basics of forced flowering perennials royal d. heins oro farms
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Basics of Forced Flowering Perennials
Royal D. HeinsOro Farms
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What information do you need to produce flowering perennials?
• Green or in flower• Space availability and when• Acceptable input costs• Pot size• Facility availability
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Equipment needed to produce perennials
• Heated greenhouse• Long-day lighting• Photosynthetic lighting• Short-day environment• Cooler
• Late source of plants
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Grower issueSell green XSell in Flower Accelerate Delay
Heated greenhouseLong day lightingPhotosynthetic lightingShort Day environmentCoolerLate source of plants
Situation
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Grower issueSell green XSell in Flower X Accelerate Delay
Heated greenhouseLong day lightingPhotosynthetic lightingShort Day environmentCoolerLate source of plants
Situation
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Grower issueSell green XSell in Flower X Accelerate X Delay
Heated greenhouseLong day lightingPhotosynthetic lightingShort Day environmentCoolerLate source of plants
Situation
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Grower issueSell green XSell in Flower X Accelerate X Delay X
Heated greenhouseLong day lightingPhotosynthetic lightingShort Day environmentCoolerLate source of plants
Situation
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Grower issueSell green XSell in Flower X Accelerate X X Delay X X
Heated greenhouseLong day lightingPhotosynthetic lightingShort Day environmentCoolerLate source of plants
Situation
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Let’s talk about perennials, then come back and identify the best
plants for the situations and what is needed to force out of
natural season.
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1st Year Subsequent Years
Emergence
Dormancy Flowering
Vernalization
Winter
Fall Summer
Long Days
Spring
Winter
Spring / SummerSeed
Germination
Dormancy Juvenile Growth
Maturity
Vernalization
FallShort DaysCooler temps.
Herbaceous perennial life cycle
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Flowering Mechanisms
Juvenile plant
Mature plant
FlowerWarm temps.
Flower
Cold required
Warm temps.
Cold required
requiredLong days
FlowerWarm temps.
requiredLong days
FlowerWarm temps.
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Horticultural Perennial Flowering Schedules
Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
PlantPlant Grow to FlowerGrow to Flower
Vernalize Grow to FlowerPlant Bulk
Plant Bulk
In the field
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Plant Material from Plugs
Plant to finish pot
Force to Flower
Bulking
Vernalization
Seed
Vernalization
Bulking
Germination
Force to Flower
Plant
Juvenility
Vegetative Cutting
Vernalization
Bulking
Rooting
Force to Flower
Plant
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Plant Material from Bareroot Clumps
PropaguleSeed Rooted Cuttingor
Division
Bulk during summer
Force to flower
Plant to field
Dig from field
Vernalize in cooler
Plant during winter or early spring
Plant to finish pot
Bulk
Vernalize
Force to flower
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Keys to Success
• Mature plants• Proper plant size• Proper cold treatment• Proper photoperiod• Proper timing• Adequate light
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Keys to Success
• Mature plants – plants not juvenile
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Juvenility
– Usually refers to seed-propagated plants
– This is a period where plants will not flower even if given appropriate environments
– A plant must reach maturity to flower
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Not by the size of the plug tray in which it was produced…
How Can You Tell if an Herbaceous Perennial is Mature?
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How Can You Tell if an Herbaceous Perennial is Mature?
Plant leaf number is the key.
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• Plug size by itself does not provide the answer.• But, older plants in larger plug trays have a higher potential to be mature.
