Market analysis, crops and partnerships Welcome back, or thanks for joining us. This is part two of a four-part series on growing flowers for weddings. In part one from last month’s magazine, I shared about the changing face of weddings in terms of the new generation of engaged couples, a change of the guard in […]
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A new invasive pest coming to a field near you First detected in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2015, Allium leafminer (Phytomyza gymnostoma) is native to Europe and a potential threat to all crops in the allium genus. Since its first detection, allium leafminer has rapidly spread throughout the northeastern United States. Every growing
Blue flower magic If you have a cut flower operation, delphinium and larkspur offer that rare and hard to find blue flower. Besides cynoglossum (forget-me-not), bachelor button, and statice, I can’t really think of any other long-lasting, highly productive, and easy-ish to grow blue annuals. Blue flowers are magic when it comes to selling market
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What it is, why you care and how to manage it Soil pH can have a huge effect on your plant health, but because it’s not always a problem it is often one of the lesser things to concern a farmer. Like many of the aspects involved in making a living growing direct-market crops, if
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Ornamental curcuma and gloriosa lilies We’ve invested in a lot of heated greenhouse infrastructure on our cut flower farm, Moonshot Farm in East Windsor, New Jersey. These greenhouses provide the conditions needed for deep winter production, enabling us to have fresh cut blooms from November through February, the coldest months of the year. They also
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