There is an entire industry devoted to coating seeds with various materials to make them easier to handle, and Lisianthus is a prime candidate for such treatment. So generally you see one flower open and then maybe 10 days later you'll see four flowers open. I think these were delivered in Michigan from Pennsylvania, so if it's more than 30 trays, you qualify for this type of shipping. When it has ample water and is transplanted at the proper time, Lisianthus can easily reach 3-4' in height. Although lisianthus sounds like a botanical name. Lisianthus has gone from a relatively unknown American wildflower to a commercial crop of international economic importance in a remarkably short period of time. FD: Bailey, do you have an opinion about holding temperatures for post-harvest? The Japanese are just very skilled at using very basic equipment. We give them wider spacing than they do in Holland, so it's slightly different product, but just really fascinating to see how they're doing it. There is no right answer. 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. So, our minimum order is 3 trays. I really, really enjoy helping you all learn and also enjoy finding new flowers for you. Their structures are not elaborate or fancy. The drip tape is only for later, once that plant has started to grow. Now if you are in a place like parts of Kentucky, maybe Zone 7 and warmer that might live through one year and bloom the following year, but it's tying up a lot of space, probably in your high tunnel. I'm sorry, per year 100 or 1.5 million a week, 60 million per year, and they are contracting their seedlings to a plug grower because even they don't have the skills and the bandwidth to producea good plug. Vase life is very good in plain water as well. So when do you transplant Lisianthus for the best results? Just big flowers, long stems. Any orders already placed will ship as planned. Lisianthus Flowers If you wish to grow them from seed, the following technique works well. So, you know what's so great about it? It's been, a year or two since we've seen each other, so it was great to have you here. BH: I don't think I have photos of it. Transplant in early spring into rich soil in full sun. You're going to pay for labor. We can talk about anything you want afterwards, particularly Lisianthus. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. At least it's evening here in the Eastern Time zone. We'll talk a little bit about the production of lisianthus. And, if they aren't looking like this, keep trying, but maybe also try a tray or two of plugs and see if the result is different in the end. Plugs and liners are grown to order, and you can choose from thousands of varieties of annuals and perennials for bedding plant, container and cut flower sales. It can no longer drink because the roots are not functioning. Get directions to \"Sweet Girl Farms\" by searching them on google maps or apple maps. Spring Plugs include items used for bedding flat production, potted flowering annuals, hanging baskets, and combination planters. The middle of beds have the poorest airflow and humidity tends to accumulate more in the middle of a bed. Fusarium is ubiquitous in most environments, and will affect most growers from time to time. Well, if you're growing in a high tunnel, you can go six or eight weeks before your last frost in the springtime. This gives us plenty of time to source seed and schedule bench space to grow your trays specifically for you. You don't want to put them into something with Fusarium in it. You might be great withthem. You know, I haven't priced out T-posts in a while. They've since moved on to an LED system. We'll answer as many as we can, but what we'll do at the end is anything that we don't get to, we will export those, Bailey and his team will work on answering all those questions and then when we send out the recording link - the link to the recorded webinar - and then well also have a survey link, we'll include those questions in there with some other resources that are available. But what is your favorite variety? Lisianthus prefers to be planted 4-6 weeks prior to your last frost date. FD: So, we havea couple more questions. The stems are clean, they don't foul the water quickly, they're just kind of a model cut flower in my opinion. Yes, Please! Yes, you can reuse it, and that's great. And I've seen the supply change since then, so I'm glad they heard the message. So, we started Ardelia Farm in 2014. It does have a really great rose shape that was sort of the initial selling point for lisianthus. And then after about 10 days, or two weeks, you see a little sprout like this. I believe these are both celebs, so Celeb misty pink. I haven't done much with low tunnels, I mean my lisianthus get 36 to 40 inches tall. So weeding, and if you're going to use fabric or plastic, do you have a favorite? You can grow it all over the place. Now when you're planting, because of Fusarium, you might want to pre-treat with a fungicide or biofungicide. 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. Now you see my drip tape there. 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. 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. They have a symbiotic relationship with the roots and they actually kind of create a living protective layer around the root and then grow with the root. You name it, I've tried to grow it. BH: Very true, absolutely, that'll that goes for almost all cut flowers. So, if youknow, any plant really. 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. When your plug tray arrives at your door, the plugs are ready to go into the ground, or into a bigger cell. You know, think about a sunflower, think about a zinnia. We typically order about 1500-2000 lisianthus plugs each season from Gro 'n Sell. So, we just grew a whole range of stuff. Dig a hole for the lisianthus plug. Especially for this crop. 