Specialty Cut Flowers I

9:00am - 9:50am

Tips on Manipulating the Day Length to Extend the Cut Flower Season

Struggle getting your cut flowers ready for holidays such as Valentines day, Easter and Mother’s day? Learn which specialty cut flower crops are day length sensitive and how to improve cut flower quality and reduce time to harvest. Roberto will also share the latest MSU research on how crops such as dahlia and ranunculus can be induced to flower earlier in the field, high tunnel or greenhouse

Roberto Lopez-Michigan State University

10:00am - 10:50am

Getting Ahead of Disease in Specialty Cut Flower Production

Mary Hausbeck-Michigan State University