Troubleshooting Tricky Crops

[@cbak1819]

Love the shirt with your eyes.. or is it the reverse? 😘

[@Lavender_May_American_Rooted]

What three cut flower books would you recommend for growing and harvesting?

[@farmerbaileyplugs]

These are all available at www.ascfg.org/shop/books/ Principles of Floriculture, by John Dole Postharvest Handling of Cut Flowers and Greens, various. Specialty Cut Flowers, Second Edition by Allan Armitage

[@Lavender_May_American_Rooted]

You're awesome! Thank you

[@heatherbright7214]

I found that the cupcake zinnias show up when the nights start to get cooler in late summer or fall depending on your zone.

[@farmerbaileyplugs]

Great insight, thank you! ~felicia

[@cbak1819]

I had aphids for the first time in my garden on Sylvia, I initially sprayed them off with water, but I was reminded that ladybugs eat them so I suffered through these black aphids being on my salvia and lo and behold ladybugs came in and took care of the problem.

[@farmerbaileyplugs]

Love the beneficials! Preparing with beneficials before you have pest outbreaks is the pro move. ~felicia

[@cbak1819]

Was that a humming bird flying behind you?

[@cbak1819]

I made a flower bed that gets early morning and then afternoon sun.. ( trees need trimming ) my flowers were very tall not budding or low and they seemed stressed.. cosmos finally bloomed in September. I thought it was from too much shade they were struggling. Well I'll have to see what happens after I trim the tree.

[@farmerbaileyplugs]

Yes, it sounds like they needed more light. Pretty much all flowers need full sun, unless specified otherwise. ~Felicia