Poinsettias
Cortez Burgundy: The Reverter
Saturday, December 8th, 2007It’s too bad Cortez Burgundy reverts to red so often. It’s a nice plant with a good habit and, for some reason, lots of people seem to want a purple poinsettia. It sure beats Plum Pudding. I wish Cortez was a bit faster and a little less vigorous but it works.
Poinsettia Shipping
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Points are finally starting to go. It’s been a slow start but they are moving now. From what I hear, it’s been slow everywhere this year. Have consumers cooled on the $3.00 commodity, big-box poinsettia? Are sales slow at independents as well?
What kind of poinsettia season are you having?
Poinsettia Update: 11/16/07
Sunday, November 18th, 2007These are a few pictures from our poinsettia crop. They are pretty much finished and now we are anxious to see them go.
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 […]
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:
Poinsettia Update: 10/27/07
Saturday, October 27th, 2007I starting to get burned out on the poinsettias but we still have a ways to go. Luckily, unrooted cuttings will be arriving soon and we will transplant pansies in a couple of weeks.
Poinsettia Production: Residue on the Leaves
Monday, October 22nd, 2007We have had a bit of residue on our leaves during our production this year and I’ve been thinking about how to eliminate this unsightly problem. I have been given the recommendation of using a spreader sticker or wetting agent in our water. So from now on our water will contain Suffusion wetting […]
Poinsettia Production Update
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Our crops are coming along nicely and here is the visual evidence:
I am pretty happy with the status and quality of all our pot sizes but I have a few concerns.
1. Our calcium levels are low in our tissue samples and must be increased right away. I will change our fertilizer this […]
Poinsettia Production: Early Bonzi Drench
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Over at the Ask a Grower Forum, a grower from Michigan posted a question about Early Bonzi Micro Drenches on Poinsettias.
It has been an unusually warm summer for many growers and this has created some growth control issues in many greenhouses. I have been struggling to keep one or two varieties from getting away […]
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 […]
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