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| Why do we bring in plants in plug trays? |
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| We can't start from seed on time for the sales. |
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| What is special about wave petunias? |
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| They are big, bloom, trail and can be used in hanging planters. |
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| What are the different forms of Nitrogen? |
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Nitrate NO3- and Ammonium NH4+
Ammonium causes lengthy growth while nitrogen provides harder growth |
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| What is the temperature of the biotherm system? |
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| What is a biotherm system? |
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| A hot water system for heating plants from the bottom. |
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| What are the lighting requirements for geraniums started from seed? |
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| What type of HID lighting did we use for lighting the geranium seeds? |
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| 120V High Pressure Sodium with intensity discharge. |
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| Lighting requirements for fuchsias? |
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| Long day plant after sun goes down it is required to add light from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. |
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| Photoperiod response for fuchsias? |
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| Long day bloom and short vegetation. |
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| Why are we lighting the fuchsias for their last two weeks of production? |
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| For them to bloom at the right time. |
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| How are the Sunshine medias 4 and 5 different from each other? |
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| Perlite size. 5 is smaller. |
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| Temperature set points for greenhouse? |
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| 72F in the day and 58F-62F during the night in the long greenhouse |
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| What insects are threats to our production system? |
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| Aphids, Thrips, White Flies, Spider Mites |
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| What is the Smith Injector? How does it work? |
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| Mechanical piston that pumps acid into the fertilizer at a 1:100 ratio. |
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| Name three different methods for hardening plants. |
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| No water, Colder temperatures, and Cutting back fertilizer. |
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| What is a zonal geranium? |
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| Stouter geraniums, good for potting. |
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| Longer, trailing geranium. Good for planters. |
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| What size pots do we sell our geraniums in? |
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| What size container do we sell our fuchsias and begonias in? And what is that container made of? |
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| 12" pot. Pulp, a paper product. |
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| Why do we charge more for planters which contain bacopa, some verbenas, and wave petunias? |
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| We don't grow them from seed so we have to pay for the plant. |
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| How do we schedule a crop for a given sales date? |
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| Starting counting backwards and knowing the crop habit. We make sure that the crop will be blooming during the sale time. |
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| Seeds are set on heat beds to allow them to sprout. Seed germination depends of species. |
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| Temperature of heating mats? |
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| What organisms cause damping off? |
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| Pithium. Can be found in water supply affecting the baby plants. |
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| What are the conditions for damping off? |
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| Humidity and less air movement. Occurs especially in spring when the growing season is taking effect and the air is humid. |
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| What is a non-stop begonia? |
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| Grown in 12” pot and they keep growing. If a section falls off, the plant will grow from that cut or section because it is a tuber. |
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| Correct procedure to pinch fuchsias? |
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| 3 set pinch, stop 6-8 weeks before sale date. |
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| Flat with many individual holes for individual seed plants |
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| A flat with only 6 pack holes or sections |
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| 12 packs with 4 cells each |
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