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. . Sorry, that's a little bit blurry, but you get the idea. As well as, you know, we did bits of other things. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. Welcome! Transplant within 1 week of arrival, or bump up into 50 or 72 cell trays if immediate transplanting is not possible. Lisianthus will not flower in the plug tray like some plants will, it must reach a certain stage of maturity before buds will form. Next year, I'll experiment with different kinds of soil-less starting mixes and see if one works better than the others. Lisianthus are notoriously difficult, grow very slowly, and can be prone to algae problems. I think you're going to have about the same results. That sort of stuff. You know any time you transplant anything it's got to be watered in very well immediately. Your credit card will charged at the time of checkout. You can plant them, well, as long as your soil is a little bit cool. So, this is the series that launched this whole thing. 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. You're in a special location. Ready-to-ship 'Available Now' trays are dropping every Friday through Week 15. Very cold, not unheard of to see -35 up there, where we ended up, wefound out that sweet peas did really well for us. You'll never squeeze it back into that small cell. I'll try to take the lids off a couple of times a day. And one of the Celeb whites. 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. But that's OK! Of course plenty of folks do well with them outside so I leave this up to you. Once your seedlings start to grow, you're nearly in the clear. If you plant them into hot soil they will rosette, so they're you know they're from southern and southwestern places. It's the same price as 2007 and not much higher than 2005. Very close to Canada. All right, some people like to bump up their plugs into a bigger cell before they go in the field. It also just gives me one more little firewall in case I get Fusarium ripping down a bed. And this is really a new crop. Pinching will produces more, but smaller stems per plant. 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. This is the Solo series. So, two weeks. Croma Series. CF: I'm also going to drop in your Instagram for folks to follow along if they need a little eye candy, flower eye candy, flower candy, whatever that is, because you do have some gorgeous photos and that's a great way for folks to engage with yourbusiness. 45 Comments. 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. But if you're selling into a premium florist market, I recommend not pinching because you're just going to get bigger stems. You're just asking for it, you're stressing the plants, so plant into moist soil. Just use some extra support netting. Don't hold them for more than a week, as they can and will become rootbound and will be stunted later in life. So, I had the fortune of going to Japan in 2019. You're going to pay for labor. There is no advantage to planting in the fall for growers in the more northerly 80% of the US. I don't know a lot of people who are reliably overwintering year after year. All right. - The Gardener's Workshop Log In Lisianthus doesn't need much in the way of post harvest treatment. Any orders already placed will ship as planned. Do you have any tips on heat tolerant varieties or justtips for them? I thought I had before, I apologize. So, I contacted Gron Sell. Keep at 50-55 degrees for germination. John Dole at North Carolina State University has done a lot of research. So, they need two or three weeks of cool soil at the time of transplant to avoid rosetting. 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. For growers in Florida and the Gulf Coast to Texas, fall planting will work well. So that's when I first started growingplugs. I prefer to not pinch, resulting in taller stems with larger flowers. This is why it is almost always supplied as "pelleted" seed. BH: Yeah, I haveused compost, cow manure, there's a commercially available compost. This year I ordered lisianthus plugs from Farmer Bailey. It generally occurs in prairie or plains type settings, but most often in close proximity to stream beds and seasonally marshy areas. The best way to learn about a cultivated plant is to look at its wild habitat. That helps airflow down the middle. Let me just go on a tangent here. 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. This was such an informative webinar. We typically order about 1500-2000 lisianthus plugs each season from Gro 'n Sell. It's a great idea. That's out of the cooler. Testing is usually free or low cost, and will save you the headache of guessing what pathogen you are actually dealing with. Both seed types are coated, and that makes sowing them much easier. Perfect. Overhead water for 2-3 weeks until roots have established and visible growth has begun. The people who make the pellet, the pelleting technology, they will not tell you what's in it. 