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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January 2014 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Over the last few years, we have been experimenting with the idea of applying ethylene-releasing plant growth regulators (PGRs) to the rootzone as a ...
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June 2013 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: During the last two forcing seasons, we have seen really great potential for using ethephon (Florel, Ethrel, Collate are examples of ethephon products on the ...
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June 2013 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: After planting, North American forcers generally have several species in a cooler, principally tulip, daffodil and hyacinth. While the basic cooling requirements for these species is ...
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June 2013 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Heaving of hyacinths out of the pot (Figs. 1, 2) is sometimes a serious problem for North American forcers since most do not use ...
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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 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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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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August 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Given the current trend of container gardening, and mixed containers, it comes as no surprise that consumers are more and more interested ...
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