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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cut Flowers
  • Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:14:34 -0400

Etienne - I am an hour south of Montreal. My standards are ProCut Orange and
Sunbright sunflower (first planting transplanted), blue horizon ageratum,
white and blue statice started early to transplant (I did flowers before
starting veggies since they tend to be smaller young and I had limited
space, so February inside and they bloomed by August), zinnias from
transplant first planting, cinnamon basil, dianthus from early plugs but
best varieties tend to be pelleted not OG approved. Brown-eyed susans, but
the small sunflowers hold up better and work.

Except for second and later plantings of sunflowers and zinnias, I do all
from transplants. I still have sunflowers with buds. Some are making it,
some buttoned, some are going think they are in the cooler and just sit
there until a freeze.

Will try to look in the field tomorrow to see what I had. But the
sunflowers, zinnia, dianthus early, ageratum, and statice are my main crops.
I prefer wild carrot to ammi majus.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY
http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead


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Wendell Berry

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Moore Lappe




-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Etienne Goyer
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:16 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cut Flowers

On the topic of which ...

I am also interested in doing cut flowers at a small scale to supplement
the veggies, and I am looking for suggestions too. My requirements are
radically different than Carla: I would need recommendation for an early
bloomer (short season) that does well in cool weather. Plenty of rain
in my place, no problem with that!

Last season, sunflower did ok, but zinnias where too late for my taste
(first marketable bloom in late August). I will surely continue to do
both, but I would like to have one or two flowers that are earlier and
does better in cool spring. I do not mind using transplant. I am
willing to use plastic if the yield justifies it, but I do not have a
tunnel for flower just yet.

I really have to go out and buy Lynn's book. :)

Etienne


On 11-10-11 10:27 AM, Todd Lister wrote:
> Globe Amaranth in four+ colors, Salvia, Ageratum and we use four
> different basils in flower just for bouquets. Cinnamon basil bolted to
> flower is really nice.
> Todd Lister
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Carla Maness <manessfarm AT gmail.com
> <mailto:manessfarm AT gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Can anyone suggest some cut flowers that love heat and drought and
> do well direct seeded? I had zinnias, sunflowers, cleome, celosia,
> and cosmos, but need something else. During the peak of the heat and
> drought this summer it was the flowers that saved us. I want to
> expand on that next year, but I feel like I need a little more
variety.
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Carla
> Perkins, OK
>
>
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