Episode 5: Where did the Lychnis go? Reviewing the cut flowers from my 2024 trial beds

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower

Date: 24 January 2025. Episode 5: Where did the Lychnis go? Reviewing the cut flowers from my 2024 trial beds.

Hello and welcome! In today's episode I review the cut flowers I grew in my 2024 trial beds. I talk about what cut flowers I planned to grow and why, what I actually ended up growing, which cut flowers turned out well and why, what the florists loved, what I didn't like, where I sourced my cut flower seeds, the seeds which flourished and those which either didn't germinate or turned out to be something else entirely, my cosmos disaster, the strawflowers that didn't have time to flower and everything in between. I don't pretend to be an expert because I'm absolutely not! There will be mistakes (and mice) and things I could have done differently. Above all, it's honest and real.
Join me on a journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers. I'm going to give you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between.
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