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Flower Farming for Beginners

Section 1: Introduction to Cut Flower Farming

Welcome & Introduction (2:13)
What is Cut Flower Farming? (1:26)
The Benefits of Local Flowers

Section 2: Soil Testing & Site Selection

Choosing a Site for your Flower Farm (7:04)
Testing the Soil
Fertilizer and Compost (8:57)

Section 3: What to Grow

Types of flowers (9:40)
Planning: what to grow (12:23)
Top 10 Annuals to grow (8:22)

Section 4: Scheduling & Planning your Season

Hardiness Zones & Frost Dates (5:16)
Growing Information (5:30)
Plant Spacing (5:01)
Calculating How Much to Grow (5:44)
Mapping it all out
Seed scheduling & Succession planting (11:18)

Section 5: Starting & Planting Cut Flowers

Seed Starting: Getting started
Seed Starting: Growing great transplants! (10:10)
Plugs: When and why (9:52)
Planting and Caring for Transplants (9:16)
Direct Sowing (3:34)

Section 6: Site Preparation

Preparing your field/garden beds (4:57)
Weed control (10:10)
How to customize your weed fabric: plant spacing (4:37)
Irrigation (6:27)
Raised beds (3:58)

Section 7: Growing & Harvesting Cut Flowers

Maximizing Flower Production: Pinching (5:24)
Plant Support (5:53)
Disease Management (7:01)
Insect & Pest Management (12:17)
Harvesting Cut Flowers (9:01)
Post-harvest Care (11:52)
Cooler (5:27)

Section 8: Making Bouquets and Selling

Creating Bouquets (19:02)
Selling Cut Flowers (9:27)

In-Season Videos

In-Season Videos (2:59)
Ageratum (2:37)
Celosia (3:12)
Dahlias (13:57)
Eucalyptus (6:24)
Lisianthus (4:00)
Snapdragons (2:57)
Strawflower (1:56)
Sunflower (3:34)
Zinnias (3:23)

BONUS

Fall Cleanup
Year-in-Review
DAHLIAS
RESOURCES

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