cultural information

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Cale
endula
a Zen
n™ Series
Calendul
C
la officin
nalis
O
Orange
CO
OLORS AVAILA
ABLE:
FL
LOWER/GARDE
EN SIZE:
NOVELTY CHARA
ACTERISTICS:
Gold, Oran
nge
Annual, 6 – 8 inches (15
5 – 20 cm) talll
Very comp
pact, bushy and floriferouss, bred to blo
oom under neeutral day-len
ngth for
early spring
g sales
M
MARKET USE:
Bedding pllant
CULTURAL RECOMMENDA
ATIONS:
PL
LUG STAGE:
STAGE 1:
(GERMINATION)
STAGE 2:
(COTYLEEDON VISIBLE)
STAGE 3:
(FIRST TRUE
T
LEAVES)
e 5 - 7 days / 65 - 68°F (188 – 20°C) / covver lightly/ hu
umidity 100%
%, saturate
Emergence
soil with water
10 to 14 da
ays / 68 - 72°F (20 – 22°C)) / Light level – medium / humidity 90% /
Fertilize: 75
5 ppm N / pH
H: 5.8 – 6.4
14 to 21 da
ays / 50 - 70°F (10 – 21°C)) / Light level – high / hum
midity 70% / FFertilize:
100 - 125 ppm
p
N constaant feed
wn temperatu res to avoid sstretch, minim
mum 50°F (10°C) /
STAGE 4: 21 – 25 days / cool dow
p
to dry between wattering to redu
uce stretch
(FFINISH, TONE FORR TRANSPLANT) lower humidity / allow plants
FINISHING:
DAYS TO FL
LOWER/FINISH
FROM TRANSPLANT
T
:
TE
EMPERATURE:
FERTILIZE:
MOISTUR
RE AND LIGHT:
PE
ESTS/DISEASE:
5 - 6 weekss after transp
plant
50 - 72°F (10 – 21°C) da
ays, 50 - 60°FF (10 – 14°C) nights
Heavy feed
ders, 150 - 20
00 ppm N; waatch for Magn
nesium and Irron deficienciies
Keep on th
he dry side to avoid stretchhing / high lig
ght produces the best quallity plants,
long days promote
p
faster flowering
Aphids, wh
hitefly, thrips, snails, Cabb
bage looper
GA
ARDEN::
NOTES:
• Crop scheduling: Plug
P – 3 to 4 weeks;
w
Finish – 5 to 6 weekks
• PGR recommenda
r
ations: respon
nds to Paclob
butrazol if neeeded
Descriptions, illustrattions, photos and diseasse resistance, etc. are baased upon the results ob
btained under favorablee conditions and certain races of pathogens/diseeases. Identical results are not guaranteed nor
implied for all growin
ng conditions. Informatio
on is based on average data
d
compiled. Physical characteristics, adaptaability and disease tolerrance may vary under different conditions.
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