Archive for January, 2008
Reiger Begonias
Sunday, January 20th, 2008We propagate and finish a boatload of Reiger Begonias so you’re going to see me write about them a lot in the future. Right now we have a prop house full of them and we are transplanting them almost every week. We root them in a 25mm Elle arranged in a 3 x 17-strip tray. […]
Busy, busy.
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I’ve been superbusy lately and haven’t been posting as much as I should. This time of the year is the busiest for propagators and the next 2-3 weeks will be our largest production weeks for our Young Plant Division. I plan to return to posting regularly very soon but in the meantime I would love […]
Zonal Geranium Liners
Sunday, January 13th, 2008We are transplanting our first Zonal Geraniums this week after 5 weeks in prop in a 25mm ellepot. I’ve been hitting them with Florel and Cycocel on a regular basis and I’m feeling pretty good about where they are. I would like to keep the leaf petioles shorter with earlier, stronger Cycocel sprays and I […]
Reiger Begonias
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Does anybody grow reigers as a spring crop?
We grow lots of them in 4 inch, 6.5 inch and hanging baskets. We also use them in combos. They’re a great plant for spring bedding customers.
I’m looking for some good pictures of ours but I can’t find them. I’ll post them tomorrow.
