We just saw it - saw soil steaming - in Holland last week. So, they're really great for boutonniere work especially. Yeah, these are all lisianthus heading out to Farmer Bailey customers all over the country. I get a lot of questions about can you grow organic plugs? 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. Not the heaviest feeders, but they doappreciate constant fertility. If you are trying to grow your own at home, or if you are growing your own - I don't want to say you can't - this is about what they should look like when you are ready to transplant. Do you see benefits of one over the other? The big ruffled flowers of series such as Voyage, Celeb, and Corelli tend to hold rainwater more easily than varieties with open centers and smoother petals. Instructions for growing lisanthus say to both keep the seeds damp during the germination period and provide good air circulation. It seems that the brands kind of vary region to region. Yeah, our neighbors shoot all of our deer so we don't seem to have any around and never had a problem with it. When I was in Japan in 2019, I noticed that growers all leave a bare unplanted strip in the middle of their Lisianthus beds. Also, if you order more than 30 trays at a time, you can get pallet delivery and that's great because pallets don't tip over in transit. If you put them in in October, November, they're going to look about the same in March. Now if you happen to, if you know you're on really well-drained soil and maybe you're in a zone 7, you can give them a little extraprotection, give it a try. Here on our 50 acre slice of heaven in the northeast corner of Vermont we produce cut flowers, sweet pea seed, beef, pork, and chicken. I chose Celeb - Honey Pink to trial this year. The plant is fine, but you just want to put that in a bigger cell on arrival. Flower Farming Fran Parrish April 15, 2021 . 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. Update: January 25: We started to see the very first tiny little lisianthus sprouts in the tray on the heat mat this morning. 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. 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. Additional outdoor areas for seasonal growing of mums, asters, flowering kale, and perennials comprise another 8.3 acres. I think unless you're seeing just a really bad Fusarium problem, you should be OK with that. I think that's all the slides I have for you at the moment. We sell Lisianthus in 125 and 210 cell trays. So, I would get in there. To accommodate a larger plug, use a spoon or hand trowel. Another thing I love about it has a really long harvest window, so you don't have to cut it today. They get very heavy when those flowers are all open. I'm guessing they're also pricey. The wild ones are single petaled, but they've started breeding these ruffled single petals and all different colors here. You know, for a corsage or boutonniere and then harvest your stem later when you have at least three flowers open. It doesn't have to bejust lisianthus, it could be stock and snapdragons and poppies and whatever you want. BH: I'm sure, yeah, Im a bad salesman, I should have tried to promote myself more. This is why it is almost always supplied as "pelleted" seed. Using a remay type frost blanket is a great way to help your plugs adjust to the real world. And, we know there will be a lot more questions than we can get answered, so feel free to go ahead and drop your questions in the chat or in the Q&A. Hardy to 20F in the ground. We can always just merge those orders so they can come on a pallet and then you really reduce that risk of them getting messed up in transit. They are coming to us through Farmer Bailey at Ardelia farm. I've never personally seen it myself. It also just gives me one more little firewall in case I get Fusarium ripping down a bed. They have the reputation for being more finicky. We have about 800 different products, so we've got a lot of cut flower items. New to Farmer Bailey? I was justin Holland last week. It must be warm enough (general summer conditions are warm enough), it must be receiving "long days" like we all have in summer. This "moat" of unplanted soils seems to offer a sufficient barrier when trying to manage small outbreaks. One was, I've lost my train of thought, oh, the best growing medium, especially if you're going to be bumping up anything that comes into you. Lisianthus is tolerant of frost when it is young, and will be fine with temperatures down to 20F, assuming it is planted in the ground. Some of them are frost free or just generally warm. . BH: Yes. If you are ordering more than 33 trays for shipping on a given ship date, a custom freight quote will be generated, and you will be invoiced at the time of shipping. This meeting was hosted. 