So weeding, and if you're going to use fabric or plastic, do you have a favorite? About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . This is the chroma series, one of the first one of my first years with them. A lot of the early breeding happened in Florida and then I'll show you how far it's come in just a really short time. Series like Voyage, Corelli, Celeb, Megalo. Ht. I don't pinch, but if you do pinch you'll get branching. Lisianthus Flowers If you wish to grow them from seed, the following technique works well. Why Choose Gro 'n Sell? This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey ( https://farmerbailey.com/). Big healthy plants covered in mostly champagne blooms!, " I have several favorites but strawflowers are way up there! 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. Thanks for stopping by. And then there's an increasing number of novelties. These are both voyage series. If you, I mean, I know I know high tunnels are expensive, not everyone has them, but usually that's the first crop that people put in their high tunnel once they have it. BH: My advice is to feed them. It's really pleasing. We monitor your orders at Gro 'n Sell, and notify you as soon as we have any hint that an item may not be available. In doing so, I was able to get access to new varieties I couldn't have gotten by purchasing seeds. So, I will close that out and I just want to say thank you so much. Let's dive in. And that's two plants per square, so I kind of stagger them within that square. We struggled with delphinium and craspedia last year-- so they made the list, too. It's an annual. And, this is actually in Japan. Any orders already placed will ship as planned. This is why so many of us rely on plugs rather than growing our own Lisianthus from seed. 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. When it has ample water and is transplanted at the proper time, Lisianthus can easily reach 3-4' in height. You see even things like astilbe do fine out in the full sun because it is so cool and lots of moisture usually. If you live in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, you may choose. Two of the trays have only Mariachi Pure White seeds. Right, so that's kind of how the plugs are produced. I ordered from Farmer Bailey (www.farmerbailey.com) and they come from the Gro n' Sell program. 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. You're just asking for it, you're stressing the plants, so plant into moist soil. The temperature is perfect all the time. If they sense it's getting really hot, they decide that they're not going to flower this year. 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. It doesn't have to bejust lisianthus, it could be stock and snapdragons and poppies and whatever you want. But again, just wanted to say thank you so much for being with us tonight. Lisianthus are notoriously difficult, grow very slowly, and can be prone to algae problems. Now if you already have the flower or the plant going and it's doing great, they seem happy, and you're in a 6 to 7Zone you can get a little protection. Not the heaviest feeders, but they doappreciate constant fertility. Yeah, this is another. Croma Series. 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. And then look to the right - that's probably about four weeks later, you start to see - you can actually start seeing the green. You also get lower wind movement in your tunnel. There was our woody field. Do you see benefits of one over the other? It just like shredded my fingers. OK, so lisianthus has a bad reputation for being difficult, but it's really only difficult when you are growing it from seed. Remove first bud to allow several blooms to open before cutting. Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. The middle of beds have the poorest airflow and humidity tends to accumulate more in the middle of a bed. This spring we are building up a number of our beds to help with the problem. I don't argue that, but I think the risk might be a little too great considering how expensive the plugs can be. There's a grower that grows 60 million stems a week. I don't personally see an advantage to planting in the fall. If you are close to another grower that is also ordering, consider consolidating your orders to save on custom freight. It's been, a year or two since we've seen each other, so it was great to have you here. OK, fantastic. I mean, if you've got a high tunnel, that's where Id put them. 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. LISIANTHUS PLUG SHOP . We'll put one of the lisianthus trays on a heat mat with a thermostat set to 80 degrees Fahrenheit during the germination phase. We can talk about anything you want afterwards, particularly Lisianthus. And I talked to a number of brokers and suppliers and everyone just told me,no. Use a good compost based seed starting mix. 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. Should you pinch? (Sterile potting mixes are of no concern.). Transplant in early spring into rich soil in full sun. And one of the Celeb whites. Maybe just, you know, 5 foot tomato stakes, 4 foot tomato stakes, pounded into the ground would work. 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. Established plants are very heat tolerant. Then you're just leaving a lot of room for weed seeds to germinate. Well drained, moisture retentive soil of average fertility. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. Val is one of my great friends, so I'm going to see her next Sunday, I think. We sell Lisianthus in 125 and 210 cell trays. They are coming to us through Farmer Bailey at Ardelia farm. The safety net makes me unafraid to take risks with our little seed starting experiment. Transcript for Virtual Cut Flower Short Course on Learning Lisianthus with Farmer Bailey. There's a Cornell study out there that I'd have toI think you can Google it. It helps me keep my varieties straight. But if you live in a dry place, they would probably do just fine outside. You know, for a corsage or boutonniere and then harvest your stem later when you have at least three flowers open. The wild ones are single petaled, but they've started breeding these ruffled single petals and all different colors here. The Q&A we'll be monitoring. 