September 2017 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: People often ask about certain biological soil treatments that contain strains of Trichoderma (example: Root Shield). These are not the same organism, and Root Shield products ...
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September 2017 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: I am often asked for a recipe for fungicide drenching or dipping prior to planting spring bulb crops. My advice is to consider using products ...
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September 2017 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: By now, most people have heard of the challenges with the current tulip crop. Many bulbs did not size up well and like last ...
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October 2016 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Another way to reduce root growth is to simply give them less time to grow. We learned this from hydroponic tulips, where bulbs are first ...
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October 2014 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: It is important to start clean! A thorough cleaning of all bulb handling, planting and cooling facilities will help to avoid problems in forcing, ...
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October 2014 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: The 2014 field season in Holland was challenging, with warm temperatures early in the growing season, and again after flowering. Warm soil temperatures during ...
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May 2014 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Considering their economic importance, there has been relatively little research published on postharvest handling of cut lilies. Complicating this is the diversity of cultivar ...
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September 2013 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: It is important to start clean! A thorough cleaning of bulb handling, planting and cooling facilities will help to avoid problems in forcing, especially ...
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November 2010 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Topics include: Dry bulb storage – Starts on page 1. Soil and substrate, soil temperature, soil moisture – Starts on page 2. ...
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May 2009 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: We are used to considering sports as being essentially identical plants, with nearly identical horticultural characteristics, differing only in flower color, or perhaps flower form. ...
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