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Temperature
The document provides strategies for managing garden mums in extreme heat, including shading, cooling sprays, careful irrigation, and disease management.
The document provides strategies for managing greenhouses during cold weather, including consolidating crops into better-insulated structures, utilizing 'hot spots', and tenting young plants to slow heat loss.
The document provides strategies for protecting crops from heat stress, including the use of shade structures, syringing plants, and cooling cuttings before and during propagation.
The document provides strategies for growers to ensure their crops are at peak quality for retail, including adjusting plant size, focusing on flower power, acting early, maintaining root-zone health, focusing on color development, and managing temperature and fertilizer for toned vegetative growth.
The document provides strategies for garden mum growers to combat late crown budding caused by adverse weather conditions, including temperature and nutrition management, and suggests specific fertilizers and growth regulators to use.
The document provides guidelines on handling poinsettia cuttings that have been exposed to heat stress during shipping, emphasizing the importance of rehydration and cooling measures.
The document provides tips on managing garden mum production in extreme heat, discussing the effects of high temperatures on plant growth, strategies to cool plants, and potential disease concerns.
The document discusses the importance of temperature and humidity control in seed storage, suggesting three levels of storage facilities: a household refrigerator, a reach-in cooler with a dehumidifier, and a walk-in cold room with a plate dehumidifier.
The document discusses the causes of geranium chlorosis and breakdown, attributing it to poor post-harvest handling or temperature issues during transit.
The document discusses the process of crown budding in mums, explaining how temperature and photoperiod affect flower initiation, and provides guidelines for managing these factors to control budding and flowering.
The document discusses the effects of low temperatures on Pentas lanceolata, a crop that suffers chilling injury when exposed to temperatures below 60°F (15°C), and provides guidelines for its production, shipping, and finishing to prevent such injury.
The document provides detailed guidelines for successful fall pansy planting, emphasizing the importance of using cool water, maintaining appropriate pH and temperature, and applying specific fertilizers and fungicides.
The document provides strategies for slowing the development of ahead-of-schedule poinsettia crops, focusing on temperature, environment, and cultural strategies, as well as plant growth retardant strategies.
The document provides strategies for slowing the development of poinsettia crops that are ahead of schedule, focusing on temperature, environment, and cultural strategy, as well as plant growth retardant strategy.
The document discusses the issue of red kale not growing as large as other varieties, likely due to its higher anthocyanin content and cooler night temperatures, and suggests growing red kale in a tunnel or hoop house to maintain warmer night temperatures.
The document provides tips for growers on how to root and grow perennial cuttings, including temperature and humidity management, sticking cuttings, and applying fungicide.
The document discusses the importance of energy curtains in greenhouses, not only for trapping heat and saving energy, but also for reducing disease pressure in plants.
The document provides guidance on managing garden mums in low temperatures, tracking their growth, and adjusting feeding and treatment strategies based on their size and health.
The document discusses the impact of poor post-harvest handling and temperature changes during shipping on the health of geranium plants, leading to chlorosis/breakdown.
The document provides information on best practices for handling poinsettia cuttings that have heated up during transport, including checking temperatures, implementing protocols, and cooling strategies.