when do you plant certain plant plugs in a greenhouse?
September 30th, 2009 at 22:16ok so ive started a retail greenhouse at the farmers market mainly using plant cuttings. ive decided to try out planting from plugs. what month or weeks do you plant certain plugs in a greenhouse, such as geraniums, zinnias, poinsettias, mums etc. to allow enough time for them to grow and look good enough to sell.
Tags: farmers market, plant cuttings, retail greenhouse, zinnias
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September 30th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Get a Park Seed Wholesale catalog. They have a chart showing the grow times and the planting times for all the plugs they sell, as well as temps and pot size or pack recommendations.I’ve used them for years. you can get as few as 2 or 3 flats of plugs in a shipment. Good Luck.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
If you want to sell them at particular time you need investigate the particular variety you want to sell. Growing conditions and the varieties you select will be the determining factors.
Your research will tell you how long they take to germinate (temperature affects this), and how long until they bloom or are ready to harvest.
This is an article from the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service outlining basics for cut flower production:
(Select your state and then you’ll be taken to the article)
http://ww2.attra.ncat.org/index.php/cutflower.html
The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service publication list features seven articles under Herbs and Flowers:
http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html