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Dan Wickware replied to Holly Tallent's discussion Finding vendors in the group Retailers

"BWI doesn't do NE. And a lot of the time Wal-Mart beats BWI. "

May 1

Dan Wickware replied to Holly Tallent's discussion Finding vendors in the group Retailers

"We have a feed and seed store and know sources problem you are having. I don't like it but sometimes we have to buy Wal-Mart because the prices in chiper than are wholesale source. That even holds true for plant vendors. "

May 1

Dan Wickware replied to Dan Capurso's discussion What would you do?

"We have that happen all the time in the feed and seed store. We found that requreing a receipt was the best way. but you need to have the requrement post in the store."

May 1

Dan Wickware joined Eric Rohloff's group

Greenhouse installers

Do you build your own structures and install the infrastructure or pay somebody to do it? How about short cuts to make self install easier and faster.

Jan 9

3 Comments

Dan Wickware joined Robert van der Laan's group

PACKAGING TRENDS

Being a SLEEVE producer in Europe, we are interested to follow trends and developments in the field packaging for potted plants in the USA.

Jan 9

1 Comment

Dan Wickware replied to Becky Litterer's discussion What to do with onion plants? in the group Retailers

"We get 4 type of plants that come 60 plants to a bunches. We have build a 4'X8' table dived into 4 parts and fill it with grown soil. When the onions come in we place the bunches on the soil and push them down for good contact. the onions…"

Jan 9

Dan Wickware joined Sara Tambascio's group

Retailers

Retailing, merchandising and display...find it all here.

Jan 9

8 Comments

Eric Rohloff replied to Dan Wickware's discussion Beneficial Insects

"We used Aphidius with pretty good success back when the only problem was Aphids. Now we rely on smarter use of chemicals. I would do a biological program if I could get more for our product and payfor the huge increase in cost. The end user…"

Jan 3

Sandy Burrell replied to Dan Wickware's discussion When to plant

"I start my own slips a really low tech way. I have a good south facing kitchen window and I put about 6-8 sweet potatoes in jars of water on the shelves, change the water about once a week. Pull off the slips as they get 4-5" long and…"

Jan 2

Michael Pawelek replied to Dan Wickware's discussion Beneficial Insects

"The problem I always had selling beneficials is that the customer has no way of telling how much bang for their buck they are getting in their own yard. In a greenhouse situation where the beneficials are partly sequestered you can monitor their…"

Jan 1

Dan Wickware posted a discussion

Beneficial Insects

Does anyone use beneficial insects in the gardene? We tryed the Trichogramma Wasps and Green Lacewing last fall. The Trichogramma will eat larvae of about 200 species of insects and have been used for years by farmers to control agricultural pests like boll weevils and corn borers. The wasps love urban webworm larvae, thus sparing pecans and other trees from heavy infestations. The lacewings in the larval stage, are known as aphid lions because of their voracious appetite for aphids. They also…See More

Dec 31, 2012

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Dan Wickware replied to Dan Wickware's discussion When to plant

"Thinks just what I need. I had look at Aggie horticulture before but had not found how or when to start slipes. You information was just what I needed."

Dec 31, 2012

Eric Rohloff replied to Dan Wickware's discussion When to plant

"This should help. http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/86890/pdf_1197.pdf?sequence=1 http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/txsweetpotatoes.pdf"

Dec 30, 2012

Dan Wickware posted a discussion

When to plant

Belive it or not Sweet Potato Slipes are hard to fined in East Texas, so we would like to start our own slipes. I have not been able to fined information on how to or when to start the slipes. Could someone point me in the right dirteion.See More

Dec 29, 2012

3 Comments

Dan Wickware replied to Eric Rohloff's discussion New condensing boiler installation.

"About what did somethaing like this cost? "

Dec 21, 2012

Dan Wickware replied to Dan Wickware's discussion New member

"5 - 12 grades "

Aug 20, 2012