August 2011 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Most Dahia growth regulator recommendations are based on A-Rest. Initial studies indicated that Bonzi and Topflor offer much better growth control at a lower cost, but ...
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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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August 2010 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Pot hyacinths bulbs are produced almost exclusively in Holland and are shipped worldwide for greenhouse forcing as a winter to spring pot plant or cut ...
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March 2010 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: In recent years, Crocosmia has been gaining in popularity throughout the world. ‘Lucifer’ is probably the best-known cultivar and has been selected by the ...
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January 2010 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: As a part of the Flower Bulb Research Program at Cornell University, we conducted a calla lily study in summer 2008 (see Research Newsletter, ...
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March 2009 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Topflor and similar growth regulators (for example, Bonzi, Piccolo, Sumagic, etc.) act by reducing gibberellin synthesis within the plant. Since gibberellins are important for ...
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December 2008 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: With increasing production of both cut and pot calla, there are opportunities to evaluate growth and development of these newer cultivars. As a part ...
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February 2008 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Height control, especially in the postharvest phase, remains a potential problem in hyacinth. During forcing, hyacinths are commonly sprayed with Florel for height control, and ...
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February 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: One of the ongoing issues for pot hyacinth growers in North America is “floppy stems”, where the heavy flower causes the stem to flop ...
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July 2005 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: In a continuing program, each year we evaluate a number of cultivars of hybrid lilies for response to plant growth regulators (PGRs) with the ...
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