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Age Requirements for Flowering Common Herbaceous Perennials
Aquilegia Columbine Some species require at least 15 leaves to flower consistently
Aster alpinus Alpine aster Plants require at least 15 leaves to flower consistently
Astilbe arendsii Astilbe Plants with five to six leaves flowered very inconsistently
Coreopsis ‘Sunray’ Tickseed Juvenile phase ends with about 16 leaves
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Plants with four leaves flower
Euphorbia epithymoides Cushion spurge Plants with six to eight leaves failed to flower
Goniolimon tatarica Statice Plants with 10 to 14 leaves failed to flower
Heuchera sanguinea Coral bells Plants require 16 leaves to flower consistently
Physostegia virginiana Obedient plant Plants require at least 10 leaves to flower consistently
Veronica spicata ‘Blue’ Speedwell Plants with six to eight leaves will flower
Plant name Common name Age requirements
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Lack of flowering may be caused by juvenility or lack of adequate vernalization
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Keys to Success
• Mature plants• Proper plant size
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Considerations• Container size for finished product• Planting date (time to bulk before flower
induction)
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Horticultural Perennial Flowering Schedules
Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer
PlantPlant Grow to FlowerGrow to Flower
Vernalize Grow to FlowerPlant Bulk
Plant Bulk
In the field
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Available Plant Sizes
• Plug trays– 512-cell– 288-cell– 128-cell– 72-cell– 50-cell– 36-cell
• 2-1/4 inch pots• Field grown, bare-root divisions or clumps
Previous year
Current year
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Starting Material Influences• Flowering percentage (if plant has a juvenile
phase)
• Plant size at flowering
• Flower number
• Time to flower
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Starting Plant Sizes
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Influence of Starting Size on Subsequent Flowering of Plants
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Starting Material• Disease free
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Artemisia ‘Silver Mound’
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Echinacea
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Starting Material• Disease free• Uniform development
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Phlox paniculata
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Aquilegia
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Starting Material• Disease free• Uniform development• Multiple eyes (buds)
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Multiple buds produce a full pot
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More lateral buds will yield more shoots to fill the pot
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More lateral buds will yield more shoots to fill the pot
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Points to Remember• Determine final container size
• Select starting material that is an appropriate size based on the planting date
• The larger the starting plant material and the earlier the plant is potted, the larger the finish plant
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Points to Remember• To produce large plants
– Bulk small plants before flower induction– Plant multiple small plugs into one large pot– Start with large plant material with multiple
shoots
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Keys to Success• Mature plants• Proper plant size• Proper cold treatment
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Flowering Mechanisms
Juvenile plant
Mature plant
FlowerWarm temps.
Flower
Cold required
Warm temps.
Cold required
requiredLong days
FlowerWarm temps.
requiredLong days
FlowerWarm temps.
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Responses to Cold Treatment
• Cold treatment not recommended
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Cold Treatment Not Recommended
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Cold Treatment Not Recommended
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Responses to Cold Treatment
• Cold treatment not recommended• No response to cold treatment
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No Response to Cold Treatment
No cold 15-weeks cold
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Responses to Cold Treatment• Cold treatment not recommended• No response to cold treatment• Cold treatment beneficial
– Increased flowering percentage– Decreased time to flower– Increased flower number– Improve flower uniformity
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Cold Treatment Beneficial
No cold 15-weeks cold
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Responses to Cold Treatment• Cold treatment not recommended• No response to cold treatment• Cold treatment beneficial• Cold treatment required
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Delivering Cold Treatment• Cool seedlings or cuttings in the plug tray
– Plants that are mature, not juvenile
• Pot in larger container, grow until mature and then place in a cooler or cold greenhouse– Species with a juvenile phase – Plants that do not have the minimum recommended
number of leaves
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Delivering Cold Treatment• In a cooler
– Nine-hour photoperiod
– Lights delivering about 50 footcandles
• In a greenhouse
• Under a thermal blanket outdoors
• Purchase plugs that have been cooled
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Overwintering and cooling outside
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Overwintering view of 2-gallon pots
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Production greenhouse overwintering perennials
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Hosta overwintered
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Delivering Cold Treatment
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Salvia liners in cooler
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Perennial plugs cooling and holding in cooler
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Perennial plugs in cooler
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Plant appearance after cooling can be “ugly”
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Effective Temperatures• Range from 32°F (0°C) to 45°F (7°C)
• 41°F (5°C) is recommended
• Temperatures below freezing can be used but,
• Avoid temperatures below 28°F (-2°C)
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Duration• Varies by species
• Most species will flower properly following 6-weeks cold, but some may require up to 10 weeks of cold.
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Keys to Success
• Mature plants• Proper plant size• Proper cold treatment• Proper photoperiod
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1st Year Subsequent Years
Emergence
Dormancy Flowering
Vernalization
Winter
Fall Summer
Long Days
Spring
Winter
Spring / SummerSeed
Germination
Dormancy Juvenile Growth
Maturity
Vernalization
FallShort DaysCooler temps.
