Here on our 50 acre slice of heaven in the northeast corner of Vermont we produce cut flowers, sweet pea seed, beef, pork, and chicken. If the plug is small enough, you can do this by simply burrowing down into it about 12 inch (1.3 cm) with one or two fingers. Rather, it'll last two weeks when you take it out, so that's great and so many flowers just don't have that kind of staying power. But I would guarantee you all have some questions. I think these were delivered in Michigan from Pennsylvania, so if it's more than 30 trays, you qualify for this type of shipping. Enjoy! But they, well, probably would not meet the requirements of organic certifiers. Now, being in Vermont, I like to go where it's sunny in the winter time. 2.9K views, 69 likes, 36 loves, 48 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Gardener's Workshop: Farmer Bailey Plugs have arrived! Good evening everyone. That can be any three things we sell. If you, I mean, I know I know high tunnels are expensive, not everyone has them, but usually that's the first crop that people put in their high tunnel once they have it. It's really only at transplant that they are susceptible to rosetting. Don't set high expectations for the outcome of your trials. So, you know that's the beauty of a modern, high-tech greenhouse, it just keeps the heat correct, the humidity correct, the light correct at all times. The people who make the pellet, the pelleting technology, they will not tell you what's in it. Let me just go on a tangent here. The long The Short Version Sow " deep in a 5" deep pot. They may only live two or three years in the wild. As the plants grow, move the support netting up with them. That helps airflow down the middle. The Japanese are just very skilled at using very basic equipment. Some people tell me they don't use netting at all, and I thinkthey are not to be trusted, but if you're getting by with no netting, good for you. Cuttings harvested in-house and planted daily for healthier and less-stressed plants from the start. So what we do is, we sell plugs. But with us, we went for one great stem per season per plant. It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- this week my lisianthus plants are nine weeks old. I dropped in the chat there for our Kentucky growers, we are lucky here that we have the President of the Specialty Cut Flower Growers Association in Kentucky. Fusarium is the biggest disease facing Lisianthus. One was, I've lost my train of thought, oh, the best growing medium, especially if you're going to be bumping up anything that comes into you. You know, if you see if you see a diseased plant, pull it out, put it in the trash. Using a remay type frost blanket is a great way to help your plugs adjust to the real world. We just saw it - saw soil steaming - in Holland last week. If you are trying to grow your own at home, or if you are growing your own - I don't want to say you can't - this is about what they should look like when you are ready to transplant. Most people aren't going to do this, but at the very least pinch out your first bud. There's a kind of a natural stopping point. If you're using conventional food right after you cut, and you if you're going for that second bloom, that's a great time to give him a nice boost and nitrogen to get that vegetative growth coming back. I gasped when I saw the price of lisianthus plugs this year: $76 for 210-cell flats of the 'Mariachi' series and $51 for 'Echo'. These are probably best in tunnels. It's really pleasing. FD: OK. Update: January 29: Teeny Lisi sprouts continue to do their thing. But sweet peas were the main focus. AS: OK, I've got two more and then I'm gonna pass it off to see if anybody else saw some that I missed. Once the seeds germinate, remove them from the heat matt. The order was submitted back in March 2021 and had an option to receive it in Mid June, so that's what I choose. I recommend using 2 layers of support netting with Lisianthus. The safety net makes me unafraid to take risks with our little seed starting experiment. This is Falda on the right. Relatively drought tolerant once established. Well if you tell me no, that usually just gets me kind of excited and I want to find out why you're telling me no. And is that true? Great news is Lisianthus is really adaptable. 