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. Still didn't have enough room even though I brought a whole car. Your last spring frost date is an important benchmark in your season. Michell's is your complete plant, seed, and nursery source! The stems are clean, they don't foul the water quickly, they're just kind of a model cut flower in my opinion. Instructions for growing lisanthus say to both keep the seeds damp during the germination period and provide good air circulation. I think these were delivered in Michigan from Pennsylvania, so if it's more than 30 trays, you qualify for this type of shipping. I'm still a little scared based on a lot of the questions, but the fact. Its Five OClock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey returns with a one-hour growing lesson on our favorite cut flower crop. It does add to your expense. CF: Alright, well thank you so much, Bailey! If everyone is so enthusiastic and they want to order a pallet of 30 flats for next season. He's going to be covering Lisianthus, talking about production for cut flower growers. Next year, I'll experiment with different kinds of soil-less starting mixes and see if one works better than the others. Very cold, not unheard of to see -35 up there, where we ended up, wefound out that sweet peas did really well for us. Something that's labeled for, you know, drenching the soil. 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. 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. That's just 12 weeks to produce a tiny littleplug and if you're giving them, you know, subpar conditions,you're looking at 14 or 16 weeks that you have to tend to this thing. So, whatever you need to do to keep your weeds under control. This is, well, this is my production in Vermont, but this is something they do in Japan. There's a lot of people who think that they're saving the planet by using fabric, but it's woven plastic. Why would that be? Water, even if it is moistsoil, water again. FD: Bailey, do you have an opinion about holding temperatures for post-harvest? I think they will all respond to it. Last winter, we ran a small seed starting trial with lupine. I gasped when I saw the price of lisianthus plugs this year: $76 for 210-cell flats of the 'Mariachi' series and $51 for 'Echo'. Okay these rose types sometimes look a little bit like ranunculus too. 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. You can cut it next week. 128's are slightly larger and slightly older than 216's, but I see little difference in the end result when either size are planted out at the same time. Make sure your soil is well irrigated before you plant. It's a great idea to keep a little buffer around. That can be any three things we sell. So, this is the series that launched this whole thing. And I was glad to see you wearing the blue. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. I get a lot of questions about can you grow organic plugs? Uhm, really nothing special in terms of post-harvest treatment. University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky 40506 | (859) 257-9000, Virtual Cut Flower Short Course on Learning Lisianthus with Farmer Bailey, New Publication: Growing, Harvesting, Preserving Appalachian Heirloom Beans, New Publication: High Tunnel Production and Marketing Survey. Give them a good drink and a good feeding at that time. 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. This meeting was hosted. FD: Alrighty and then one of our guests noticed that she's hearing that Lisianthus grow longer stems in a tunnel. If you put them in in October, November, they're going to look about the same in March. I also, when I'm planting, I leave a 6 inch gap between each variety. Next time, I'll sow just one seed per cell. The plant must also be mature enough, and this last one is a little hard to define, as it varies by variety. Now, being in Vermont, I like to go where it's sunny in the winter time. That seed is really expensive. You know, to further compound that, it can be difficult to communicate with Japan because of the language barrier. Not very complicated. I was justin Holland last week. Fusarium is probably already on your property. Back in the 80's a group of American academics and plant breeders recognized the potential of this pretty purple wildflower and set the stage for the explosion of varieties we see today. I only know of one who is sort of organic. CF: The fact that it's deer resistant, at least, or deer proof, that makes it very appealing for here in Kentucky for sure. So again, really want to thank you for being on. So when you get them, are you getting a bigger plug size when ordering a tray of 50 vs 100? Testing is usually free or low cost, and will save you the headache of guessing what pathogen you are actually dealing with. 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. Our attention to detail is what sets us apart. Now, if you're just kind of picking and choosing who's open this week, you know what flowers you cut this week or next week, then your second flush, won't happen until you cut off the first flower, so I would leaveprobably 6 or 8 leaves at the bottom of the plant, so maybe, you know, leave two to three inches, but, you know, cut them pretty far down. CF: The link to this recording will be on that website after we have a chance to kind of clean it up a little bit and get it out there. Cut them uniformly across the bed. The wider you space them, the larger your plants will be. So, they grow them in I think about 1-meter beds. They get taller or the flowers get bigger. To be more precise, it's a really a complex equation of temperature, day length, and light intensity. I would also pull around - pull out those other eight plants near that plant because it may have already spread to those. At the end of the day, they're all the same plant. Let me show you somedifferent groups of lisianthus that come in a lot of different shapes and styles. On our farm in Vermont we often bump up some trays to give them a head start in our short season. Most of the peat-based medias are sterile and we're still using peat in the US. So that's in January. If you plant them into hot soil they will rosette, so they're you know they're from southern and southwestern places. 