Archive for November, 2007
Ask a Grower Forum
Thursday, November 8th, 2007I wanted to remind any new visitors to the Ask a Grower blog, that we have a Forum as well to discuss growing and greenhouse production issues. The Ask a Grower Discussion Board is off to a slow start but we’ve started to generate a bit of discussion and “Grower Guy” from Cincinnati is a […]
Poinsettia Update Dummen Premium Red and Others: 11/8/07
Thursday, November 8th, 2007More pictures from our poinsettia crop. I have included one from Premium Picasso as well. These are both Dummen varieties and they are part of the Premium series which is one of the best early poinsettia series. I really like Premium Picasso as a novelty. Excellent bract, similar to Fischer’s DaVinci, but much better in […]
Vegetative Annual Propagation: Osteospermum
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007We use overhead mist delivered through our boom to propagate all our unrooted cuttings and today we stuck a few hundred trays , the majority of which were Osteospermum. I find that Osteo’s are often a challenge to root but, as with most unrooted cuttings, it all depends of the quality […]
Week 45 Production
Sunday, November 4th, 2007We are still a couple of weeks away from shipping any poinsettias but we still have a lot going on. We have osteo, NGI, and bracteantha cuttings coming in this week and we have primula and ranunculus plugs arriving as well. And we are trying to finish changing poly. The down time is pretty much […]
Falling Back to Standard Time
Sunday, November 4th, 2007The best part of the time change is that we can see what we’re doing when we get to the greenhouse in the morning.
Plus, I can start spraying earlier now.
Vinca Vine Propagation
Friday, November 2nd, 2007We are finally starting to see a few new crops in the greenhouse after months of Poinsettias. Some of our vinca vine cuttings have come in and they are under mist in one of our prop houses. Two cuttings in a 25 mm ellepot (105 tray). They should be ready to ship in 6 weeks. […]
Poinsettia Update: 11/2/2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Here’s another color update. Dummen’s Premium Red 6 inch pot.
Our 6.5 inch Premium Red crop:
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