Summer on a Profitable Part Time Flower Farm | Flower Chat

[@Happyhillsflowerfarm]

Love your new little co-star’s! 😻 FYI for those curious, I hold snaps successfully in the cooler for 2 weeks, set at 38 degrees. I use Chrysal 2 holding solution and change the water every 5 days.

[@nicoleporter4052]

Thanks for posting! I appreciate the knowledge I get from each video! And I find them enjoyable as well!! I love that y’all are so vocal about your Christian values!! Thank you!! Keep posting! 😊

[@theresaburg5881]

Loved watching you two (you're hilarious) and the kittens are cute. Hearing your thoughts on the different flowers is interesting. Flowers vary so much by area and year. Enjoy your time off.

[@terribeach4400]

This is my first year growing, and i started with zinnias as recommended by so many as a first-timer. I loved them at first, but they are now just covered with different worms. Some are tiny. Some are huge. They kook beautiful from a distance, and then as i walk through, I see all the flaws. The quality is definitely declining. I am sorry you are having some of the same thoughts as me, but it's encouraging to hear that it's not just me. I started hearing negative thoughts in my little brain like "if you can't keep zinnias healthy, you might as well quit" 😭. Thank you for sharing! I love your videos! ❤

[@pamspreutels1473]

Love you all! Understand zinnia trouble totally. Oddly, we direct seeded (into landscape fabric where they would "live"). Those plants have been an Incredible Improvement over what we start in trays. Our "tray babies " look & grow well, but the direct seed are just better, healthier, & more productive! Also a Ton less work than starting in trays. ( ThreeStrands; NW AR, year 2)

[@lizzyk3444]

My favorite videos to watch on a Sunday morning while getting ready for church! You two have such an uplifting presence ❤

[@CoramDeoFarm]

love this feedback! We are getting ready to head to church soon too :)

[@YanickaQuilt]

I know that a lot of people grow procut but i love my Vincent's choice.

[@person3952]

Your videos are the highlight of my week. Or Fortnite. And kittens are highly interesting and adorable.

[@CoramDeoFarm]

Happy to hear that!

[@nancydockter4093]

I am a small scale Arkansas flower farmer, zone 8a. Because of the few types of cut flowers that are heat tolerant, I have ordered Asiatic lilies for next year. Love your videos!

[@cbak1819]

So true about Zinnia's... if the plant is healthy they will be great in bouquets, in my experience. This year I pinched them before planting and planted them in early May, a week after last frost. They are the strongest I have grown. The plant is shorter, but the stems are 24 inches at least. Full sun and water.. the soil dries fast. Have you ever tried salvia's they smell great and ok to use cooler. Thanks for all the " banter" cats and humor.. ❤❤

[@cbak1819]

So true about Zinnia's... if the plant is healthy they will be great in bouquets, in my experience. This year I pinched them before planting and planted them in early May, a week after last frost. They are the strongest I have grown. The plant is shorter, but the stems are 24 inches at least. Full sun and water.. the soil dries fast. Thanks for all the " banter" cats and humar.. ❤❤

[@Byrdroostfarm]

I am a sunflower farm and I’m planting g until August 16th. Also, if you row cover Sunflowers in March you can start them early.😊 I love sunflowers ❤️❤️❤️

[@Byrdroostfarm]

I’m trying new varieties too this fall 😊

[@4DayWeekends]

I agree about the zinnias. They were never my favorite. This year has been super weird for them. Super short, small, browning. What has surprised me have been the marigolds! I’m second year and this year I started my marigolds earlier and added a few varieties. They are strong tall and vibrant. Not super huge flowers but the size of my zinnias so far.

[@madonnaschmid7707]

I too, have a love hate relationship with Zinnias! They take me longer to harvest than any other flower I grow. The lighter colors seem to brown out quicker. The Oklahomas are very petite, My favorite to grow and behave the best is Uproar Rose Zinnia!

[@cherigeitz7798]

Love your videos!!!!

[@catreeves963]

Love the cats ❤ we over winter statice here so you might get away with planting it out very early spring where you are.

[@AnnaKincaid]

I am in zone 8 I planted sunflowers back in April they still haven’t bloomed! I also had to pull lots of them because they got fungus due to the very wet and cool conditions we had this year. I just planted a succession of sunflowers we shall see how they do.

[@LisaGuigar]

Thank u for another great video !

