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Cut-Flower Harvesting & Post-Harvest Care | Best Practices from Pros in the Slow Flower Community
What are the best practices and systems for harvesting and post-harvest handling of flowers, herbs, and foliages before they leave the field and workshop, to safeguard that quality? This survey of 5 specialty cut-flower growers distills the collective and cumulative wisdom of three-quarters of a century of farming and selling flowers, from the Slow Flowers community.
Key Growing Information
Lisianthus | Key Growing Information
Written by our research team, this reference contains the essential information for growing lisianthus flowers from seed. Read more for a successful harvest!
Follow these guidelines for growing lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum), from choosing series appropriate to seasonal light and temperature changes, site selection, how to time sowing to achieve succession-harvesting, cultural requirements, transplanting, and pest and disease control.
Profitable margins at the market rely on building efficiencies into the bouquet-making and operation, plus branding that emphasizes "couture" over "commodity." Here's advice from 3 professional flower farmers on how to convey the inherent value of your bouquets through method and presentation.
Our panel of professional flower farmers discusses how to personalize your approach to ensure fair pricing and business sustainability in the face of change.
Hillary Alger, Flower Product Manager at Johnny's, presents a tutorial for designing a simple, professional-quality bouquet with focal, spike, and filler flowers.
Join Hillary Alger, Johnny's Flower Product Manager, as she introduces 'First Love,' a Group 2 lisianthus in the Voyage Series, available in pelleted seed form from Johnny's.
Four farmer-florists from across the continent discuss selecting, planning, growing, harvesting, drying, designing, pricing and selling your dried botanical materials.
Join Hillary Alger, Johnny's Flower Product Manager, as she introduces 'Light Pink', a Group 3 lisianthus in the Corelli Series, available in pelleted seed form from Johnny's.
Join Hillary Alger, Johnny's Flower Product Manager, as she introduces 'Clear Green', a Group 2 lisianthus in the Rosanne Series, available in pelleted seed form from Johnny's.