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. I'll show you a couple slides from Holland in a moment. FD: OK. Bumping up has a cost- your time, trays, potting mix and bench space all take up resources. You know the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, voted Voyage light apricot, cut flower of the year and I can't argue that. Ht. All plugs are custom grown to order by the skilled team of horticulturalists at Gro 'n Sell in Chalfont, PA. First time getting plugs ever and this has made our lives (and marriage) so much easier., All of the plugs weve gotten from you have been gorgeous, thank you for providing an awesome product!, I regret only one thing buying these plugs. Lisianthus expert and flower farmer Bailey Hale teaches you how to grow premium Lisianthus stems in this one-hour video with Q&A. When it has ample water and is transplanted at the proper time, Lisianthus can easily reach 3-4' in height. And, use a clean tray. And then there's an increasing number of novelties. So when do you transplant Lisianthus for the best results? So, I can't sing their praises enough. Using a remay type frost blanket is a great way to help your plugs adjust to the real world. That's something you should be doing every year, even if you think you know what's going on with your soil, things can change really quickly, but you're not going to go wrong with organic matter. They've since moved on to an LED system. I'm guessing they're also pricey. 30-40". I don't argue that, but I think the risk might be a little too great considering how expensive the plugs can be. My recommendation is to always to try several methods and learn from them. 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. Clear out the soil in the center of the pot. Yeah, I get that a lot. 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. I don't pinch, but if you do pinch you'll get branching. OK. 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. These will have, you know, 3-4 inch flowers. Follow the link below to learn how it all works. Other than that, I'm happy with the condition the plants arrived in. 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. They're all I mean, all of the varieties we sell, I stand behind. They're going to be fine. 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. 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. So, calcium is related to strong stems in almost all cut flowers and definitely lisianthus. If an item goes out of stock, or there is a shipping charge discrepancy, you will be notified via email and refunded promptly. A tray above ground will freeze solid at 20F damaging the roots and killing the plug, but in the ground, those roots will be insulated. The Japanese are just very skilled at using very basic equipment. If you have 10 buds and you remove half of them, those remaining five are going to be bigger in the end because you're not putting all the resources into all the buds, so regardless of your approach, that first flower will not be useful by the time the next layer of buds is open. from $90.00 Colors: 512 Full Yellow 512 Half Yellow 512 Full White Mix 512 Half White mix 200 Yellow 200 White Mix. Use your fish emulsion and your seaweed, whatever it is you're using. I've never actually used it. Once they are up and growing they are very tolerant of heat as long as they are accessing water somewhere in the soil. And that's two plants per square, so I kind of stagger them within that square. Lisianthus can get very tall. FD: Let's see, how many stems per plant could you expect if you're not pinching out that first flower? AS: There's you! It's really pleasing. Yeah, I was excited to get that e-mail from you. In a tunnel you can plant 4-6 weeks before last outdoor frost. 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. That's wonderful. Move to 35-50 degrees in full sun for bulking up (cold snaps down to 20 are fine!) I think these were delivered in Michigan from Pennsylvania, so if it's more than 30 trays, you qualify for this type of shipping. BH: I don't think I have photos of it. Okay, this is kind of a bad picture. More importantly, just keep putting organic matter in your soil. I think that's a bitunusual, I think you're really lucky if you do that, but I've heard of it. !, Now I want a whole field of lisianthus! Just holds up really, really nicely out of water. To start-- these are not scientific trials sponsored by seed companies or anything like that. Really hard to do outside of a place without those cool summers. But on the right, you'll see all those labels on the trays. They have an office in California as well, but Voyage, Roseanne, Rosita, a lot of the varieties we rely on come from Sakata and have an excellent tutorial. We get lots of lots of questions all the time about diseases and my first thing is, here's my hunch, but also go get that tested. Now there's a lot of workshops out there. * no Sort by Best sellers first Filter by Availability: All Lisianthus Mariachi Pink F1 Seed starting at $16.20 Lisianthus Mariachi Carmine Seed starting at $14.58 Lisianthus Mariachi Pure White Seed starting at $16.20 Lisianthus Rosanne 1 Brown F1 Seed 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. So, I have a 50 or 72 cell tray on hand. The lupine I started last year were planted out in some landscaping beds around the house where there is a little bit of a pitch and better drainage. Another little trick I've learned, don't put your plug tray on the ground when it arrives. 