FD: Alrighty and then one of our guests noticed that she's hearing that Lisianthus grow longer stems in a tunnel. For the March post on lisianthus progress, click here. This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey (https://farmerbailey.com/). BH: Yeah, I'll be in Kentucky for just three days, but I'm having brunch with Val, so yeah. You know the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, voted Voyage light apricot, cut flower of the year and I can't argue that. Flower plug trays ship nationwide. Tiny little lisianthus sprout - photographed with a macro lens. BH: Honestly, probably only every other year, because I don't in my tunnels. This tends to be more cost effective than boxing and shipping via FedEx or UPS. It doesn't have to bejust lisianthus, it could be stock and snapdragons and poppies and whatever you want. 128 and 216's - those are both sizes of plug trays that just tells you how many plugs are in that tray. I ordered some OMRI listed Rootshield to apply for algae control. All of our plugs are grown to order, and we've established that they take 12 weeks to grow, so make sure you order them 4 or 5 months before you intend to plant them. Place them on a clean bench. linktr.ee/farmerbailey Posts Reels Videos Tagged You know, particularly, Kentucky growers shouldn't have much trouble with calcium. Cut them uniformly across the bed. They can take a frost. That plug is so small the roots can't always reach the water zone. Our last frost in Western New York Zone 6b is approximately mid-May, so I choose to plant Lisianthus 4 weeks early, around April 15th. It's not the end of the world. So, I looked at the cooler and remembered I had cut this stuff a full three weeks, maybe longer, earlier and they were absolutely suitable for the event still, so very long lasting. We get lots of lots of questions all the time about diseases and my first thing is, here's my hunch, but also go get that tested. Group 1 Lisianthus will enter their flowering stage (reproductive stage) earlier than Group 2 plants, followed by Group 3 and Group 4. We can always just merge those orders so they can come on a pallet and then you really reduce that risk of them getting messed up in transit. available in half tray sizes (anything sold in a 51-cell tray.) Japanese breeders such as Sakata, Takii and Sumika have further transformed this species into a wide range of flower colors, shapes and sizes with broad market appeal. It's the same price as 2007 and not much higher than 2005. You know on the left,they have all germinated and sprouted, but they're just so tiny you can't see them yet. This tells me that we need to make sure Lisianthus has plenty of water when it is young, and then can be less concerned with watering as the season progresses, assuming there is at least some moisture in the deeper parts of our soil. Located in Chalfont, PA, our three acre facility houses a large variety of plug and liner trays, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, and specialty products. What's so great about Lisianthus? This is the Roseanne series. While I'm on that topic, if you ever see a disease plant and you're a production grower, get that plant to your university plant pathologist. Most people aren't going to do this, but at the very least pinch out your first bud. They're a high value crop. I worked as a floral designer in Philadelphia for more than a decade, and then I got the urge to farm so we farmed in New York state for a bit and then we moved up in the northeast corner of Vermont called the Northeast Kingdom. About this group A place to discuss custom plug orders and needs so that "Farmer Bailey" can better meet the plug needs of the professional flower farmer. It lastsreally well out of water, if you've ever grown it, you know it's kind of succulent, so it's really good for doing arches or doing, you know, personal flowers, those boutonnieres and corsages. On our farm in Vermont we often bump up some trays to give them a head start in our short season. FD: OK. But use those groups 3 and 4 because they won't respond to that long day length as quickly as the groups 1 and 2. So, 38 seemed always kind of safe temperature for us. Keep it in the cooler. Now that has to do with your soil structure and your soil type, but overhead water for your first two weeks. We typically order about 1500-2000 lisianthus plugs each season from Gro 'n Sell. The safety net makes me unafraid to take risks with our little seed starting experiment. You see our tunnels. Sweet peas galore the top crop at Ardelia Farm & Co. (Sterile potting mixes are of no concern.). For growers in Florida and the Gulf Coast to Texas, fall planting will work well. I'm so excited to unbox my Lisianthus starts from Farmer Bailey. If you see something that looks like it's not going to grow upwards and you're just getting a rosette of leaves, that is probably rosetted. Available Now trays are ready to ship and cannot be held. Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers: Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields? We in Kentucky are going to have a cut flower short course in January, so for those and, Bailey we'd love to have you here, but you'll be gone and you won't be available, but if you wanted to come we would love to have you back in Kentucky. Lisianthus has gone from a relatively unknown American wildflower to a commercial crop of international economic importance in a remarkably short period of time. BH: I would say they're pretty flexible. Lisianthus is tolerant of frost when it is young, and will be fine with temperatures down to 20F, assuming it is planted in the ground. Read more Lisianthus Live on February 22 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey" returns with a one-hour growing lesson on our favorite cut flower crop. And then also just go in and do a little firewall by, you know, ripping out some other plants. I'm using dampened seed germination mix from AM Leonard. The next question is you'd have to findan organic plug grower. I think that's a bitunusual, I think you're really lucky if you do that, but I've heard of it. The one on the right is called Little Summer. Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. The real reason - the real thing happening there - is Fusarium has attacked its roots. I went to UK a couple years ago. The thing is, that stuff has gone up in price300- 400%, you know. We give them wider spacing than they do in Holland, so it's slightly different product, but just really fascinating to see how they're doing it. It doesn't have many carbohydrates to get it up and running at the beginning stages of life. WISH I HAD BOUGHT MORE!, "There are a lot of things that can - and do - go wrong in any growing season, but these lisianthus are doing just fine. Cuttings harvested in-house and planted daily for healthier and less-stressed plants from the start. You're in a special location. So, I contacted Gron Sell. Don't cut it when that first flower opens. The order was submitted back in March 2021 and had an option to receive it in Mid June, so that's what I choose. Sorry, that's a little bit blurry, but you get the idea. It kind of shrinks back around it and I really maybe only had to weed once per season, and that was only every five feet would I find a single weed. If you put them in in October, November, they're going to look about the same in March. The regular temp for the space (my office) is around 60-65F, so I'm feeling good about the location for our experiment. It seems that the brands kind of vary region to region. I don't pinch, but if you do pinch you'll get branching. Do you want to answer a few more, Bailey, or do you havea cut off time? This is Felicia from Farmer Bailey. This is part of why Lisianthus is notoriously slow to grow. So, Rosita, Chroma, Erosa, they're all great. They're a plug grower in eastern Pennsylvania and they agreed to grow just one year, just kind of a group order for me and some friends, mostly that I met on Facebook, and other growers through the ASCFG. The chemicals that were previously used to sterilize soil are pretty much outlawed because they're pretty toxic, so, you know there are some studies going on getting back into soil steaming. They get very heavy when those flowers are all open. So, thank you all for your support. Pull out and destroy affected plants to slow its spread. Ht. Plant into cool soil and you won't really have this problem. Also, if you order more than 30 trays at a time, you can get pallet delivery and that's great because pallets don't tip over in transit. You have to sort of evaluate is it worthit to have half of them dead, but half are alive? Pinching will produces more, but smaller stems per plant. They are assisted by our frigid temps and naturalize quickly if they have well draining, sandy soil. Make sure your soil is well irrigated before you plant. A holding solution in the cooler will extend life. But they, well, probably would not meet the requirements of organic certifiers. It's just thicker plastic that is still going to be with us for a very long time. Welcome back to the Barn Bulletin. You can cut it next week. They generally grow mainly in the central part of the US. And, you know if you have a plant that's jostling around all the time, it's going to be stockier and shorter. Let me get to my presentation here. Don't set high expectations for the outcome of your trials. Keep them mostly above 20, leave them in place. How do you install your support netting? Hello, and Welcome to Farmer Bailey! Order your plugs for a date when you know you will be able to plant them directly into the soil. OK, fantastic. Yeah, alright, well thank you so much. Stayed tuned for more news on them in February and March. I prefer to not pinch, resulting in taller stems with larger flowers. This year I ordered lisianthus plugs from Farmer Bailey. The traditional way of getting rid of those soil fungi would be steaming your soil. Should you pinch? I remember that from my years in college and from growing plants there. 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. They are big enough to go right intothe ground, but if you just want to plant a bigger transplant, just pop them in a bigger tray. With time the flower forms have become larger, more double, and more ruffled, making them a compelling flocal flower. You can also put some shade over those transplants. So, I can't sing their praises enough. Another little trick I've learned, don't put your plug tray on the ground when it arrives. AS: There's you! I also realized just how much better the end result was when I got a plug that had been grown under just perfect conditions. Effective: July 4, 2022 - July 2, 2023. Even if you think you've got enough rain,water again. Go to a conference when you can, it's a really great place to network. I think you're going to have about the same results. These will have, you know, 3-4 inch flowers. Some of them are frost free or just generally warm. The big ruffled flowers of series such as Voyage, Celeb, and Corelli tend to hold rainwater more easily than varieties with open centers and smoother petals. Each box has three trays in it. So just raise, you know, put, like I said, use two layers, start them at the ground level. 