14-21 days of vase life is not uncommon. As with all fungal issues, managing humidity and air flow will also reduce the spread of fusarium. 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. It's just thicker plastic that is still going to be with us for a very long time. Relatively drought tolerant once established. We've been monitoring the chat and just kind of coming up with ones that seemed like everybody hadsimilar questions, so one was about succession planting to kind of extend that bloom time. So, they already take 12 weeks to grow under perfect conditions. Find your state's cooperative extension, Short lived perennial, best treated as an annual. We would grow many thousands of sweet peas each year. I would pull that plant out. I recommend 8 per square foot. Northern growers may only expect 1 harvest per crop. The next step is to drop the temperature from 75-80F degrees down to 60-7F degrees. BH: Yeah, that can be with a hose. I have friends that don't use support netting and I am deeply suspicious of them! They are coming to us through Farmer Bailey at Ardelia farm. Keeping this strip open reduces incidence of fusarium troubles. From there, they move out into the greenhouse. Clear out the soil in the center of the pot. I won't tell - I won't say it out loud. Thank you for watching. Send it to the lab. You know, just be careful not to over fertilize them, but you know, fresh cow manure can. Yeah, OK, awesome. But you see what a cool climate will get you in terms of sweet peas. I think unless you're seeing just a really bad Fusarium problem, you should be OK with that. 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! Powered by Shopify. She's a cut flowergrower with Three Toads Farm, Val Schirmer, and we can get a discount code for folks who are interested in joining the association for the first time. They've been bred for their, you know, rounded petals. Alright, so this is last week. They have the reputation for being more finicky. The plugs are ready for more root room when they arrive, be that in the soil, or in a tray. Endless Summer hydrangeas. Let me just say that. It can be hard not to do what you think is "the right thing" for all of . It kind of shrinks back around it and I really maybe only had to weed once per season, and that was only every five feet would I find a single weed. Their ship date from Gro-n-Sell via Farmer Bailey Plugs is April 30. 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. 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 a high value crop. To start-- these are not scientific trials sponsored by seed companies or anything like that. I don't know a lot of people who are reliably overwintering year after year. At least it's evening here in the Eastern Time zone. Yeah, as I mentioned before, if you pinch, you're going to get more stems, but they're going to be smaller. 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. Plugs can dry out quickly due to the small volume of growing medium; check the trays 2 or 3 times daily for watering. A place to discuss custom plug orders and needs so that "Farmer Bailey" can better meet the plug needs of the professional flower farmer. This is Felicia from Farmer Bailey. 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? Sorry, that photo quality is not the best, but you get the idea. The higher number smaller plugs. The only rule is that Lisianthus wants to start life in cool soil. This is another of our series that we've been doing for cut flower growers in Kentucky, so I am going to put a little poll up before we get started. I will say our flower quality in the US tends to be a little bit better, growing under natural light. The Q&A well be monitoring. Flowers like lisianthus, for example, have an extremely long lead time because they . BH: Honestly, probably only every other year, because I don't in my tunnels. Kind of the newest and maybe the most popular types, come into the market now with all the fringe types. So, when that second tier of flowers are fully open and the third tier when those buds are full and about to open, that's when youwant to harvest. Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers: Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields? 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. The lisianthus plugs are especially amazing! The bigger the flower, maybe you get slightly fewer flowers per stem, but, anyway, they're all really worthwhile. Perfect. The next critical stage in the life of Lisianthus is when it is transplanted. Our product line includes greenhouse plants, plugs, seeds, nursery stock, hardgoods, and more. PLUGS + BULBS: Fred C Gloeckner & Co + Farmer Bailey. We have a small operation and we're trying to figure out how to make things work for us. It's quite, very like, very similar to the wild type, but also comes in a pink and a white. Grow the others outside, but ideally you can put them all in a high tunnel. And that is something you really need to be able to do. You know that can help - shade cloth, it could be frost cloth at planting time just to keep them a little cooler at the time of transplant. Lisianthus prefers to be planted 4-6 weeks prior to your last frost date. When your trays arrive, don't set them on the ground as you unpack them. Yes, I am in theplug business, but when you grow them from seed, you'll understand the value of a plug. The LP32 plant palette contains species with lateral root systems and are generally more fibrous and shallowly rooted species. You have actually a nice little greenhouse environment over your plants. Keep it in the cooler. Now there's a lot of workshops out there. Farmer Bailey, he's also known as. All orders are subject to seed availability. I bottom water every other day, sometimes even every third day. Kentucky is hard because it - you have really cold winters then you get hot really fastin the springtime. In terms of spacing, I like 8 plants per square foot, so if you're using the standard support netting that we can get in the US, it was about 6 inch by 6 inch squares. That's out of the cooler. I don't see it very oftenat all. That's really the first step - just keeping your humidity high. All those good things. 