And is that true? Lisianthus expert and flower farmer Bailey Hale teaches you how to grow premium Lisianthus stems in this one-hour video with Q&A. The humidity stays at 100%. And I know that if you can't find organic seed, you can use raw seed. Those are high pressure sodium lights. This is simply the practice of getting your Lisianthus early and then potting them into a larger tray before eventual transplant. I found better control planting into plastic. So, I know, just to bring up, Lisa Mason Ziegler, again, I know she loves that kind of corn starch based stuff. I definitely have a favorite dog, butthey're in the room. I'll also try to allow the plants to dry out slightly between waterings to try and control the growth of algae (I already see a little). Farmer Bailey Plugs have arrived! And I've seen the supply change since then, so I'm glad they heard the message. They're a high value crop. Wait until you're in your coolest part of your season and days are short. 2022 Plug Program. The thing with lisianthus is, it takesus 12 weeks to grow them, so we need your order 13 or more weeks beforeyou want them. Why wouldn't you want to grow that? Bringing your humidity up, reducing transpiration. The traditional way of getting rid of those soil fungi would be steaming your soil. And I talked to a number of brokers and suppliers and everyone just told me,no. So cut them, cut them hard. It can be hard not to do what you think is "the right thing" for all of . The breeders are always improving them and coming in a wider and wider range of colors and bloom groups. In the wild, Lisianthus can become a short lived perennial when conditions are favorable. A holding solution in the cooler will extend life. So you know tomatoes and zinnias, you might want to plant 55 and above. This in stark contrast to the difficulty I had with retail germination mixes and water absorption last year - it hardly ever worked. Ht. You will see some, if you ever have a flower, that pops its head off, that's because it probably didn't have uniform watering in its life. BH: Great question. But, if you just spend a little time there's a part of the website - the first thing you see would be like hey, are you new? Just like humans, some Lisianthus varieties are genetically programmed to enter their reproductive phase earlier or later than others. Your source for growing guides, cultural information, industry insight, farmer profiles, and so much more! 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. Best cut with some open flowers and some large buds. CF: Yep, for sure, for sure, but we really appreciate you being here with us tonightanswering the questions. The greatest number of Available Now trays will be listed Weeks . Your last spring frost date is an important benchmark in your season. Get your soil tested and amend it towards a neutral pH and general fertility. It is always better to slide it up before the plant needs to be supported, and it is a real pain to move netting up after plants are already leaning. Find your state's cooperative extension, Short lived perennial, best treated as an annual. 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. CF: This is really for Kentucky growers, but we know that there are regional and other nationwide growers interested in our topics, so we'd like to get a little information from you about where you're logging in from, how much experience you have, and then what kind of operation that you have. They're all I mean, all of the varieties we sell, I stand behind. Or, if for something, you know, if something changes in your world, maybe your ground hasn't completely thawed, maybe your employees haven't shown up yet. ThisCeleb series from Japan. That's another way to stagger your harvests. OK, here's a picture of what rosetting looks like. I would often use just the Pro-Mix BX that we can we can get locally. 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. There's a grower that grows 60 million stems a week. Give them some protection, and, it really just comes down to that. You definitely have a Kentucky connection and we're glad to have you with us tonightand giving this webinar. To Order Plugs & Liners: Download or request the pricelist (s), create your order and scan, e-mail, FAX (877-892-9197) or mail your completed orders to us, along with your billing information OR call us at (800) 544-7938 with your order. But you see what a cool climate will get you in terms of sweet peas. Make sure your soil is well irrigated before you plant. I am also known as Farmer Bailey. They didn't understand how many people were interested in these newer, more interesting varieties. It can no longer drink because the roots are not functioning. Now is a great time to start thinking about what lisianthus plugs you want to order for next year! Protect from temperatures below 20F. They talk your language, so I'm going to share those results real quick. And there's not a lot of flowers that do that. And, I never really did try the biodegradable plastics or the biodegradable mulches because our season is so cool and short. There's my husband, Thomas, in ourherbaceous perennial field. We'll put one of the lisianthus trays on a heat mat with a thermostat set to 80 degrees Fahrenheit during the germination phase. Sweet peas galore the top crop at Ardelia Farm & Co. You know any time you transplant anything it's got to be watered in very well immediately. 