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. Eustoma, commonly known as Lisianthus, is an annual cut flower with a beautiful rose-like appearance. The poly on your tunnel blocks some of the light and so things have to stretch a little taller. In the field, plant 2-4 weeks before last frost. Right, so that's kind of how the plugs are produced. So, they're really great for boutonniere work especially. Fusarium root rot is the primary disease issue. Lisianthus is native to a wide range of North America, from Northern Mexico into the Southern United States: from Florida west to California, and north in the interior to Montana and South Dakota. Lisis need a cool start to life. That can be any three things we sell. They've been bred for their, you know, rounded petals. I found better control planting into plastic. And there's not a lot of flowers that do that. But I would guarantee you all have some questions. I am also known as Farmer Bailey. Rip those plants out immediately, and as a precaution I recommend ripping out the plants growing next to the affected plant to create a firewall of sorts. . That seed is really expensive. I think they will all respond to it. Overhead irrigation is only needed for those first couple of weeks. !, Now I want a whole field of lisianthus! The wild ones are single petaled, but they've started breeding these ruffled single petals and all different colors here. Yeah, this is another. I mean, it's so versatile. Another thing I love about it has a really long harvest window, so you don't have to cut it today. Now is a great time to start thinking about what lisianthus plugs you want to order for next year! 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. You know, just be careful not to over fertilize them, but you know, fresh cow manure can. Farmer Bailey, hes also known as. They have the reputation for being more finicky. So, I encourage you to start breeding organic lisianthus and growing organic plugs and let me know when they're ready and I'd be happy to sell them for you. It also comes in blue and purple shades, which have long eluded rose breeders. There's theblue and the champagne. Established plants are very heat tolerant. And then as far as kind of how people describe themselves, the majority more than, well, almost 70% are growers. 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. Do you have any tips on heat tolerant varieties or justtips for them? Thanks for all you do. You have actually a nice little greenhouse environment over your plants. There's my husband, Thomas, in ourherbaceous perennial field. So, the plastic mulch kind of closes around the plant after you plant. And this is really a new crop. Young plants from Wagners are grouped into six different programs: Spring Plugs, Summer/Fall Plugs, Cyclamen Liners, Specialty Florist Liners, Cool Crops Liners, and Prefinished Cyclamen. But if you're selling into a premium florist market, I recommend not pinching because you're just going to get bigger stems. This in stark contrast to the difficulty I had with retail germination mixes and water absorption last year - it hardly ever worked. It's actually our top our top selling variety for a series. How we plant Lisianthus Plugs on our flower farm TIMING. I was justin Holland last week. I would use the silver mulch to keep the soil cool to make sure I wasn't getting rosetting and I never had a problem with it. But again, just wanted to say thank you so much for being with us tonight. If you don't pinch, you get one stem at a time, but much larger. Sakata Ornamentals Lisianthus Cut Flower Production Tutorial, Sakata Ornamentals Eustoma Grandiflorum F1 Rosita Culture Sheet, American Takii Lisianthus F1 Arena Series Culture Sheet, Cut Flower Short Course: Learning Lisianthus with Farmer Bailey [VIDEO]. Organic, you know, orare there organic seeds? I'm sure I'll talk about that organization in a bit as well. There's kind of a trade-off. I started the first lisianthus seeds today, per instructions online and on their seed packets. I have friends that don't use support netting and I am deeply suspicious of them! Also if you keep some 50s or 72s on hand in case your plugs come out of their tray in transit, it does happen. I'll show you a couple slides from Holland in a moment. As well as, you know, we did bits of other things. Well,theirs wasn't - they didn't understand the need for these. OK, so lisianthus has a bad reputation for being difficult, but it's really only difficult when you are growing it from seed. Your best defense is to help foster biologically diverse and active soil. So, it really depends on your market. - The Gardener's Workshop Log In In a tunnel, 4-6 weeks before your last outdoor frost. A place to discuss custom plug orders and needs so that "Farmer Bailey" can better meet the plug needs of the professional flower farmer. There's a new one called Vivianna. I don't personally see an advantage to planting in the fall. Irrigate as needed, keeping the soil slightly moist. Also, slightly alkaline. They grow them really fast. Alright, so this is last week. The middle of beds have the poorest airflow and humidity tends to accumulate more in the middle of a bed. Let's dive in. OK, here's a picture of what rosetting looks like. I got these photos from wildflower.org. Testing is usually free or low cost, and will save you the headache of guessing what pathogen you are actually dealing with. Fantastic plugs! Zinnias maybe not, but Lisianthus, use a clean tray. That's something you should be doing every year, even if you think you know what's going on with your soil, things can change really quickly, but you're not going to go wrong with organic matter. Other than that, I'm happy with the condition the plants arrived in. There was our woody field. So, our minimum order is 3 trays. Overhead water for 2-3 weeks until roots have established and visible growth has begun. I would often use just the Pro-Mix BX that we can we can get locally. That's another way to stagger your harvests. 