Day to day
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. […]
Hiring a Grower
Monday, October 29th, 2007We finally found the grower we wanted after scouring tons of resumes and conducting several interviews. When I first started blogging, I wrote a post about what qualities I was searching for in a grower. We feel comfortable that she has the education and the ambition to be successful, however she has little production/growing experience. […]
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 Premium Red Bract Development: 10/21/07
Sunday, October 21st, 2007It’s been warm here like most of the U.S. and I think we are a little early with our color. But I’m trying to grow them cooler to keep them from coming on too quickly.
Poinsettia Premium Red Bract Development
Friday, October 19th, 2007I want to take a picture of the same plant every week for the rest of the season until these guys are out of here. I’ve seen plenty of pictures of this type of bract progression in books and trade magazines but I’m going to have my own.
Here’s the first one, this is Premium […]
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 […]
Pansy plugs: Spring is here!
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007It’s awfully early to be talking about spring bedding plant production but we’ve already sown our first batch of pansies and they have started to emerge. I have learned over the years to put a light Arest application on the plug trays right before the cotyledons start to emerge. This eliminates any early stretching and […]
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 […]
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