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. Yeah, the Celeb is probably my favorite series. We'll talk a little bit about the production of lisianthus. Lisianthus can handle cold. I haven't done much with low tunnels, I mean my lisianthus get 36 to 40 inches tall. Tiny little lisianthus sprout - photographed with a macro lens. Sorry, that photo quality is not the best, but you get the idea. I was justin Holland last week. [1] Everyone's conditions are different, but just remember that cool start requirement and ample water in the early weeks and you'll be safe. These greenhouses, you're looking at a 500 foot bed on this side. They are coming to us through Farmer Bailey at Ardelia farm. I got these photos from wildflower.org. I was satisfied with the packaging and status of the plants. It's really only at transplant that they are susceptible to rosetting. The humidity stays at 100%. So, the native range of Lisianthus. If you see plants that suddenly wilt or turn brown, suspect fusarium. I don't feel like I have a whole lot of different things to try this time around. This group is for professional growers only. Yeah, these are all lisianthus heading out to Farmer Bailey customers all over the country. I'm using dampened seed germination mix from AM Leonard. Vase life is very good in plain water as well. 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. Right, so that's kind of how the plugs are produced. It seems that the brands kind of vary region to region. I think unless you're seeing just a really bad Fusarium problem, you should be OK with that. There's a kind of a natural stopping point. Bringing your humidity up, reducing transpiration. Learning how to grow these more challenging plants (lisianthus) on . So cut them, cut them hard. You can probably cut it in two weeks. Place them on a clean bench. We struggled with delphinium and craspedia last year-- so they made the list, 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. But, just a little bit of housekeeping, we have a Q&A and we have the chat so you can use either one. So unlike roses, you don't have to grow, you know, your rose bushes for years before you harvest. There's my husband, Thomas, in ourherbaceous perennial field. This is, well, this is my production in Vermont, but this is something they do in Japan. You also may know of us through our other farm, Ardelia Farm and Company, it's called. I do this in Vermont just because usually we're waiting for snow to melt and we want something to do. Its Five OClock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey returns with a one-hour growing lesson on our favorite cut flower crop. You see our tunnels. What's so great about Lisianthus? So, things like RootShield and Actinovate can actually be used. Update: January 25: We started to see the very first tiny little lisianthus sprouts in the tray on the heat mat this morning. So, this is a really great time to remember to order your plugs. Like I said, they're picking 1.5 million stems per week. All those good things. The chat well be monitoring. It's still very much in play, but generally only on a really large scale. Some people even get 3 flushes. Please share. Now, we could theoretically get raw speed from Japan. If the plug is small enough, you can do this by simply burrowing down into it about 12 inch (1.3 cm) with one or two fingers. If you live near Gro N Sell, you can also go pick up plants yourself. The listed germination rate on the packets was 95 and 96%. They're really prone to getting rootbound, so go on and put them in a bigger tray. You can't quite tell, but at the other end there's a boom sprayer that's irrigating at just the moment that plug starts to dry out. You can grow it all over the place. 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. I am also known as Farmer Bailey. FD: So, we havea couple more questions. Northern growers may only expect 1 harvest per crop. 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. Shop PetalsFarmRI dahlia 2022 Dahlia Tubers from $8.00 sale 2023 DIY: Color Specific from $200.00 2023 DIY: Grower's choice from $180.00 Eucalyptus & Greenery Lover from $150.00 Eucalyptus Plugs from $180.00 sold out Advantage Series: Cherry Sorbet from $88.00 sold out Arena Series from $90.00 sold out Corelli Series from $90.00 sold out If they are mature enough they will continue to open in the vase. I was born in Kentucky. Only in the late mid- 80s did the breeders kind of find this. I happen to be in her house right now because she has good Wi-Fi. Just like humans, some Lisianthus varieties are genetically programmed to enter their reproductive phase earlier or later than others. Enter store using password: Asking about a favorite child, right? So, 38 seemed always kind of safe temperature for us. This mimics what it experiences in the wild. We have a small operation and we're trying to figure out how to make things work for us. There are a few items (Scoop Scabiosa, Chocolate Cosmos, Geum, Veronica, etc.) It's been, a year or two since we've seen each other, so it was great to have you here. This said there is no reason to withhold water if you have sustainable access to irrigation water. Endless Summer hydrangeas. They found soil, they found water in the soil. I'm working with Mariachi Pure White (a Group 2 lisianthus variety recommended to me by Vanessa at TarrNation Flower Farm) and Roseanne Black Pearl- a Group 1 variety. The thing is, that stuff has gone up in price300- 400%, you know. There's no magic solution other than just get rid of your weeds. BH: Alright thanks Cindy. 