128 and 216's - those are both sizes of plug trays that just tells you how many plugs are in that tray. Use your fish emulsion and your seaweed, whatever it is you're using. I don't know if they have a thinner petal, but for some reason they justget a little more spotty, so you know if you're making a choice, put those put your blues and lavenders in a tunnel. Because then you have these kind of awkward holes in your bed. But almost anything that's fully composted is greatfor almost all soil. So, when I think of any, growing any flower, I go back to the wild. I prefer to grow all Lisianthus in a tunnel, but for field growing, perhaps avoid the big ruffled types. Roseanne Black Pearl, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds, Mariachi Pure White, image from Johnny's Selected Seeds. OK, here's a picture of what rosetting looks like. I know you mentioned it earlier that you can'tuse the driptape, but what is the best way to water your plugs at transplant? You might, you know, soak the trays on arrival and Actinovate and then soak in one more time and RootShield before you plant. Lisianthus, Voyage First Love William Dam Seeds is a family run company located just outside of Dundas, Ontario, Canada. OK. But that's OK! Right, another thing the Japanese will do is remove buds. It has very deep roots so even in the dry heat of summer it can find moisture deep in the soil to keep it growing and blooming. You can go grow them in the field, but if you get a lot of rain, you're going to see spotting in the flowers. If you haven't tried to grow Lisianthus from seed, I encourage you to try it. So, when should you transplant these things? Like I said, they're picking 1.5 million stems per week. or fungicide before transplant if fusarium is present in your soil. They're all I mean, all of the varieties we sell, I stand behind. The lower number is going to have bigger plugs. . I won't say anything about Cindy. OK, fantastic. We have very dry air during the winter, so I've elected to dome them and at least keep them damp. If you do a Google search for SakataCulture Sheet or Sakata production tutorial, you'll find a really in-depth document that I recommend you check out. Comment down below for future video request or leave me your questions! As long as it's a sterilemedia. And, use a clean tray. Plant into cool soil and you won't really have this problem. Lisianthus will initiate buds when several criteria are met. John Dole at North Carolina State University has done a lot of research. Not to mention, you know the growers in the restof the world, so they reallydon't, Im not saying theydon't care, but their stuff is sold already, it just makes more work for them without really any more profit. We'll talk a little bit about the production of lisianthus. The bigger the flower, maybe you get slightly fewer flowers per stem, but, anyway, they're all really worthwhile. The greatest number of Available Now trays will be listed Weeks . Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. Voyage. It's a lot of big, heavy equipment. There is no advantage to planting in the fall for growers in the more northerly 80% of the US. If you are having a having trouble, you know, use a silver or white mulch that reflects, you know, a lot of extra sunlight helps keep your soil cool, that that can help. I'm sure there are many of you out there who understand! 128's are slightly larger and slightly older than 216's, but I see little difference in the end result when either size are planted out at the same time. All plugs are produced and shipped by Gro 'n Sell in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, USA. So, thank you all for your support. So, whatever you need to do to keep your weeds under control. They're going to think something bad has happened to them, which it has, but that's when they will be like, hey, we need to try again and flower. I'm using dampened seed germination mix from AM Leonard. AS: Awesome, can you talk to us a little bit about feeding, especially for in Kentucky where we can get that second flush. Should you do it? The Japanese will also pinch out the very tips of their lisianthus so you know in this case I've grown this stem in the Japanese style, but I've got four big flowers and then I've got three or four buds that will probably go on and open in the base, so justit's a lot of labor. I cut into a holding solution (such as Chrysal 2), which keeps bacterial levels low and feeds those developing buds. Because I did go to University of Kentucky, graduated uh, well, I graduated in 2000. CF: The fact that it's deer resistant, at least, or deer proof, that makes it very appealing for here in Kentucky for sure. Seed should be sown once the weather warms up, or indoors. It's part of the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference, so we encourage anybody who's here in the area that wants to participate in the short course, and we'll have some great topics covered there. . Farmer Bailey Plugs have arrived! It's all super, super automated. Available Now plugs are ready to transplant (or bump up) upon arrival to you. I will say our flower quality in the US tends to be a little bit better, growing under natural light. This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey ( https://farmerbailey.com/). We have to try them! Her parents' farms is home to 20 acres of fresh fruit, all of which is available at the farm stand. They are very well-suited to being grown in Kentucky. Yeah, I get that a lot. And there are some single petaled ones. Feel free to reach out with any questions or specific