The comprehensiveness & honesty make your channel INVALUABLE! Thoughts are with you and your baby girl🙏❤
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Thank you so much! 🙏
@MyFocusVariesАй бұрын
I love that you've put so much thought into it. It amazes me that some growers seem so random in their choices.
@emelgiefroАй бұрын
Basically it all boils down to "do your own thing" and "be different than the others"
@LittlebingusАй бұрын
@@emelgiefrovery true! The climate your in also decides what flowers you grow for you lol
@LisaGuigarАй бұрын
Another informative video ! Glad little E is doing well . Day by day ....
@valerieoster8049Ай бұрын
I am just so amazed at your analytical mind! You are spinning so many plates!! God bless you and praying for your precious miracle, E
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Thank you ♥️
@LyndzMae23 күн бұрын
This is such a great video! I'm not a flower farmer, but it's something I'm interested in doing in the future as a side hustle/hobby. I did a smallish test run a couple summers ago. I spent about 50 on seeds + another $50 on seed starting trays and soil. I sold some bouquets wholesale to a neighbor with a farm stand, and i made about $50 back. Even though i didn't break even, i felt pretty encouraged by the experience, because if I'd put in even a little more effort i could have sold so much more. Most of what i grew ended up staying out in the garden because i just didn't have time to cut it. I also had pretty minimal space for seed starting, so i grew a lot of sunflowers, but i didn't have the time to do multiple succession plantings. So i only had about a 2 week window when i had the right variety of flowers blooming to make a really nice bouquet. I'm definitely subscribing so i can come back and learn more!
@ShelovesfloraАй бұрын
Hands down the best flower farming channel.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
☺️☺️☺️
@cbak181920 күн бұрын
Jesse, this will be my first year selling, the Web designing has been mind bending for me. But thank God I made it through! The business model is tricky I my target area, businesses with office workers. Second residential and third a florist. No Facebook. When I talk to business owners I will nail down how they will buy if they are gifting to employees. I already have one owner who approached me through text after I gifted his workers with small spring bouquets! Best of all things in the New year to you and all who read this.🎉
@MyFocusVariesАй бұрын
I love callas. I'm in 7b, where they're marginal, but I leave them in the ground and they've been fine for 5+ years. I mulch them in the winter then remove the mulch in the spring. They emerge so late that i have to put a marker in the ground so I don't plant over them. Ball dahlias are one of my favourites. ❤️ I'm not a flower farmer, but like a flower farmer, I want anything I plant to be easy to grow, and good in bouquets.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Ohhh I have hope for my callas! I’m hoping the ones closer to the house in my landscape will come back. How do you find their productivity as a perennial?
@MyFocusVariesАй бұрын
@@bareflowerfarm they've come back every year, even after last winter where we had a brutal cold spell. I'm in Vancouver BC Canada, where our typical winter day is 6 or 7 C (45F). We had a month of -10C (14f) and the callas survived. They haven't expanded much, but I may dig them after this year and spread them around. This year has been very mild so far. We haven't had a hard frost yet. I have dahlias still in bloom, which is unheard of for December. (I also don't dig my dahlias. I buy inexpensive tubers and hope for the best.)
@Gary1964muslimАй бұрын
I live in zone Eight A in Virginia I took cuttings off of my dahlias in June. These cuttings were stems that were cut in half and had one leaf node per stem as the cutting by the end of September all these were blooming, and when I dug them up I was able to get multiple tubers. In those few months I went from a 2 inch cutting to multiple tubers and flowers. They were extremely easy to do. What I learned is that not all varieties of Dahlia‘s take to cutting as easily as others but the upshot is in one growing season if you get the cuttings done and get them out to the field to grow, you can have flowers and large size plants in that one season. It is definitely way cheaper than buying tubers.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Yes! Def a faster (and cheaper) way of multiplying your stock!
@janetkuenzi8710Ай бұрын
please share some of the varieties that will readily root their cuttings. I made three tries... a dozen each time and zero rootings.
