Valuable Lessons for Beginner Flower Farmers
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I just wanted to add that a diluted yogurt spray works miracles on flowers with powdery mildew.
Date: 2022-08-07
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Stauffer
Where are you in PA? We are in Lancaster County! :) I grow flowers to sell at our Small Grocery Store (that we own, to an Amish lady that sells bouquets at a roadside stand, and this year I might try selling at the roadside here too. I have greatly expanded what I am growing this year. I plan on still growing my usual 110+ Dahlia varieties, Lisianthus, Sunflowers, Zinnias, etc. Right now I have 600+ Tulips that should be blooming shortly! We'll see if I can sell some at our store, since we are under the Stay At Home order with the current Coronvirus situation. Everyone stay safe and healthy! Many happy blooms to you! :)
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Where are you in PA? We are in Lancaster County! :) I grow flowers to sell at our Small Grocery Store (that we own, to an Amish lady that sells bouquets at a roadside stand, and this year I might try selling at the roadside here too. I have greatly expanded what I am growing this year. I plan on still growing my usual 110+ Dahlia varieties, Lisianthus, Sunflowers, Zinnias, etc. Right now I have 600+ Tulips that should be blooming shortly! We'll see if I can sell some at our store, since we are under the Stay At Home order with the current Coronvirus situation. Everyone stay safe and healthy! Many happy blooms to you! :)
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lainyjane
wonderful, practical advice. much appreciated. i do not want to be a flower farmer. love flowers tho. just moved to different state and got. 56 acre pasture. it is all weeds! in the past i have mostly done perennials. i just don't have the money to buy all that. sad ( so annuals for now. just invested in growing system. no flourescent available. found led at walmart $20 ea. pretty excited. it is a huge investment. sterile soil, trays, etc. i think i may be overdoing it. removing the pasture weeds is exhausting and hard work. wish me well. you have a BEAUTIFUL smile.
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wonderful, practical advice. much appreciated. i do not want to be a flower farmer. love flowers tho. just moved to different state and got. 56 acre pasture. it is all weeds! in the past i have mostly done perennials. i just don't have the money to buy all that. sad ( so annuals for now. just invested in growing system. no flourescent available. found led at walmart $20 ea. pretty excited. it is a huge investment. sterile soil, trays, etc. i think i may be overdoing it. removing the pasture weeds is exhausting and hard work. wish me well. you have a BEAUTIFUL smile.
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Petals
Very helpful! I took the online Floret course and she says the same things. We are in our 2nd year of growing and 1st year of selling and so there are a ton of learning curves. I like that you say -know your customer-, this is challenging for us at the moment because we just don't quite know the route we want to take. I have a gut feeling but want to try a couple different avenues this year to really understand how each work. What is your growing space? Thank you!
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Very helpful! I took the online Floret course and she says the same things. We are in our 2nd year of growing and 1st year of selling and so there are a ton of learning curves. I like that you say -know your customer-, this is challenging for us at the moment because we just don't quite know the route we want to take. I have a gut feeling but want to try a couple different avenues this year to really understand how each work. What is your growing space? Thank you!
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Odreams
hi I want to try this flower farming but in my country we don't hv flower seeds shops. can you recommend me shops I can buy different flower seeds online
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hi I want to try this flower farming but in my country we don't hv flower seeds shops. can you recommend me shops I can buy different flower seeds online
Thank you. -
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irodika
I Live in a desert area of Chile. My project is to grow flowers and the soils on here are very salty, water salty, so need a lots of tips how to grow healthy flowers
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I Live in a desert area of Chile. My project is to grow flowers and the soils on here are very salty, water salty, so need a lots of tips how to grow healthy flowers
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inthesebodies
Thanks for all this advice! When you sow successionally every two weeks, are you direct sowing seeds, or planting seedlings you've started inside?
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Thanks for all this advice! When you sow successionally every two weeks, are you direct sowing seeds, or planting seedlings you've started inside?
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plant
I love your ancedote about sharing the amaranth with the cucumber beetles. Thanks for the term, certified pollinator friendly. We keep bees!
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I love your ancedote about sharing the amaranth with the cucumber beetles. Thanks for the term, certified pollinator friendly. We keep bees!
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Beth
Fantastic helpful video! You are always warm and friendly but to the point. Each video is packed full of useful information. Great job. :)
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Fantastic helpful video! You are always warm and friendly but to the point. Each video is packed full of useful information. Great job. :)
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Brittney
Beginner here. Thank you for the soil testing knowledge. I new ph testing may be important but I didn-t think about depleted beds.
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Beginner here. Thank you for the soil testing knowledge. I new ph testing may be important but I didn-t think about depleted beds.
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jenny
Do you have the link to the netting that you use? I am looking to not cosmos and zinnias and I'm not sure what would work best.
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Do you have the link to the netting that you use? I am looking to not cosmos and zinnias and I'm not sure what would work best.
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Ann-Marie
Great tips! Thank you. I'm trying to figure out succession sowing this summer. It's harder than I thought it would be.
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Great tips! Thank you. I'm trying to figure out succession sowing this summer. It's harder than I thought it would be.
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