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. The second it needs more light,those lights kick on. And then you canalso, you know, if you put some kind of frost cloth or Remay over, even if it's a warmer part of the year, you're really keeping a little microclimate. Val is one of my great friends, so I'm going to see her next Sunday, I think. AS: Awesome, now we had lots of questions about overwintering, and both overwintering in the field in zones such as Kentucky that are around, you know, anywhere from 5 to 7 and then also hoophouse, whether or not you know putting them in in the fall, is that worth it? Soil steaming has also been used, but it is a cumbersome process that generally uses significant amounts of petroleum to accomplish, so it is also not often carried out. Now again, if you have a market for really short stems, you can let that first flower open, cut it out, use it. So, it really depends on your market. You know, just be careful not to over fertilize them, but you know, fresh cow manure can. The greatest number of Available Now trays will be listed Weeks . That will give you more and smaller stems. Big healthy plants covered in mostly champagne blooms!, " I have several favorites but strawflowers are way up there! This gives us plenty of time to source seed and schedule bench space to grow your trays specifically for you. Dont leave your tray of plugs outside if it's going to be 20 degrees because the roots are very vulnerable when they're sitting on top of the ground. Your best defense is to help foster biologically diverse and active soil. As well as, you know, we did bits of other things. The tiny buds won't develop after cutting, and some growers trim them off (common in Japan) but most just leave them on. Let me just say that. Drip irrigation should do the job once the plugs are established and growing. Yeah, alright, well thank you so much. You also may know of us through our other farm, Ardelia Farm and Company, it's called. Good evening everyone. So, I know, just to bring up, Lisa Mason Ziegler, again, I know she loves that kind of corn starch based stuff. It'll pay for itself tenfold. So, without that disclosure, we can never get that certified as organic. Some of the first ones on the market were these kind of doubles and semi doubles, usually with an open center. Lisianthus seed is one of the tiniest of all commercial cut flowers. Now, we could theoretically get raw speed from Japan. I prefer to grow all Lisianthus in a tunnel, but for field growing, perhaps avoid the big ruffled types. They're a plug grower in eastern Pennsylvania and they agreed to grow just one year, just kind of a group order for me and some friends, mostly that I met on Facebook, and other growers through the ASCFG. Plant into cool soil and you won't really have this problem. You see how nice each of those plants looks after. Zinnias maybe not, but Lisianthus, use a clean tray. Can't go wrong with it. It can be hard not to do what you think is "the right thing" for all of your plants. It's actually our top our top selling variety for a series. So, I encourage you to start breeding organic lisianthus and growing organic plugs and let me know when they're ready and I'd be happy to sell them for you. Let me get to my presentation here. Also, keep in mind the costs of that seed. The plant must also be mature enough, and this last one is a little hard to define, as it varies by variety. Should you pinch? It's usually free or low cost. Hello, and Welcome to Farmer Bailey! I don't argue that, but I think the risk might be a little too great considering how expensive the plugs can be. Much love,Sweet Girl :D All right. Once your seedlings start to grow, you're nearly in the clear. I have made this mistake enough times to last a lifetime. I only know of one who is sort of organic. Bio Fungicide products such as RootShield, Actinovate and PreFence offer some help in battling fusarium as they attach to the roots before they are exposed to the pathogens and provide a protective layer. You might, you know, soak the trays on arrival and Actinovate and then soak in one more time and RootShield before you plant. We always use plastic mulch to keep weeds down, but if you are a dedicated and obsessive weeder feel free to grow in bare soil. I don't pinch, but if you do pinch you'll get branching. But with us, we went for one great stem per season per plant. Our attention to detail is what sets us apart. If you're using conventional food right after you cut, and you if you're going for that second bloom, that's a great time to give him a nice boost and nitrogen to get that vegetative growth coming back. AS: Alright, one last one, then I'm going to pass it to Felicia, see if she caught anything that I missed. You know, particularly, Kentucky growers shouldn't have much trouble with calcium. I'm so excited to unbox my Lisianthus starts from Farmer Bailey. That is more than sufficient. Flowers like lisianthus, for example, have an extremely long lead time because they . Now you see my drip tape there. You know they will putout some roots, but if you have a place with poor drainage or they're going to be sitting in water, youre just asking