. Website: www.sweetgirlfarms.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweetgirlfarms/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweetgirlfarmsTikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJULBuxF/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRLWl7XliBP2byAdjesnNgVisit my farm stand! Your last spring frost date is an important benchmark in your season. Testing is usually free or low cost, and will save you the headache of guessing what pathogen you are actually dealing with. Don't plant up in the same place every year. Umm, yeah, why? Kentucky is hard because it - you have really cold winters then you get hot really fastin the springtime. I'll tell you how that kind of came to be. The plugs are ready for more root room when they arrive, be that in the soil, or in a tray. A lot of people selling information that they have learned from the ASCFG, but it's available to you for the low price of $200.00 per year. That's really keeping an eye on the natural light outside and supplementing light. You know nitrogen produces leaves generally, and it's usually the nutrient that's in shortest supply. You have to sort of evaluate is it worthit to have half of them dead, but half are alive? They thought wewanted hot pinks and bright purpleand just really wild colors because America is big and colorful and I had to explain to them that we use these mostly for weddings and we want the softest pastels we can find. You will appreciate your plugs more than ever! I like them all though. That's part of why plugs are expensive, and if you're only getting a 30 or 40% success rate when you grow your own, just think about the actual costs per plug that you know what it's costing you, because you might be better off purchasing plugs. So, you know that's the beauty of a modern, high-tech greenhouse, it just keeps the heat correct, the humidity correct, the light correct at all times. I was born in Kentucky. 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