What I'm Succession Planting for Cut Flowers - Sunshine and Flora Urban Flower Farm, Zone 5A
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This year I am really trying to be better at succession planting my cut flowers for extended harvests of certain varieties. Here are the varieties that I am succession planting!
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They are just gorgeous
Your rudbeckia is something else!
Thanks!
Thanks for the video! I’m going to up my feverfew succession game!
It is absolutely gorgeous 💐🪴🌱🌺
Good job 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Your rudbeckia patch looks beautiful!!!
Thank you!!
Thank you Christina. Isn’t it amazing how fast flowers grow. 🌸💚🙃
It really is!
Looking good 😁🇱🇷
Thanks!
A few years ago, I noticed that the sunflower seeds beneath the birdfeeder sprouted about 3 weeks before our last frost date. Sure enough, I found one of the Dakota Universities published a study on how hardy they are. I start mine inside, then transplant about 3 weeks before last frost. It takes the procuts closer to 75 days early in the season, but I'd try planting them out sooner if I were you. Only thing you have to lose is some cheap seed.
Same, I start direct seeding my sunflowers a month before last frost and cover with frost cloth, they germinate and grow a bit slower initially but I am now a month after my last frost and my first sunflowers will be blooming next week 🌻 🌻
Interesting!
Love all the growth. I am starting to plan for my hardy annuals here in zone 5 B, it's my first year so it is wonderful to think that I can already prepare to plant things that might survive the winter ☺️
Go for it! It's great to have stronger plants and earlier blooms
@@SunshineFlora did you do a video about your last year's results?
@@YanickaQuilt feverfew, yarrow and rudbeckia are the hardy annuals that winter over for me
I am in the same zone and had great success with larkspur and carnations in addition to feverfew, yarrow and rudbeckia. I’m trying much more this next fall because, why not? 😊
@@NicolesGardenNS wonderful! Are those all direct seeded? I am a bit confused about those we need to start inside. When do you plant them outside? If you plant 6 weeks before frost and they need 6 weeks in cells, does it mean I have to start them 12 weeks before frost?
🤩 Looks great, thx for the tips. I live in Maine, 5A. Any tips at some point on how you deal with the Scarlet lily beetle, if it's a problem for you...🙂
not familiar with that sorry! Maybe there are beneficial insects you can release to help?
@@SunshineFlora glad they aren't a problem in your area. Again, always enjoy your vids
I hand pick them off into a jar of soapy water. If you are diligent, they won’t breed and your problem will disappear. I used to have them, but haven’t seen any for 3 years now.
This is great to see. I’m interested in knowing what your harvestable stem length ends up being with your later feverfew and snapdragon successions. I haven’t had good luck with the stem length of feverfew when I’ve planted it later in the season, but I’m not sure if that’s been an issue with the where I planted it.
Oh and bupleurum. All of my successions of bupleurum are done already but I think I only spaced them two weeks apart (they all sorta flowered at nearly the same time). I’m curious how those planted much later in the spring do.
I would say the first cut of feverfew is about 24 inches. The 2nd 12" or maybe a little taller. The first cut is definitely the best. Snapdragons can depend on the variety - I love the potomac - they can get over 3 feet tall on the first cut!
@@SunshineFlora Are you getting a 24” first cut from the later successions, as well?
@@SunshineFlora And yes, I totally agree about Potomac. Even my later blooms of those had very tall, sturdy stems.
what kind of water schedule and fertilizer schedule do you do?
when I plant I use Biotone starter fertilizer, then I try to fertilize once a month after that with fish emulsion. something I forget! I water daily, unless we have rain.
Do you have the same amount of pests on your hoop house plants?
No thanksfully