[@3kidmama]

I'm a cool climate grower and am finding out that the 50/60day sunflowers planted in Spring are taking much longer than the packet maturity dates. I think the soil temp, day temp as well as and day length affect their rate of development too. We had a cool spring (not frost) with lots of overcast days and rain in contrast to the sunny early summer we experienced last yr. My procut sunflowers have been in ground for 52days already and we are still about 2wks away from harvesting a bloom. I"m learning that perennials are what will most likely be the blooms to use between that Spring to Summer lag time.

[@stephmoore22]

Do you succession grow statice for fall bouquets? I agree with the comment about how I really look forward to your videos every (or every other 😉) Sunday and watch while I’m getting ready for church. God bless. Here for the kittens too and all the babies. ❤

[@teresasuderman2199]

I know that tunnel space is precious, but what about putting some sunflowers in the tunnel. That could speed them up enough to have some for Mothers Day maybe. Just a thought

[@ccanary3133]

gotta factor in day length with all plants especially with succession planting. Been there too.

[@kendastaudenmaier3689]

I don't care for the smell but I like the look of marigold in the bouquet.

[@cyndiesgarden365]

Could marigolds be a good substitute for zinnias? I have some of the coco orange in the ground for fall, but this is my first time growing them. 🤷‍♀️

[@cyndiesgarden365]

Oh geez, this is why I shouldn't comment b4 the end of the video. Once u said lisianthis was the last one, my brain was wondering and I started typing 😂

[@CoramDeoFarm]

Ha yes! We got out of order there. I’m definitely planting more marigolds next year

[@jessicabellamy3442]

Have you found that celosia holds up in the cooler? Ours seems to brown very easily under cooler temps. 😢

[@christyleitner5949]

My 4th year flower farming but 5th year cutting zinnas for arrangements and I don't like the "vase life worry" either. The only other flower that could take the place is dahlias but I refuse to put all the energy into what it take to grow them. I cut those the 3rd year 😂 I need advice on another bloom. I do have unlimited hydrangeas but would like another bloom.

[@CoramDeoFarm]

I’m increasing marigolds and sunflowers i think to off set

[@Newgardener9b]

Did you pinch your snaps? They were lovely!

[@CoramDeoFarm]

No i prefer not to

[@MoonchildBloomsFF]

Im feeling the same way about zinnias this year. I feel like they're decreasing the value of my mixed bouquets. I grow benary too, the first cut is always kinda pitiful but mine aren't coming back much better either. Super annoying!

[@Juliet-ej3gc]

Do you think the soil temp is what makes the difference in the sunnies? Even first year growing in NC mts I saw this with the bloom time on the zinnas I did. I sowed really early and the second later sow came on sooner then my first planting. I wonder if you covered or green house grew if you wouldn't have better results in timing? I am going to attempt to cattle panel and plastic "green house" my fall sunnies to see if I can get them through Indian summer and reuse same scenario for spring. Just a thought?

[@nancydockter4093]

YES. From Zone 8a flower farmer: I grew sunflowers in my hoop house this summer on a whim in June to fill a spot. Overall it worked fine. However, the ones on the south side shaded the ones on the north side. I was too busy to run some rope to corral those, so they flopped over into a mess. But this tells me that next spring, before I put on shade on the house, I could do an early crop of sunflowers, likely transplants, to grow some for early spring and Mother's Day sales.

[@haleywhite5949]

Don’t be fooled we love the cat content too

[@sallyloosli4379]

Can sunflowers be kept on a cooler or refrigerator? How long will they last? I'm having the same problem right now...

[@sallyloosli4379]

How did you correct your white fly issue??? I had them last year and had no idea what to do..

[@maritmadsen554]

❤

[@cynthiagustafson2541]

I'm a cat person for sure! Loved to watch them. They're so naughty! Are you putting in another tunnel?

[@cbak1819]

I don't have a cooler and it takes 3-5 days in my unheated garage. This was not wanted when I thought they would open in 12-24 hours..

[@torimarie7659]

I actually don’t mind the meandering path through zinnia discussion. Because you touched on lots of useful things. Didn’t true off my note taking at all

[@cbak1819]

😻😻

[@carolleimbach6407]

Scent of marigold blooms is wonderful, but foliage odor is yuck. I strip the leaves off, so no problem.

[@stephmoore22]

Sounds like you can’t force the sunflower. They like a certain temps.

[@kendastaudenmaier3689]

I think sunflowers are very temperature sensitive.

[@cbak1819]

I have been here before😂

[@janiestrasser]

I didn’t think sunflowers like cooler?

[@CoramDeoFarm]

Nope they are good! I set around 38