- The AHDB Horticulture Crop Walkers’ Guide for Cut Flowers has been designed specifically as an aid to crop monitoring. It illustrates and describes the important pests, diseases, nutritional and physiological disorders which may be encountered during the crop production process.
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Technical Notes
Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus cultivars) as a field- and tunnel-grown cut flower crop Factsheet
- This factsheet provides growers with the results of sunflower (Helianthus annuus cultivars) evaluation trials which took place at The National Cut Flower Centre, as well as information on: propagation, growing conditions, and pest and disease control.
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Alstroemeria as a tunnel-grown cut flower crop
- This factsheet provides growers with the results of Alstroemeria evaluation trials which took place at The Cut Flower Centre, as well as information on: scheduling and production systems, growing conditions, nutrition and pest and disease control.
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Delphinium as a cut flower crop grown in Spanish tunnels Factsheet
- Delphiniums are a major international cut flower crop, but are only grown on a very small scale in the UK. There appears to be potential to increase UK production if product consistency and post-harvest quality can be improved. This information sheet provides a consensus of the key aspects of commercial delphinium production.
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Annual dianthus (Dianthus barbatus hybrids) as a cut flower Factsheet
- A summary of research trials from the cut flower centre on dianthus as a cut flower crop
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Guidelines for the Post Harvest Handling of Cut Flowers Factsheet.
- Effective handling of cut flowers from harvest through to despatch is a critical part of maintaining the quality of the product grown and supplied to customers, and ultimately the end consumer. This factsheet contains information on key areas of good practice for the post-harvest handling of cut flowers
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