Herbaceous perennial life cycle
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Changes in Natural PhotoperiodVariations in day length for different latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere
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Types of Photoperiod Responses
• Day-neutral plants (DNP)
• Short-day plants (SDP)
• Long-day plants (LDP)
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Perennials in Northern Climates
• DNP = no response to long days (generally
only after cold)
• Facultative LDP = long days beneficial
• Obligate LDP = long days required
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Day-Neutral Plant
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Facultative Long-Day Plant
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Obligate Long-Day Plant
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Obligate long-day plant
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Rudbeckia showing short day growth habit
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Echinacea with short day growth habit
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Echinacea growing with LD
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Lighting Strategies• Night interruption (NI)
• Predawn lighting
• Day-extension lighting
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Response of Coreopsis ‘Early Sunrise’ to Long-day lighting treatments
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Effectiveness of Night Interruption Treatments on Campanula carpatica
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Sensitivity of Campanula carpatica to Low Light Levels
0 0.25 0.5 5 10 footcandles
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Comparison of commonly used electric light source in R/FR
Light sourceR/FR
Sunlight 1.15
High pressure sodium 5.9
Incandescent 0.7
Metal halide 3.3
Cool white fluorescent 8.8
Light Quality Is Influenced by Light Source
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Influence of Light Quality on Coreopsis grandiflora
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Types of Photoperiodic Lighting
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
• High Pressure Sodium
• Moving High Pressure Sodium
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Incandescent
Bench Lamps Spacing Height
4 foot 60W 4 feet 2 to 3 feet
2-4 feet 100W 6 feet 2 to 3 feet
General rule - 1.25 Watts per square foot
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Incandescent Installation at Post Garden’s in Rockwood, MI
500-watt quartz lamps 96 lamps per acre 15’ between lamps Rows of lamps spaced 60’ apart Lamps face both directions in each row Equals 1.1 W per square foot
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Incandescent Installation at Yoders - Alva, Florida
150 watt bulbs with internal reflector 10’ x 10’ spacing 8’ to 9’ above soil Equals 1.5 W per square foot while on 5 minutes on/5 minutes off for 4 hours Equals 0.75 W per square foot continuous
duty
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Fluorescent Installation at Yoders - Pendleton, South Carolina
75-watt CWF, 8’ tube 10.5’ x 10.5’ spacing 8’ to 9’ above benches Equals 0.75 Watt per square foot 4 hours on winter and 2 hours summer
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High Pressure Sodium
0.3 Watts per square foot 1500 square feet per 400 W fixture (theory) Equals 40 x 40 spacing … but 45’ high
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High Pressure Sodium Installation at Bordine’s Better Blooms, Clarkston, MI
5 lamps in a 30’ x 150’ house (4,500 sq ft) Lamps 13’ from end walls, spaced 25’ 0.5 watts per square foot 15 fc in all corners 30 to 35 fc under lamps
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Lighting system over perennials
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Moving High Pressure Sodium
Attach lamps to a boom
Cycle boom back and forth every 30 minutes or less
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Moving High Pressure Sodium Installation at Center Greenhouse, Denver, CO
Two 1000-watt lamps on a boom 35’ x 275’ house (6125 feet) 0.35 Watts per square foot (equivalent) 700 fc under lamps, 150 fc on edge Round trip every 16 to 18 minutes
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High Pressure Sodium Moving Boom Installation at Mid-American Growers, Granville, IL
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Lighting Costs
• Watts per square foot times electrical rate per KWH equals cost per 1000 square feet per hour
• Watts X $ per KWH = cost per 1000 ft2
ft2 Hour
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Electrical Cost per 1000 ft2
Watts per ft2 Cost per night
1.25 $0.11
1.1 $0.09
0.75 $0.06
0.5 $0.04
0.35 $0.03
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Points to Remember• Night interruption or day-extension lighting
is more effective than predawn lighting for inducing flowering
• For rapid and uniform flowering, night interruption should be four hours long with lights on the entire four hours
• In most perennials, provide at least 10 footcandles to induce flowering
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Points to Remember• Standard mum lighting is adequate to induce
flowering in many perennial species• Cool white fluorescent, high pressure sodium
or metal halide lights are also effective and will result in more compact plants for some plant species
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QUESTIONS?