Those beautiful Transvaal Daisies you see in the florist probably didn’t grow in soil if they were produced in California. They’re cultivated in a special hydroponic growing medium, wetted regularly with a nutrient solution, and kept in the perfect conditions inside a greenhouse. The result is spectacular, at least until the flowers are harvested forContinue reading “Gerberas, hydroponics and photo processing software”
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Digiplexis progress
The digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’ has been in constant bloom since we planted it, and since it looked like it had been in bloom for a while then. That’s a long blooming period! It’s not as tidy as before. The flowers are progressing up the stem, leaving the lower stem bare. This is how foxgloves grow,Continue reading “Digiplexis progress”