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. The difference has more to do with the flower shape and structure than anything else. But what is your favorite variety? This is why it is almost always supplied as "pelleted" seed. Go to a conference when you can, it's a really great place to network. 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. BH: Can someone confirm that they see this? BH: Yeah, we love, we love Val. Place them on a clean bench. Both seed types are coated, and that makes sowing them much easier. Best cut with some open flowers and some large buds. Lisianthus should be planted out 2-4 weeks before your last frost date when growing in the field, or 4-6 weeks before that date if you are growing in a tunnel. Now when you're planting, because of Fusarium, you might want to pre-treat with a fungicide or biofungicide. 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. Now again, if you have a market for really short stems, you can let that first flower open, cut it out, use it. Hardy to 20F in the ground. So low tunnel is going to betoo short in most cases, you need a tall low tunnel. Lisianthus can be planted quite close together. So, if you'd just take a minute to fill out those 3 poll questions, that would be great. I ordered some OMRI listed Rootshield to apply for algae control. That's really keeping an eye on the natural light outside and supplementing light. So, for them to pull seed out of their stream, you know to ship it raw to be pelleted in the US. Also, the ASCFG has a whole book on post-harvest handling. Available Now plugs are ready to transplant (or bump up) upon arrival to you. SOWING: Transplant: Greenhouse production is highly recommended. So, two weeks. Some people tell me they don't use netting at all, and I thinkthey are not to be trusted, but if you're getting by with no netting, good for you. But, if you do give them a bad day, you're going toset them back probably for a week. You know, if you're growing on limestone soil, you don't really need to be adding any lime or any calcium to the soil, but you might just need to make sure your watering is consistent and that plant always has access to water. Start by sowing seed in late winter to spring. 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. Effective: July 4, 2022 - July 2, 2023. We will never bill your card without permission (in fact we can't, and don't have access to it) but you may be invoiced if shipping rates change. I prefer to not pinch, resulting in taller stems with larger flowers. Yeah, alright, well thank you so much. So you know tomatoes and zinnias, you might want to plant 55 and above. Soil type is not hugely important as long as the structure of your soil allows the roots to make good contact and your soil is not soggy. I think Vermont compost has some donkey manure and chicken manure in it as well as, you know, municipal compost. 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). WISH I HAD BOUGHT MORE!, "There are a lot of things that can - and do - go wrong in any growing season, but these lisianthus are doing just fine. Now you might even go so far as to put some shade cloth on there toreduce your light levels more to stretch things even taller. And, I never really did try the biodegradable plastics or the biodegradable mulches because our season is so cool and short. So interplanted together, group 1 will flower 1st and then 2 and then 3 and then 4. 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. So like I said, these growers in Holland are producing 60 million stems per farm, and there's dozens of similar farms. 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. Ordering Plugs - I've started ordering some flowers in plug form from Farmer Bailey and Farmer Bailey Perennials, to take the pressure off starting so many plants from seed. These are Lisianthus in the Westlands, Netherlands. Now with all fungal diseases, airflow is key. CF: Yep, for sure, for sure, but we really appreciate you being here with us tonightanswering the questions. You can grow it all over the place. Really warm, really humid. Let me just go on a tangent here. In cool climates Lisianthus tends to grow slowly to a very tall and large size. They're all I mean, all of the varieties we sell, I stand behind. BH: So, the trick there is you have to get them in the ground before your soil getshot. Plant into cool soil and you won't really have this problem. All shipping rates are approximate and are subject to change. 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. Don't see too many zeros, but every now and then you'll find one listed as zero. Enjoy! I like questions. It's differentfor every situation. AS: Alright, one last one, then I'm going to pass it to Felicia, see if she caught anything that I missed. So, they need two or three weeks of cool soil at the time of transplant to avoid rosetting. Let me get to my presentation here. We all recall the "early bloomers" in school when we were in our adolescent years and this is a good analogy. So, group 1s I would get those planted, you know, early very early in the season. I always had trouble planting in the plastic with burnt holes. You know series like Arena, ABC, Echo, Mariachi, Super Magic. 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. 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. 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