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. And then afterwards people thought that I knew something they didn't, so I kept getting all kinds of requests for new products. BH: One, unless you get a second flush. 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. It's just a lot of steps that they're not really interested in, and also the worldwide demand is already outstripping supply. CF: The fact that it's deer resistant, at least, or deer proof, that makes it very appealing for here in Kentucky for sure. You don't want to put them into something with Fusarium in it. They're just such slow growers. 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. Dig a hole for the lisianthus plug. I haven't had to mist the surface of the cells. I'll say, this spring, I forgot I had some. Ive got my UK blue on. Farmer Bailey (@farmerbaileyplugs) Instagram photos and videos farmerbaileyplugs 160 posts 13.5K followers 164 following Farmer Bailey Wholesale plug brokerage for cut flower farmers. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. With time the flower forms have become larger, more double, and more ruffled, making them a compelling flocal flower. Located in Chalfont, PA, our three acre facility houses a large variety of plug and liner trays, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, and specialty products. So just raise, you know, put, like I said, use two layers, start them at the ground level. They are very well-suited to being grown in Kentucky. You might be great withthem. If anything, pinch that flower out or go pinch. (Sterile potting mixes are of no concern.). Try em outside. Don't plant up in the same place every year. The safety net makes me unafraid to take risks with our little seed starting experiment. BH: Yeah, you want to be planting out in probablyearly January, whatever your coolest part of the year is. It's an annual. It must be receiving enough light intensity, again, easily provided in summer. I mean, it's so versatile. 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. Unrooted Cuttings, Speciality Plants | Gro-n-Sell Inc Products Catalog Ordering Contact Contact Gro'n Sell 320 Lower State Road Chalfont, PA 18914 (215) 822-1276 (215) 997-1770 facebook.com/gronsell Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM The Latest From Instagram The biofungicides are, you know, they're an organic product, kind of. It's not impossible. Lisianthus Flowers If you wish to grow them from seed, the following technique works well. Flower Farming Fran Parrish April 15, 2021 . Plant these first, when the soil is still cool, you know, from late winter. And, really just related to being too wet for too long, so botrytis is one of the reasons why it's better to grow in a tunnel because it keeps the rain and the dew off of your plants. Let's say most growers order plugs, of any size. It's a great idea to keep a little buffer around. They have the reputation for being more finicky. I won't tell - I won't say it out loud. Put these in your trash, not in your compost, and get rid of them. Just a holding solution in your cooler. We offer Lisianthus in 128 and 216 cell trays, sold as 125 and 210. To read the recommendations from our lupine seed starting trial, click here. So, we started Ardelia Farm in 2014. These are Lisianthus in the Westlands, Netherlands. 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. 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. So weeding, and if you're going to use fabric or plastic, do you have a favorite? You have to sort of evaluate is it worthit to have half of them dead, but half are alive? 14-21 days of vase life is not uncommon. And I know that if you can't find organic seed, you can use raw seed. It's usually free or low cost. 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. 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. 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. Most people aren't going to do this, but at the very least pinch out your first bud. 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. So that's in January. Don't cut it when that first flower opens. Please place your order at least 10-12 weeks before your desired Ship Date. Send it to the lab. Landscape Plugs offer an exciting alternative for quick establishment of plants in landscapes and containers. Just like humans, some Lisianthus varieties are genetically programmed to enter their reproductive phase earlier or later than others. But almost anything that's fully composted is greatfor almost all soil. 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