@MartinHouseFlowersАй бұрын
This was a very helpful video! 💚I was disappointed in my Bells of Ireland this past spring, so not planning to regrow but agree with all the others mentioned in that "bucket". I'm trying 3 varieties of Dahlias this spring, it will be my first time with tubers. I'm now going to lookout for Western Lilian! I've only grown them from seed, but taking the leap and hoping I can overwinter them successfully in my Northern Illinois zone 5B.Totally agree with Snapdragons, they were my #1 successful cut flower that bloomed all the way from spring to late fall, without succession planting.I just kept cutting on them! You're doing an amazing job juggling all of it, while taking care of E! 💝🙏
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Westerton lillian is a beautiful dahlia but I will say it’s not reliable as a mixed bouquet flower bc the head is SO big! I just love it for its look. Sometimes you just need a few flowers for you ♥️. Thank you for the kind words!
@lia.rhodey9417Ай бұрын
Awesome video and yay to no fevers!!!! praying for no fevers next time too and no hospital visits! I bet you did a great job replacing it for your first time! It’s awkward and seems uncomfortable, I hope it wasn’t too uncomfortable for her. She is the absolute cutest ❤❤❤
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Thanks Lia!! I didn’t realize they provided petroleum jelly for a reason so I jammed it in there without any lubricant but… at least the hole didn’t close 😂
@lia.rhodey9417Ай бұрын
😂 it didn’t close so that’s a win! Haha
@wildbirdfarm24 күн бұрын
Looooved this video, Jessie! I am taking a hard look at the number of varieties I grow and what can be cut - just like how mentioned saponaria and corn cockle are interchangeable for the most part. I’m narrowing my focus and putting together a more streamlined crop plan. 🙏 for E - good update!
@janetkuenzi8710Ай бұрын
I am excited to see you are getting excited about dahlias. People at my market are very "turned on" by the variety of colors and shapes...especially the multi-toned and ombre. The brilliant and deep colors get immediate attention... I only grow a few of the pale blushy dahlias and no whites to speak of. But that depends on your market. You should have great success in your zone. They are challenging in my 8A heat and humidity but I would never drop them from my list. They make the bouquet and they sell a bouquet. You are right that people will go for the beauty that makes them swoon... and enjoy it for a short time. They do want a longer vase life if they are giving to someone else. Dahlias are an absolute thrill to design with. At 73 I am not going to deny myself this pleasure for any reason or amount of money they do or do not make for me. Ranunculus are an easy to grow flower. I am growing more each year as I buy a couple hundred new corms and colors but I also dig up the corms at the end of season and replant the next year. They store easily and I get almost 100% sprouting from these.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Haha, i am starting to shift to your mentality at about half the age. Life is too short, don't deny yourself the pleasure based on money :)
@jodyvasey95298 күн бұрын
Thank you !!! You’re videos are helpful & amazing
@anyas.7748Ай бұрын
Great list. Good to see E doing well. I am in NJ zone 7a. I have never brought calla inside and they perennialize and productive.
@tanyakilbane7636Ай бұрын
I’m in Colorado and I’m jealous! 😂🎉
@anyas.7748Ай бұрын
Try leaving couple of callas outside and mulch heavily until the last frost in spring. You will never know it may survive. Find out if you have any mico climate area in your garden, south wall, or a protected area from wind. Usually plants survive better in those areas and you can try couple of them in that spot. I have a strip of land where it’s protected from evergreens on one side and raised beds on the other side and my zinnias in that area lasted longer even after a mild frost but rest of the plants in other places were black from frost damage.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Ohhh that's so good to know!! I've heard they are iffy in our zone but hopefully they do their magic for next year!
@JerriBerriWАй бұрын
this is a great list, Jessie! As I am excitedly planning my 2025, I've already added many of these to my list! One thing I noticed that might be short is a workhorse for the month of May, maybe? Will you consider growing some Allium bulbs - they are perennials, no need to dig, easy to grow, multi-pest-resistant, and different varieties can bloom all the way from start of May into June. I just added 60 to my tiny little beds! I had a video in May 2023 comparing 20 varieties when I was gardening at Chanticleer Garden, I did it in Chinese '20种大花葱生图对比Alliums', but I know you may be able to understand it!
@alisonburgess345Ай бұрын
Doubt the bells will overwinter Jessie (they're an annual). However if you let them seed, they will pop up in spring EVERYWHERE.. They're a great flower, but I had no luck selling them as a bunch this last weekend. They're very useful in bouquets though - just a beautiful green..
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
I planted new plugs in! This time I only put half a tray bc I also learned, I don’t need that many bells 😁. I have never tried selling them as a bunch actually. That’s a shame because I think they would look wonderful as a bunch. Did you try to put them in a vase to showcase what they could look like? Sometimes that works!
