"Carole, are you having any problems with SunPatiens rooting late? Our primary plug vendor said their early shipments rooted like normal, but the later shipments aren't taking at the same rate."
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Petunia urc problems?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Westervelt Apr 5.
Florel
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Westervelt Jan 31.
HB hanger question
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Carole Barton replied to Carole Barton's discussion Petunia urc problems?"Thanks, Eric. We have raised the feed and will see what happens. Our Calibrachoas are doing fine as are some of the other, non-Surfinia varieties of petunias. Rays look good.
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Eric Rohloff replied to Carole Barton's discussion Petunia urc problems?"One major supplier of urc's has moved their stock production to a different location. The environmental conditions there is reducing the starch built up in the cuttings making it tougher to get uniform rooting. I don't know if that's…"
Carole Barton posted a discussionPetunia urc problems?
Anyone else having unusual difficulty rooting petunias this year? Usually the Surfinias root in a flash but not this spring. Other types of urcs are rooting as usual. Definitely seems nutritional and we will crank up the feed but we have never had this type of problem before. See More
Paul Westervelt replied to Carole Barton's discussion Florel"Carole, here's what Joyce said (sorry for the delay):
"For ethephon, I remembered Peter Konjoian talking about this, about it having to do with acidic nature of the product. So, I went looking and found the info below from the 1995 EPA…"
Eric Rohloff replied to Carole Barton's discussion Florel"Florel is one of the cheapest pgr's in the market. I'll gladly keep the 48 hr REI to keep the price where it is.;)"
Carole Barton replied to Carole Barton's discussion Florel"Paul- we are the same way. A 24 hr REI is tough enough. Another person to ask might be Peter Konjoian. Hasn't he done a lot of work with Florel?"
Paul Westervelt replied to Carole Barton's discussion Florel"I've often wondered the same thing. I've fired off an e-mail to Joyce Latimer to see if she can offer any insight. I can't think of another chemical we use in the nursery that has a 48 hour REI. We only use those with a 24 hour REI…"
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- At 10:55pm on January 6, 2009,
Donna Taggart said… - Carole, my folks still live in Alabama and I come through occasionally. what to you grow?
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