2.9K views, 69 likes, 36 loves, 48 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Gardener's Workshop: Farmer Bailey Plugs have arrived! BH: Yes. So, when I think of any, growing any flower, I go back to the wild. 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'll try to take the lids off a couple of times a day. Don't see too many zeros, but every now and then you'll find one listed as zero. 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. Great news is Lisianthus is really adaptable. A tray above ground will freeze solid at 20F damaging the roots and killing the plug, but in the ground, those roots will be insulated. Now you can pinch once that thing has started to grow. Yeah, the Celeb is probably my favorite series. They get taller or the flowers get bigger. Sow 12-13 weeks in deep cell packs before last frost. "Growing your business from the ground up", The Henry F. Michell Company has been supplying greenhouse growers, nurseries, landscapers, and others with top-quality garden products for over 123 years! It also comes in blue and purple shades, which have long eluded rose breeders. Move to 35-50 degrees in full sun for bulking up (cold snaps down to 20 are fine!) We also leave a 6-12" gap between varieties when planting our Lisianthus beds to provide a physical barrier if and when fusarium strikes. BH: Alright thanks Cindy. Last winter, we ran a small seed starting trial with lupine. You know, if you see if you see a diseased plant, pull it out, put it in the trash. We supply Canadian farmers and gardeners with Vegetable, Herb, Flower, and Greencrop seed. 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. That plug is so small the roots can't always reach the water zone. Now if you are in a place like parts of Kentucky, maybe Zone 7 and warmer that might live through one year and bloom the following year, but it's tying up a lot of space, probably in your high tunnel. Right. Do you want to answer a few more, Bailey, or do you havea cut off time? I remember that from my years in college and from growing plants there. They don't mind ita little cool to start with. I'm sure there are many of you out there who understand! So, rule of thumb is to order before Thanksgiving, which I believe is this week. There's no magic solution other than just get rid of your weeds. We've been monitoring the chat and just kind of coming up with ones that seemed like everybody hadsimilar questions, so one was about succession planting to kind of extend that bloom time. So, you know what's so great about it? Kind of the newest and maybe the most popular types, come into the market now with all the fringe types. You know, think about a sunflower, think about a zinnia. It's differentfor every situation. The second flush will branch, so you probably get maybe three or four on your second flush. We have also succeeded with direct planting of plugs into soil. I haven't done much with low tunnels, I mean my lisianthus get 36 to 40 inches tall. Lisianthus, Voyage First Love William Dam Seeds is a family run company located just outside of Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The next question is you'd have to findan organic plug grower. This "moat" of unplanted soils seems to offer a sufficient barrier when trying to manage small outbreaks. This is a recorded meeting and presentation from Monday, November 21st, 2022 on Learning Lisianthus featuring guest speaker Farmer Bailey (https://farmerbailey.com/). Stayed tuned for more news on them in February and March. What's so great about Lisianthus? Let's say most growers order plugs, of any size. You can't quite see anything in there because of the fog. A lot of people selling information that they have learned from the ASCFG, but it's available to you for the low price of $200.00 per year. There is an entire industry devoted to coating seeds with various materials to make them easier to handle, and Lisianthus is a prime candidate for such treatment. That's really keeping an eye on the natural light outside and supplementing light. So, group 1s I would get those planted, you know, early very early in the season. Let me get to my presentation here. I turned off the heat mat and space heater in the room. Just like humans, some Lisianthus varieties are genetically programmed to enter their reproductive phase earlier or later than others. AS: OK, next one we've had a lot on is pinching soare there varieties that are better to be pinched? This is another of our series that we've been doing for cut flower growers in Kentucky, so I am going to put a little poll up before we get started. SOWING: Transplant: Greenhouse production is highly recommended. Now, being in Vermont, I like to go where it's sunny in the winter time. Our trend forward collections are curated for the modern flower farmer. Keep them mostly above 20, leave them in place. This meeting was hosted. And then look to the right - that's probably about four weeks later, you start to see - you can actually start seeing the green. BH: Very true, absolutely, that'll that goes for almost all cut flowers. Place plant trays on benches and water thoroughly with plain water (no fertilizer); be sure that plugs on the edges of the trays are thoroughly watered. You know if its a hot day and you're planting outin full sun I would, you know, plant 20 feet and then water it before you keep