Cut Flower Meetings

Six online sessions on various aspects of Cut Flower cultivation and Cut Flower Business, plus a bonus session on Farm Resilience.

• Part One, $25 for all sessions
• Part Two, $25 for all sessions
• Both Part One and Part Two, $40

Part One, November & December 2021

November 17, 2021 – Session One

• 1:00 – 1:45 PM - Field Cut Bulb Flowers and Labor Savings with a Mechanical Bulb Planter
• 1:45 – 2:30 PM – What Do Your Flowers Say Today?

December 1, 2021 – Session Two

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM High Tunnel Soil Fertility for Cut Flowers
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM – Soil Amendment and Biochar Considerations For Field-Grown Cut Flowers

December 8, 2021 – Session Three

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM – New Cut Flower Varieties and Trends
• 2:00 – 2:45 PM – Cold Hardy Hydrangeas for Landscape and Cut Flower Use: First Year Outcomes

Part One and Part Two

January 12, 2022 – Greenhouse Sessions combined with Cut Flower Sessions

1:00 - 3:00 PM – Steve Hadcock and Kate Downes

Title: Farm Resiliency

Part Two, January & February 2022

January 19, 2022 – Session Four

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Simple Hydroponic Culture for Cutflower Tulips and Amaryllis
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM – Monitoring Soil Moisture: Why Consider It, How to Get Started and What You Can Expect to Learn from It

January 26, 2022 – Session Five

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Lessons from Four Years of Cultivating Habitat for Beneficial Insects
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM – Pesticide Exposure to Bees: What We Know and What YOU Can Do

February 9, 2022 – Session Six

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Diseases of Peonies and Dahlias and Management Recommendations
• 2:00 – 2:30 PM – Insects Like Cut Flowers Too! Managing Pests in Production