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. You might, you know, soak the trays on arrival and Actinovate and then soak in one more time and RootShield before you plant. Also, keep in mind the costs of that seed. Our LP32 plugs are 4.00" deep by 2.22" square and come 32 per to a standard nursery liner. If they are mature enough they will continue to open in the vase. Farmer Bailey, he's also known as. BH: Yeah, you want to be planting out in probablyearly January, whatever your coolest part of the year is. If you do not pinch you will get fewer but larger stems. Kentucky is hard because it - you have really cold winters then you get hot really fastin the springtime. They did well, and I hope to see more of them this spring, now that they have had a chance to drop their own seeds. You want to just kind of step them through the process a little bit? This said there is no reason to withhold water if you have sustainable access to irrigation water. 14-21 days of vase life is not uncommon. It can last two or three weeks. Place them on a clean bench. Lisianthus will not flower in the plug tray like some plants will, it must reach a certain stage of maturity before buds will form. And I'll let you get started because everybody is here to hear you, not me. But, just a little bit of housekeeping, we have a Q&A and we have the chat so you can use either one. Why Choose Gro 'n Sell? Use a heat matt to provide some bottom heat. ThisCeleb series from Japan. - If you suspect fusarium or see any unexplained disease issue, take a sample and send it to your state plant pathologist. The wider you space them, the larger your plants will be. So, group 1s I would get those planted, you know, early very early in the season. Yeah, alright, well thank you so much. Not many people are, especially in Kentucky, you can ignore this part. Water, even if it is moistsoil, water again. We offer Lisianthus in 128 and 216 cell trays, sold as 125 and 210. I think Vermont compost has some donkey manure and chicken manure in it as well as, you know, municipal compost. These lisianthus are the only of our crops that will not be sold as CNG. Some of them are frost free or just generally warm. And there's not a lot of flowers that do that. 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. Let me just go on a tangent here. They have the reputation for being more finicky. Can't go wrong with it. You're going to pay for soil and your greenhouse space now. Well,theirs wasn't - they didn't understand the need for these. Order now for 2023 shipping. Stem length is outrageous and such beautiful blooms! And I was glad to see you wearing the blue. Now the long wait begins. BH: Yes. Yeah, this is another. Move to 35-50 degrees in full sun for bulking up (cold snaps down to 20 are fine!) That'll spot your petals. (Sterile potting mixes are of no concern.). Read this first. So, I'll leave that up for a little bit, but again, Bailey is so great to see you. The Japanese have really brought this type of breeding to the rest of the world, despite it being an American wildflower. It alljust kind of depends on your own conditions. FD: When you're doing crop rotation, how long do you wait to plant in that space again with the same crop? I'm guessing they're also pricey. We really appreciate it and we'll follow up with all the folks in the webinar and we'll go ahead and closeout. I think there's a lot of people who, especially organic growers, just kindof plan that like I'm not going to use chemicals, so they don't get fed. Pinch it when you first see that bud and let those resources continue to the later buds. You're just asking for it, you're stressing the plants, so plant into moist soil. Available Now trays are ready to ship and cannot be held. It helps me keep my varieties straight. or fungicide before transplant if fusarium is present in your soil. It lasts a really long time. That plug is so small the roots can't always reach the water zone. That's another way to stagger your harvests. The plant brands customers ask for by name. You're in a special location. Enjoy! So, think about it. Organic, you know, orare there organic seeds? 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. 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. For a while,we were shipping to the wholesale market in New York City as well as supplying mainly one local florist. Asking about a favorite child, right? lisianthus plugs farmer bailey. Also, slightly alkaline. Everyone's conditions are different, but just remember that cool start requirement and ample water in the early weeks and you'll be safe. South CentralAlabama, Arkansas, Arizona - you can read the states there - into Mexico. The safety net makes me unafraid to take risks with our little seed starting experiment. Harris Seeds partners with many of the country's leading plug and liner grower specialists to provide you the best quality young plants. Just holds up really, really nicely out of water. Big healthy plants covered in mostly champagne blooms!, " I have several favorites but strawflowers are way up there! Lisianthus, Voyage First Love William Dam Seeds is a family run company located just outside of Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Thankfully, the conditions at Gro 'n Sell are just right. There are a few items (Scoop Scabiosa, Chocolate Cosmos, Geum, Veronica, etc.) Umm, yeah, why? Ask around - other people in your own area if you can maybe combine your orders together. So interplanted together, group 1 will flower 1st and then 2 and then 3 and then 4. So, I will close that out and I just want to say thank you so much. Flowers like lisianthus, for example, have an extremely long lead time because they . You see our tunnels. Testing is usually free or low cost, and will save you the headache of guessing what pathogen you are actually dealing with. These will have, you know, 3-4 inch flowers. And the answer is no, but let metell you why, so the majority ofthe seed is produced in Japan. 