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Season Advancement Of Cool Season Cut Flower Crops Snapdragon And Peony, Maegen A. Lewis
Season Advancement Of Cool Season Cut Flower Crops Snapdragon And Peony, Maegen A. Lewis
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Demand and production of specialty cut flowers is growing across the U.S., but research is lacking in the U.S. Intermountain West, where the semi-arid and high elevation climate offers unique challenges for growers. The goal of this study was to evaluate the stem quality, harvest timing, and yield of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) ‘Chantilly’, ‘Potomac’, and ‘Rocket’ and peony (Paeonia lactiflora) ‘Coral Charm’ as cool-season cut flower crops under high tunnel and field production in North Logan, Utah. Snapdragons were transplanted at three-week intervals beginning in early-February in high tunnels and ending in late-May in the field. …