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. Farmer Bailey describes this series as "very double fringed" love it yet "is less tolerant of less than ideal conditions . It must be receiving enough light intensity, again, easily provided in summer. The humidity stays at 100%. Kentucky is hard because it - you have really cold winters then you get hot really fastin the springtime. During this period they need to be gently but thoroughly watered with a sprinkler or a hose from overhead to make sure the plug is making good contact with the soil and is receiving the water it needs. I don't know that any studies have been done in terms of which varieties respond better. Make sure you leave lots of questions. Yeah, as I mentioned before, if you pinch, you're going to get more stems, but they're going to be smaller. Those big ruffly flowers can just take on a lot of water if you have live in a rainy place. Large seeds tend to produce plants that grow quickly (think of sunflowers or pumpkins) whereas tiny seeds tend to need a long time to build up strength. Enjoy! We provide quality starter plants with service, variety, and value you can trust, time and time again. Unfortunately, the soil on our new farm is clay -- very fertile-- but not well draining. By planting some of each group, you naturally stagger your harvest window as you have some early bloomers, some late bloomers, and some in between. How to Grow Lisianthus Plugs. Type in \"Sweet Girl Farms\" onto google maps or apple maps for directions. I would grow sweet peas and I grow lisianthus because the lisianthus are just better in the tunnel. FD: So, we havea couple more questions. So, I will close that out and I just want to say thank you so much. Put these in your trash, not in your compost, and get rid of them. Every state has a land grant university, and should have a plant pathologist on staff, funded by your tax dollars. They have an office in California as well, but Voyage, Roseanne, Rosita, a lot of the varieties we rely on come from Sakata and have an excellent tutorial. If you are using standard 6x6" support netting, just use that netting as a planting guide and plant 2 plugs per square. The lisianthus plugs are especially amazing! All those good things. So, when that second tier of flowers are fully open and the third tier when those buds are full and about to open, that's when youwant to harvest. Farmer Bailey Plugs have arrived! We really appreciate it. The plant brands customers ask for by name. 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. Sorry, that photo quality is not the best, but you get the idea. BH: I think that might be an easier question. And there are some single petaled ones. You're going to pay for labor. Because then you have these kind of awkward holes in your bed. LISIANTHUS PLUG SHOP . So when you get them, are you getting a bigger plug size when ordering a tray of 50 vs 100? The Blini is really small. 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. We just saw it - saw soil steaming - in Holland last week. Maybe you want 8 leaves before you pinch out the tip. And, you know, hope folks reach out for good information. You know, there are some things grown in half trays. We will never bill your card without permission (in fact we can't, and don't have access to it) but you may be invoiced if shipping rates change. Powered by Shopify. Based on lead time, ship dates for a particular variety will be removed from the store once it reaches its sow date. That's the facility that I work with. BH: Yes. CRB on October 26, 2015 at 10:01 pm . Farmer Bailey Flower Plug Unboxing: Lisianthus - YouTube (Big Bend bluebonnet), a potential cut flower crop, were subjected to a variety of scarification and temperature treatments. We'll see if that make any difference. BH: My advice is to feed them. To read the recommendations from our lupine seed starting trial, click here. You know, if you're growing on limestone soil, you don't really need to be adding any lime or any calcium to the soil, but you might just need to make sure your watering is consistent and that plant always has access to water. But you see what a cool climate will get you in terms of sweet peas. We've got a great lineup scheduled. And I was glad to see you wearing the blue. 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. FD: Let's see, how many stems per plant could you expect if you're not pinching out that first flower? If I can figure out how to nurture them through to the summer, I could save a lot of money (fewer plugs to buy) next next season. Learning how to grow these more challenging plants (lisianthus) on . It generally occurs in prairie or plains type settings, but most often in close proximity to stream beds and seasonally marshy areas. Dig a hole for the lisianthus plug. I would pull that plant out. Thanks for stopping by. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. In the wetter and cooler times of year wild Lisianthus seed germinates and gets established. You will be offered a substitution or a refund if an item you ordered becomes unavailable. These tall stems with large heavy flowers topple easily. That will give you more and smaller stems. 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. I've learned so much about lisianthus, I don't know that I'm ready to try it myself. It just like shredded my fingers. I'm currently on the board of that organization. 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