@sislertxАй бұрын
How.do u process them They are so labor intensive...but they will grow around here so that's a plus...but never from seed...ever..in fact because of our climate...all seeds struggle.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
@@sislertxI will admit, they are a PAIN to process. For wholesale, I increased the stem price by 20 cents bc I was tripping the leaves off for the bells to remain. For retail, I left the leaves on and made sure I took off any thorns
@alisonburgess345Ай бұрын
@@bareflowerfarm Haha - great idea. All the bells I have this year (in Australia, so it's summer here) are seed grown in-situ from last years plants.. I doubt I'll get rid of them (not that I want to). I'm trying to direct seed everything this year - it's way less work.
@tanyakilbane7636Ай бұрын
Annual = only blooms once
@jwhite5396Ай бұрын
Your eyes really lit up talking about speciality tulip farming…. Glad to see E is busy being happy. 😀
@GrettaVanMaanen-pj8qlАй бұрын
As always, great information!
@FabdancАй бұрын
What are your thoughts on gomphrena? I grew for the first time this year, and I was very impressed. I had the worst summer with marigolds. Sure, they were stunners come October... but they were pest magnets especially with spider mites.
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
I avoid it like the plague. But that's just me! I just hate harvesting it and while few other flowers are ball shaped during that time, I have a bit of PTSD from harvesting. I think growing them in small quantities would be fine. And yes! They are spider mite magnets. I gave away all of my gomphrena seeds. Thats how much I hated them lol
@sheilahurford5931Ай бұрын
Brilliant thankyou sending love
@hyzinn45964 күн бұрын
I have a question for you! How do you prevent algae from taking hold of your tulip roots in hydroponics?
@bareflowerfarm4 күн бұрын
Hmmm that’s actually not an issue for me, are you getting algae in your roots?
@jordonsflowerfarmАй бұрын
What volume/scale do you think would make callas worth it? I have a florist who loves them so I always consider adding them
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
For you, probably start with 1 crate which is 125-150rhizomes. Pick a color you think will do well. If grown well, you should be able to get close to 1000 stems from that! You would have prob 3-4 weeks to harvest from that and from there on out, you can gauge how much interest your buyers have. But best of all, you can perennialize them in OK!
@jordonsflowerfarmАй бұрын
@ Thanks friend!! Favorite supplier?
@sislertxАй бұрын
I need focal flowers..what we can grow around d here...and it all takes great effort is few and far between..im pushing 80 and last three months I sure feel it..cant hardly bring myself to do the work too
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
Perennials and reliable reseeders! Can you perennialize dahlias, roses, lilies and rely on reseeders like marigolds and zinnias?
@tanyakilbane7636Ай бұрын
Your pink top looks so cozy!
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
I love it!! And got it second hand too 😁
@tanyakilbane7636Ай бұрын
@ that is the best!
@FaeHavenFlowersАй бұрын
Have you considered increasing your dahlia stock by growing cuttings? I found with cosmos the double click varieties have a pretty good vase life. 😍 Do you have a video on how to figure out how many plants to grow to have enough for market bouquets through the season? This coming year I am going to try and use my old sunflower stocks as stakes fingers crossed it goes well 🤣
@bareflowerfarmАй бұрын
It’s def a good way to increase your stock but I actually had more tubers than I needed! And yes, the double click cosmos gave like a week or vase life. Here is a video I did in year 1 - same principles apply! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIfClKuMp6mkrpYsi=qRDo5Ci2SB3IV2PB
@cbak1819Ай бұрын
Thanks Jess! Q? I have voles, so I grow in raised beds with hardware cloth.. Is that hard on Sunflower growth? Last year they seemed stunted. Other issues in play.
@FabdancАй бұрын
I grow sunflowers and intentionally dwarf them. If you do not give them ample root depth, they dwarf themselves. For example I grew some varieties that get 6-8 ft tall in like *maybe* 7 inches of soil, and they only got 2-2.5 feet tall.
@cbak181920 күн бұрын
Thanks for replying. Very interesting, I thought so but then I had some pollen verities that didn't stunt. It's not something I want to guess about. I space 6" apart, but they seemed stressed last year. My second year growing cut flowers. This year I start selling. I have another bed that the voles haven't touched, may be due to bricks around bed and concrete on the other side. @@Fabdanc