for fungal problems to show up over winter. OK, the main diseases. These are still series,still available. ThisCeleb series from Japan. Because I did go to University of Kentucky, graduated uh, well, I graduated in 2000. Yes - lisianthus plugs were bought from Farmer Bailey, who contracts with Gro N Sell, and were not grown organically. So just that you know a little bit of protection from the wind does make any plant grow taller, so it's not just lisianthus. Just use some extra support netting. Let me just go on a tangent here. There is no right answer. They're going to be fine. So, I have my degree in horticulture from the University of Kentucky and then I've worked as a floral designer for a long time, so I know how to grow things and I know what to do with the things afterwards, but I was missing this critical little bit of information in between, like how you support it, how you space it, how you fertilize it, and I got all of that from the ASCFG. Available Now plugs are ready to transplant (or bump up) upon arrival to you. Look, it'd be great if you if you can do that. So, group 1s I would get those planted, you know, early very early in the season. Lisianthus expert and flower farmer Bailey Hale teaches you how to grow premium Lisianthus stems in this one-hour video with Q&A. Keep at 50-55 degrees for germination. I'd put them in there three weeks prior. By planting some of each group, you naturally stagger your harvest window as you have some early bloomers, some late bloomers, and some in between. And I've seen the supply change since then, so I'm glad they heard the message. Most of what Iknow about growing cut flowers has been learned through this organization that charges you $200.00 a year to be a member. So, I think it's really a great professional organization. I prefer to not pinch, resulting in taller stems with larger flowers. Organic, you know, orare there organic seeds? Use something sterile. This is Felicia from Farmer Bailey. All those good things. There's a lot of people who think that they're saving the planet by using fabric, but it's woven plastic. Large seeds tend to produce plants that grow quickly (think of sunflowers or pumpkins) whereas tiny seeds tend to need a long time to build up strength. It's still very much in play, but generally only on a really large scale. The middle of beds have the poorest airflow and humidity tends to accumulate more in the middle of a bed. Other than that, I'm happy with the condition the plants arrived in. Great news is Lisianthus is really adaptable. I don't know that any studies have been done in terms of which varieties respond better. Its not related to the amount of calcium in the soil, it's just a matter of keeping uniform moisture in the soil so the plant can always be moving those nutrients around. I think they will all respond to it. Flower plug trays ship nationwide. Clear out the soil in the center of the pot. Grow the others outside, but ideally you can put them all in a high tunnel. So just remember to plant in the spring. LISIANTHUS PLUG SHOP . Yeah, I was excited to get that e-mail from you. Just holds up really, really nicely out of water. They don't really care where it's coming from,but often drip irrigation is not enoughwhen that plant is little. He's going to be covering Lisianthus, talking about production for cut flower growers. The broad geographic range also tells me Lisianthus is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures. So, I have a 50 or 72 cell tray on hand. You see our tunnels. That's wonderful. This is one of the trips I made down. It can be hard not to do what you think is "the right thing" for all of . Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. So, this is at Gro n Sell. Welcome! FD: Let's see, how many stems per plant could you expect if you're not pinching out that first flower? If you do a Google search for SakataCulture Sheet or Sakata production tutorial, you'll find a really in-depth document that I recommend you check out. You want to just kind of step them through the process a little bit? Farmer Bailey is a wholesale firm brokering the sale of plugs to professional cut flower growers. Stayed tuned for more news on them in February and March. 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. Well if you tell me no, that usually just gets me kind of excited and I want to find out why you're telling me no. If you are planting the field, you can plant 2-4 weeks before your last outdoor frost. Farmer Bailey, hes also known as. Perfect. I don't know. The Japanese will also pinch out the very tips of their lisianthus so you know in this case I've grown this stem in the Japanese style, but I've got four big flowers and then I've got three or four buds that will probably go on and open in the base, so justit's a lot of labor. All right, some people like to bump up their plugs into a bigger cell before they go in the field. Have a wonderful summer! 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