Category Archives: Cultural Notes

MARCH TO DO LIST (edited from DRS 2-21-05) 1. Clean pots and gather materials for potting: · For soilless growers, supplies include soilless mix, Peters 9-45-15 fertilizer, and optionally, ¼ inch screened pumice, perlite or grit. Most of our growers … Continue reading →

February Cultural Notes and to Do List PLANT CULTURE – Continue to start plants for our public sale in April. Plants must be given protection for the first few months and carefully nurtured to establish strong root systems before potting … Continue reading →

Special Cultural Notes: Ron Elliot emphasized the necessity for protecting last year’s stools from frost–Keep stools protected, covered from rain, and sheltered from frost and Ice. One or two frosts in a row, the stools will probably survive; but a … Continue reading →