Herbaceous Perennial Production
PPT Slide
What wont be covered
What will be covered
Questions to determine production
Question
Types of production: field
Types of production: containers
Greenhouse or nursery?
Production begins with:
Propagation “cultures”
Propagation Methods
Tissue culture
Seeds (vs. vegetative)
…more seed challenges
… more seed challenges (or vegetative benefits)
Dealing with seed challenges
Plug advantages
…more plug advantages
Sample cost comparisons
Plug production-- Water
Plug production-- Temperature
Plug production-- Media
. . . Plug production-- Media
Plug production-- Fertility
...Plug production-- Fertility in 32/72s (after transplanting)
… more plug production tips
Mechanized seedling production
Seed treatments
Vegetative propagation tips
What is not covered here
Vegetative propagation: culture
Vegetative propagation: media
Vegetative propagation: moisture
Vegetative propagation: timing
Vegetative propagation: buying
Own stock advantages
Stock plant considerations
Production tips seed or vegetative
Scheduling Key: first year bloom for consumer
Nursery/grower scheduling options
cold definitions
More production scheduling options
Finishing for Spring Sales (Late winter planting)
Finishing tips-- Liquid Fertility
. . . Finishing tips-- Liquid Fertility
Finishing tips-- CRF Fertility
. . . Finishing tips-- CRF Fertility
Finishing tips-- Organic Fertility
Finishing tips-- Media
. . . Finishing tips-- Media
. . . Finishing tips-- Media Amendments
Keys to Media success
Finishing tips-- Light
Finishing-- height control
Finishing-- height control temperature
Finishing-- height control Growth Regulators
Forcing
Forcing-- Environment
Forcing-- some rules
Forcing-- temperature variations
Forcing-- light variations
Forcing-- combinations
. . . Forcing-- combinations
Forcing-- exceptions
Some useful perennial references
Perry’s Perennial Pages
Email: leonard.perry@uvm.edu
Home Page: www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/
Other information: Herbaceous Perennial Container Production