planting. To accommodate a larger plug, use a spoon or hand trowel. The chat well be monitoring. Go to a conference when you can, it's a really great place to network. I think maybe I'm just repeating what I just said. The lisanthus plugs I ordered are "210" size. I'll show you a couple slides from Holland in a moment. CF: And while you're doing that, I'm going to go ahead and introduce our speaker just real briefly, and then I'll kind of do a little bit of housekeeping, but I think everybody is excited to have Bailey Hale joining us tonight. Its Five OClock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey returns with a one-hour growing lesson on our favorite cut flower crop. Yeah, I get that a lot. New to 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. We will get that out and, also, we have just a quick little survey for folks to fill out and that'll help us with future programming, so we'd really appreciate- not just us, Kentucky Horticulture Council, but also Farmer Bailey and his team - some things that maybe people struggle with, some barriers, and we'll collect all thatinformation in a post event survey and then my last bad joke plug, well two, we in Kentucky have a curated page of cut flower resourcesand Josh dropped that in the chat so folks can go and look there. We'll see if that make any difference. BH: We always kept our cooler at38 and that seems perfect. Really warm, really humid. Also if you keep some 50s or 72s on hand in case your plugs come out of their tray in transit, it does happen. Do not compost it. Fusarium and root rots of various sorts are the biggest issue, and there's a lot of different root rots. All right, some people like to bump up their plugs into a bigger cell before they go in the field. And here they are in a couple of colors. Soil type is not hugely important as long as the structure of your soil allows the roots to make good contact and your soil is not soggy. 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. There's a Cornell study out there that I'd have toI think you can Google it. . Lisianthus will initiate buds when several criteria are met. AS: Alright, one last one, then I'm going to pass it to Felicia, see if she caught anything that I missed. Next year, I'll experiment with different kinds of soil-less starting mixes and see if one works better than the others. From Bareroot products to Jumpstarts potted liners to our plant partnership programs, Bailey is equipped to meet all your demands, in what has become an increasingly demanding business. Thanks for taking the guesswork out of starting these from seed!, "This year I invested in virus free (Cafe au Lait dahlia) cuttings from Farmer Bailey and they are spectacular! Well, most of that seed coming from Japan is already pelleted by the time it gets to the US. Available Now trays (if any) are listed on Fridays around Noon ET. In a tunnel, 4-6 weeks before your last outdoor frost. But sweet peas were the main focus. So, without that disclosure, we can never get that certified as organic. I mean, if you've got a high tunnel, that's where Id put them. This is Felicia from Farmer Bailey. If you live near Gro N Sell, you can also go pick up plants yourself. CF: The fact that it's deer resistant, at least, or deer proof, that makes it very appealing for here in Kentucky for sure. So, think about it. I get a lot of questions about can you grow organic plugs? There's some more. Water, even if it is moistsoil, water again. The other trays will be kept at room temp around 70-75F. In doing so, I was able to get access to new varieties I couldn't have gotten by purchasing seeds. If you don't pinch, you get one stem at a time, but much larger. So, I'll leave that up for a little bit, but again, Bailey is so great to see you. Something that's labeled for, you know, drenching the soil. 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. Find your state's cooperative extension here. There was our woody field. Wild Lisianthus often grows in sandy conditions, whereas I have grown it on amended heavy clay for years with good results. Because then you have these kind of awkward holes in your bed. I don't personally see an advantage to planting in the fall. Both seed types are coated, and that makes sowing them much easier. 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. That can be any three things we sell. Comment down below for future video request or leave me your questions! So, I have a 50 or 72 cell tray on hand. History Group created on December 9, 2016 So again, really want to thank you for being on. Lisianthus are notoriously difficult, grow very slowly, and can be prone to algae problems. So, I contacted Gron Sell. I'm sorry, per year 100 or 1.5 million a week, 60 million per year, and they are contracting their seedlings to a plug grower because even they don't have the skills and the bandwidth to producea good plug. Petals Farm, 592 Fairgrounds Road, West Kingston, RI, 02892, United States petalsfarmri@gmail.com . It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- this week my lisianthus plants are nine weeks old. You can grow it all over the place. Just use some extra support netting. When your plug tray arrives at your door, the plugs are ready to go into the ground, or into a bigger cell. Put these in your trash, not in your compost, and get rid of them. 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