Ball Mums: Garden Mum Season Kickoff
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Cindy Drumgool, manager of Ball Mums and Dr. Will Healy, Ball senior technical manager share resources for mum growers, as well as preventing pests and diseases, nutrition and cold growing. Start your garden mum season off on the right foot!
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Ball Mums: Garden Mum Season Kickoff
- 1. Garden Mum Season Kickoff Cindy Drumgool, Ball Mums Dr. Will Healy, Ball Technical Services Bill Calkins, Moderator
- 3. Ball Mums Catalog • All Ball Mums varieties • A-Z Reference Guide • Keys to Best Production • Propagation Tips • & More!
- 4. STEM PODCAST MINISERIES Your Best Mum Crop Ever Part One: Starting your crop Part Two: Are you on track? Part Three: Finishing strong https://www.ballseed.com/STEMPodcast/
- 5. Problems to Be Aware Of… Monitoring Program – “Graph it to see it!” • EC & pH - #1 reason for failure! • Height • Insects • Disease Preventative Program – “Anticipate, don’t react!” Chrysanthemum White Rust - CWR Western Flower Thrips – Tospovirus (INSV, TSWV) management Leaf Miner Fungicide Pretreatment Heat Delay White/black Shade Cloth to Control Temperatures
- 6. 8%=38%=38ppm/100 ppm 13%=62%=62ppm/100 ppm Nutrition Advice Drive Growth with Nitrogen - “Feed before you need!” Fertilizer Formulation – Key to Success Urea & NH4 = Branching Add P + NH4 = Stretch NO3 = Compact & Tone Micronutrients – Key to Plant Health CRF When Do You Need Release?? Osmocote – Temperature Sensitive Nutricote – Moisture Sensitive
- 7. Growing in Cold Temps Thermo-photoperiodic Flower Induction Low Temperature is a Stronger Inducer than Photoperiod >70 F Nights = Strong Vegetative Growth & “Monster Mums” <70 F Nights = Increasing Chance for Flowering & Photoperiod Induce Flowering <60 F Nights = Flower Induction & “Runt Mums” Watch the Hours of Night Temperature below 70F 1 Night @ 5 hours <70F = Minimum Effect 4 Nights @ 6 hours <70F = Potential Induction 6 Nights @ 4 hours <70F = Strong Induction Florel – Flower Abortion & Branching Agent Stress Enhances Response Mixing Is Critical for Success! Black Cloth Temps!
- 8. Greenhouse Tech Team A closed Facebook Group moderated by Ball More than 800 members around the world • Garden Mum Topics • Ask an Expert • Post questions & pics - get answers fast! SEARCH: Greenhouse Tech Team in Facebook – answer a few qualifying questions – JOIN THE COMMUNITY!