Archive for September, 2007
Poinsettia Production: Irrigating with Water Collectors
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Well, I’ve been busy lately and haven’t been posting as often as I want to but I plan to return to regular posting right now. In the greenhouse, we’ve shipped nearly all our mums and it was a decent year so far. I won’t get too excited until they’re all gone but so far so […]
Greenhouse Blog: Sarah’s Green Space
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Yesterday, I found another greenhouse blog on the web. Sarah Tambascio is the author of Sarah’s Green Space and she has put together a nice blog that she updates regulary (I wish I could keep pace with her). Many greenhouse industry members know Sarah as the Managing Editor of Greenhouse Grower Magazine. So when she’s […]
Poinsettia Fungicide: Prevent Defense
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Our poinsettia crop will receive their second preventative fungicide drench tomorrow and this is the application that we tend to struggle to successfully apply. In previous seasons, our poinsettias tend to start showing signs of root rot after the second fungicide drench. I concluded last year that several factors cause this outbreak of pythium but […]
Ask a Grower Forum
Thursday, September 6th, 2007In the last few weeks we have had a handful of growers register on our Forum/Discussion Board. I want to say thank you to the growers who have registered and hopefully we can continue to add to our community of posters. I have spent plenty of time on various discussion boards, lurking and observing but […]
Weekly Greenhouse Tasks
Monday, September 3rd, 2007I have decided to post a weekly greenhouse to do list at the beginning of each week. I’m sure I won’t list everything we’re doing but I’ll try to hit a few of the highlights for each week.
Week 36:
Follow up fungicide drench for poinsettia crops (it’s been about 4 weeks since the last one). I […]
Biological Control: Update
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Well it’s been about 3 weeks since I released our predatory insects and we are starting to see some results. When I released the Orius the thrips populations were starting to increase quickly. Over the next 2 weeks, our populations increased a bit more in the first week and then remained stable in […]