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. Looks like it died, looks like maybe it didn't get enough water. So, I kind of rotate one year on, one year off. A place to discuss custom plug orders and needs so that "Farmer Bailey" can better meet the plug needs of the professional flower farmer. Today is January 15. FD: OK, here's a good one. The listed germination rate on the packets was 95 and 96%. It'll pay for itself tenfold. As long as it's nice and tight, get it a little tighter than you think you want it because it stretches a little bit in the heat of the sun and then my other tip with supporting israise it up just before the plant wants to grow through it, because I always made the mistake of leaving it too low until the plant is, you knowa foot above, and then you've got so much foliage it's really hard to get it up. This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey ( https://farmerbailey.com/). So that's a good time to take that cloth off, but yeah, just make sure make sure they got water, however you can give it to them. BH: I would say they're pretty flexible. A holding solution in the cooler will extend life. I don't pinch, but if you do pinch you'll get branching. So, that said, I want you to try to grow these from seed. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. You have actually a nice little greenhouse environment over your plants. In a tunnel, 4-6 weeks before your last outdoor frost. You can plant them, well, as long as your soil is a little bit cool. So like I said, these growers in Holland are producing 60 million stems per farm, and there's dozens of similar farms. It's still very much in play, but generally only on a really large scale. These greenhouses, you're looking at a 500 foot bed on this side. This is Felicia from Farmer Bailey. Click here to learn more. Even if you think you've got enough rain,water again. Thank you. You will appreciate your plugs more than ever! The breeders are always improving them and coming in a wider and wider range of colors and bloom groups. About Us Mr. Sweet Pea Of all the flowers we grow, sweet peas reign supreme. You know on the left,they have all germinated and sprouted, but they're just so tiny you can't see them yet. You know maybearound the uh, yeah, late December, early January, and I know some folks in New Orleans that plant usually early January because days are short. If you sell a lot of stuff in Mason jars or jelly jars and a short stem is fine for you, you'll probably make more money per square foot by pinching your plants. They're going to think something bad has happened to them, which it has, but that's when they will be like, hey, we need to try again and flower. BH: Great. The Q&A well be monitoring. But, just a little bit of housekeeping, we have a Q&A and we have the chat so you can use either one. I've learned so much about lisianthus, I don't know that I'm ready to try it myself. Good. This is one of the trips I made down. Thanks for all you do. Keep at 50-55 degrees for germination. It's my first year growing Lisianthus, so hopefully I have a successful crop! I had to stop to get a little Kentucky cheer to help me through the evening here, so this would be fun even though I see a lot of people aren't from Kentucky. These are Lisianthus in the Westlands, Netherlands. BH: My advice is to feed them. You can probably cut it in two weeks. It's another one that I helped introduce to everybody. Next time, I'll sow just one seed per cell. And then as far as kind of how people describe themselves, the majority more than, well, almost 70% are growers. It's quite, very like, very similar to the wild type, but also comes in a pink and a white. Right, another thing the Japanese will do is remove buds. 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. There's a bunch of different whites, and they'll look pretty white to me. 2023 Farmer Bailey Inc., All rights reserved. Val is one of my great friends, so I'm going to see her next Sunday, I think. All plugs are produced and shipped by Gro 'n Sell in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, USA. They're going to be fine. Should you pinch? Now, if anything you've got to work harder to get you know, amend your soil in the spring,make sure you got a, you know, a lot of great compost, use that. Fusarium is one of the root rot pathogens that used to be treated with methyl bromide fumigation which, it turns out, is environmentally disastrous. And like you said, not justlooking at random information, but being sure to look at expert information that's out there from the universities and experienced growers and the Cut Flower Association. Now there's a lot of workshops out there. I think unless you're seeing just a really bad Fusarium problem, you should be OK with that. As long as it's a sterilemedia. Then as far as experience growing cut flowers, the majority is in the one to five year experience, and, we have several with ten or more years of experience. There's theblue and the champagne. We'll check back in with an update next month (or earlier)and let you know how things are moving along. Bumping up has a cost- your time, trays, potting mix and bench space all take up resources. I'll also try to allow the plants to dry out slightly between waterings to try and control the growth of algae (I already see a little). BH: I will defer to someone else. I do want to make two OK I'm going to make a really bad joke here:I want to make two plugs here at the end. BH: Great question. And is that true? You will see some, if you ever have a flower, that pops its head off, that's because it probably didn't have uniform watering in its life. The webinar is being recorded so we will make it available. Really hard to do outside of a place without those cool summers. Yes - lisianthus plugs were bought from Farmer Bailey, who contracts with Gro N Sell, and were not grown organically. Do deer like to eat lisianthus? . Fusarium is the biggest disease facing Lisianthus. 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