You can plant them, well, as long as your soil is a little bit cool. I really, really enjoy helping you all learn and also enjoy finding new flowers for you. But I would guarantee you all have some questions. 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. This is the Roseanne series. Next year, I'll experiment with different kinds of soil-less starting mixes and see if one works better than the others. I thought I had before, I apologize. This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey ( https://farmerbailey.com/). Put these in your trash, not in your compost, and get rid of them. I dropped in the chat there for our Kentucky growers, we are lucky here that we have the President of the Specialty Cut Flower Growers Association in Kentucky. You see even things like astilbe do fine out in the full sun because it is so cool and lots of moisture usually. Fusarium is probably already on your property. 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. It was hard to get, especially when you're planting you know eight per square foot, those holes have to be so you have so many holes per square foot. If they sense it's getting really hot, they decide that they're not going to flower this year. The only thing I recommend is maybe don't grow these outside. FD: OK, here's a good one. I think I paid $2.00 a stick, a 10-foot piece, when I bought it and now it's going for $8.00 or $9.00, so that becomes less economical at that price. 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. Looks like it died, looks like maybe it didn't get enough water. Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. Dig a hole for the lisianthus plug. You know if its a hot day and you're planting outin full sun I would, you know, plant 20 feet and then water it before you keep planting. You might trim off some dead flowers, but they're going to keep opening new buds, so I don't think like a tulip or a lily you have to cut that on the day it is ready and that's just not the case with lisianthus. Now, that said, if you don't get around to harvesting or you don't have a sale, you know you don't have a customer that week, you can probably leave it another week and wait untilyou might trim off some dead flowers, but Lisianthus will just keep putting out buds, so it's really one of the things I love most about them. I don't know that any studies have been done in terms of which varieties respond better. Transplant within 1 week of arrival, or bump up into 50 or 72 cell trays if immediate transplanting is not possible. You also may know of us through our other farm, Ardelia Farm and Company, it's called. Here we have stock and snapdragons and all kinds of woody plants, perennials,Veronica. 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. About Us Mr. Sweet Pea Of all the flowers we grow, sweet peas reign supreme. I'll try to take the lids off a couple of times a day. We have a small operation and we're trying to figure out how to make things work for us. When the plants are, I don't know, 6 inches, pull both layers up just above the top leaves and then when they grow another 6 inches to a foot, pull that top layer up. That can be any three things we sell. Give them some protection, and, it really just comes down to that. This was such an informative webinar. It's not the end of the world. Using a remay type frost blanket is a great way to help your plugs adjust to the real world. Available Now trays are ready to ship and cannot be held. I take the covers off for several hours or over night once and a while (have to be sure the office doors are shut so our two kittens don't foil my plans!). So the other thing I didn't talk about because in Vermont we have a really we almost never get a second bloomon lisianthus but, y'all in Kentucky, when you cut them back often they will regenerate and grow a whole new set of flowers, they'll be a little smaller than your first cut, but you know, just cut them right down to you know one or two inches and let them go. Please follow me on all my socials linked below.Sweet Girl Farms is a year round farm stand located in Reedley, CA. We'll get into proper planting time in just a moment. So, we just grew a whole range of stuff. So, I can't sing their praises enough. I only know of one who is sort of organic. 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. It's actually our top our top selling variety for a series. All shipping rates are approximate and are subject to change. Wait until you're in your coolest part of your season and days are short. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. That's great foryou Kentucky growers with your limestone soils. As the plants grow, move the support netting up with them. See how neat and tidy they doeverything. Why would that be? Well, maybe I'll see you on the road somewhere way back here. Visible Anyone can find this group. Roseanne Black Pearl, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds, Mariachi Pure White, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds. From Bareroot products to Jumpstarts potted liners to our plant partnership programs, Bailey is equipped to meet all your demands, in what has become an increasingly demanding business. I met Bailey in 2014 at the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers annual meeting in Wilmington, where we struck up a brief acquaintance. Once the seeds germinate, remove them from the heat matt. It lastsreally well out of water, if you've ever grown it, you know it's kind of succulent, so it's really good for doing arches or doing, you know, personal flowers, those boutonnieres and corsages. Just like humans, some Lisianthus varieties are genetically programmed to enter their reproductive phase earlier or later than others. You're in a special location. 