requests at info@farmerbailey.com. Next time, I'll sow just one seed per cell. It can no longer drink because the roots are not functioning. So just that you know a little bit of protection from the wind does make any plant grow taller, so it's not just lisianthus. The humidity stays at 100%. Located in Chalfont, PA, our three acre facility houses a large variety of plug and liner trays, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, and specialty products. There will likely be a series of buds held just above these open flowers. This is to allow the necessary time for Gro 'n Sell to produce your plugs. Liset, the farmer running the stand, started flower farming in 2019 and has expanded to growing veggies as well. Thank you for watching. That's really keeping an eye on the natural light outside and supplementing light. Irrigate as needed, keeping the soil slightly moist. Shop PetalsFarmRI dahlia 2022 Dahlia Tubers from $8.00 sale 2023 DIY: Color Specific from $200.00 2023 DIY: Grower's choice from $180.00 Eucalyptus & Greenery Lover from $150.00 Eucalyptus Plugs from $180.00 sold out Advantage Series: Cherry Sorbet from $88.00 sold out Arena Series from $90.00 sold out Corelli Series from $90.00 sold out Farmer Bailey, hes also known as. Okay these rose types sometimes look a little bit like ranunculus too. We all recall the "early bloomers" in school when we were in our adolescent years and this is a good analogy. Best cut with some open flowers and some large buds. I like them all though. You have actually a nice little greenhouse environment over your plants. The poly on your tunnel blocks some of the light and so things have to stretch a little taller. You know they will putout some roots, but if you have a place with poor drainage or they're going to be sitting in water, youre just asking for fungal problems to show up over winter. That's great foryou Kentucky growers with your limestone soils. . This year I ordered lisianthus plugs from Farmer Bailey. I'll say, this spring, I forgot I had some. Remove first bud to allow several blooms to open before cutting. They thought wewanted hot pinks and bright purpleand just really wild colors because America is big and colorful and I had to explain to them that we use these mostly for weddings and we want the softest pastels we can find. So generally you see one flower open and then maybe 10 days later you'll see four flowers open. They are. So, I know, just to bring up, Lisa Mason Ziegler, again, I know she loves that kind of corn starch based stuff. It also comes in blue and purple shades, which have long eluded rose breeders. So low tunnel is going to betoo short in most cases, you need a tall low tunnel. Stayed tuned for more news on them in February and March. They are coming to us through Farmer Bailey at Ardelia farm. We never get a rebloom in Vermont, but we are also not known for warm summers. You know, particularly, Kentucky growers shouldn't have much trouble with calcium. Ready-to-ship 'Available Now' trays are dropping every Friday through Week 15. So, think about it. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Sorry, that's a little bit blurry, but you get the idea. Everyone who registered will get a follow up e-mail from Kristin with the link and also you know some of the questions that we didn't have time to get to tonight, or that weresuper-specific. Yeah, our neighbors shoot all of our deer so we don't seem to have any around and never had a problem with it. The lupine I started last year were planted out in some landscaping beds around the house where there is a little bit of a pitch and better drainage. Me too. And one of the Celeb whites. Croma Series. Once your seedlings start to grow, you're nearly in the clear. Then as far as experience growing cut flowers, the majority is in the one to five year experience, and, we have several with ten or more years of experience. Two of the trays have only Mariachi Pure White seeds. So you don't have a lot of time to succession too many of them, so maybe you plant your groups 1 and 2 late winter as early as you canand then you might plant some more 1s and 2s a little later along with some 3s and 4s. Really hard to do outside of a place without those cool summers. Cool, do you use manure on your lisianthus? And, you know if you have a plant that's jostling around all the time, it's going to be stockier and shorter. BH: So, in that case you want to, you know, if you want it to be a uniform flush, you want to harvest most ofyour plants at the same time. If they sense it's getting really hot, they decide that they're not going to flower this year. You know, just be careful not to over fertilize them, but you know, fresh cow manure can. You can plant them, well, as long as your soil is a little bit cool. Now that has to do with your soil structure and your soil type, but overhead water for your first two weeks. 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