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. OK, fantastic. Use your fish emulsion and your seaweed, whatever it is you're using. 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. Bringing your humidity up, reducing transpiration. These are still series,still available. They generally grow mainly in the central part of the US. 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. And I was glad to see you wearing the blue. BH: Very true, absolutely, that'll that goes for almost all cut flowers. So like I said, these growers in Holland are producing 60 million stems per farm, and there's dozens of similar farms. Most people aren't going to do this, but at the very least pinch out your first bud. from $90.00 Colors: 512 Full Yellow 512 Half Yellow 512 Full White Mix 512 Half White mix 200 Yellow 200 White Mix. The chat well be monitoring. Our attention to detail is what sets us apart. 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. Most people don't have that capability, it's costly. So interplanted together, group 1 will flower 1st and then 2 and then 3 and then 4. !, Now I want a whole field of lisianthus! I went there in 2019 specifically to track these down and not to pat myself on the back, but the only reason we have them in the US is because I went over there and begged and pleaded that they share seeds with us. That said if your plugs arrive and you are not ready for them, I recommend bumping up into a 50 or 72 cell tray. You know, think about a sunflower, think about a zinnia. So, the native range of Lisianthus. I remember that from my years in college and from growing plants there. And, I never really did try the biodegradable plastics or the biodegradable mulches because our season is so cool and short. Use something sterile. I went to UK a couple years ago. There's a grower that grows 60 million stems a week. Farmer Bailey (@farmerbaileyplugs) Instagram photos and videos farmerbaileyplugs 160 posts 13.5K followers 164 following Farmer Bailey Wholesale plug brokerage for cut flower farmers. You can cut it next week. Update: January 25: We started to see the very first tiny little lisianthus sprouts in the tray on the heat mat this morning. We really appreciate it. This meeting was hosted. You might, you know, soak the trays on arrival and Actinovate and then soak in one more time and RootShield before you plant. So, I looked at the cooler and remembered I had cut this stuff a full three weeks, maybe longer, earlier and they were absolutely suitable for the event still, so very long lasting. I will say our flower quality in the US tends to be a little bit better, growing under natural light. If everyone is so enthusiastic and they want to order a pallet of 30 flats for next season. You have to sort of evaluate is it worthit to have half of them dead, but half are alive? Use a good compost based seed starting mix. Orders for multiple ship dates must be placed separately. Feel free to reach out with any questions or specific requests at info@farmerbailey.com. Sometimes seed goes out of stock, or germination rates are less that perfect. So that's when I first started growingplugs. The order was submitted back in March 2021 and had an option to receive it in Mid June, so that's what I choose. More importantly, just keep putting organic matter in your soil. They grow them really fast. Farmer Bailey Flower Plug Unboxing: Lisianthus Sweet Girl Farms 560 subscribers Subscribe 1.7K views 1 year ago I'm so excited to unbox my Lisianthus starts from Farmer Bailey. 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. Tiny little lisianthus sprout - photographed with a macro lens. So just remember to plant in the spring. Also, keep in mind the costs of that seed. Once you see theyre growing on their own, that means they put out roots. Great news is Lisianthus is really adaptable. They'll be fine. I was justin Holland last week. Okay, this is kind of a bad picture. Our lisianthus seeds were sown 2 seeds to a cell, uncovered,in deep-root 50-cell trays. Cool, do you use manure on your lisianthus? Stem length is outrageous and such beautiful blooms! Hello, and Welcome to Farmer Bailey! 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. FD: OK. CF: Oh good. AS: OK, I think we're sort of winding down on the overall gist of the questions, but the next one is one of the hardest, and it kind of comes into how you grow, weeding. And here they are in a couple of colors. DAYS TO GERMINATION: 10-15 days at 70-75F (21-24C). So, this is the series that launched this whole thing. The lower number is going to have bigger plugs. So, if youknow, any plant really. We have very dry air during the winter, so I've elected to dome them and at least keep them damp. 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. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. If you haven't tried to grow Lisianthus from seed, I encourage you to try it. I found better control planting into plastic. All plugs are grown to order at Gro 'n Sell. I don't see it very oftenat all. These tiny seedlings are also quite delicate, and one bad day can kill them. So you don't have a lot of time to succession too many of them, so maybe you plant your groups 1 and 2 late winter as early as you canand then you might plant some more 1s and 2s a little later along with some 3s and 4s. There are a few items (Scoop Scabiosa, Chocolate Cosmos, Geum, Veronica, etc.) Lisianthus seed is one of the tiniest of all commercial cut flowers. CF: Alright, well thank you so much, Bailey! Provide a trellis of some sort. Some of the first ones on the market were these kind of doubles and semi doubles, usually with an open center. A holding solution in the cooler will extend life. Best cut with some open flowers and some large buds. Yeah, this is another. There's no magic solution other than just get rid of your weeds. Those are high pressure sodium lights. Lisianthus can handle cold. 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. Every state has a land grant university, and should have a plant pathologist on staff, funded by your tax dollars. So, Gro N Sell ships in these boxes. Let's say most growers order plugs, of any size. Should you pinch? We'll put one of the lisianthus trays on a heat mat with a thermostat set to 80 degrees Fahrenheit during the germination phase. So, I know, just to bring up, Lisa Mason Ziegler, again, I know she loves that kind of corn starch based stuff. Don't hold them for more than a week, as they can and will become rootbound and will be stunted later in life. I thought it was gonna be a one-year thing and now it's my full time job and I've got three people helping me and I feel like we're just getting started supplying the small- to medium- scale American cut flower grower. They're not going to know, and a lot of things have very similar symptoms. In the early days everyone was excited about a rose-like flower that could be grown as an annual and didn't have thorns. March 23, 2022. professional competency areas for student affairs practitioners. Ready-to-ship 'Available Now' trays are dropping every Friday through Week 15. I think that's a bitunusual, I think you're really lucky if you do that, but I've heard of it. AS: Alright, one last one, then I'm going to pass it to Felicia, see if she caught anything that I missed. We are going to hold all the questions until the end just so that we can get through the presentation. Clear out the soil in the center of the pot. The climate is wonderful for lupine up here. So, think about it. Even if you think you've got enough rain,water again. John Dole at North Carolina State University has done a lot of research. Word of Wisdom- If you suspect fusarium or see any unexplained disease issue, take a sample and send it to your state plant pathologist. BH: I think that might be an easier question. Sow 12-13 weeks in deep cell packs before last frost. 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. Because then you have these kind of awkward holes in your bed. It'll last, you know, even if you keep it in the cooler two weeks, it'll probably last another. Let me get out of my screen share here. All of our plugs are grown to order, and we've established that they take 12 weeks to grow, so make sure you order them 4 or 5 months before you intend to plant them. Not the heaviest feeders, but they doappreciate constant fertility. Then you're just leaving a lot of room for weed seeds to germinate. All orders are subject to seed availability. I also realized just how much better the end result was when I got a plug that had been grown under just perfect conditions. And, you know, hope folks reach out for good information. Her parents' farms is home to 20 acres of fresh fruit, all of which is available at the farm stand. And I'll let you get started because everybody is here to hear you, not me. So what we do is, we sell plugs. This winter, we are taking a specific look at lisianthus, delphinium, and craspedia. I always had trouble planting in the plastic with burnt holes. Don't set high expectations for the outcome of your trials. That's really keeping an eye on the natural light outside and supplementing light. Do you want to answer a few more, Bailey, or do you havea cut off time? Right. and this last one is a little hard to define, as it varies by variety. I think these were delivered in Michigan from Pennsylvania, so if it's more than 30 trays, you qualify for this type of shipping. Pull out and destroy affected plants to slow its spread. Farmer Bailey Plugs for Flower Farmers has 2,520 members. Yeah, alright, well thank you so much. 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. You're going to pay for labor. As well as, you know, we did bits of other things. I prefer to grow all Lisianthus in a tunnel, but for field growing, perhaps avoid the big ruffled types. The stems are clean, they don't foul the water quickly, they're just kind of a model cut flower in my opinion. Farmer Bailey Perennials Hi there! Sorry, that's a little bit blurry, but you get the idea. While I'm on that topic, if you ever see a disease plant and you're a production grower, get that plant to your university plant pathologist. 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