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Bulbs & Outdoor Flowers
10 November 2022
Measuring electrical conductivity is a useful method of monitoring the level of nutrients in irrigation water, growing media and liquid feed stocks. This guidance is aimed at helping with decision making for feed application in bedding crops.
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10 November 2022
If possible, it is better to prevent leaf scorch from occurring in Primula as it cannot be reversed. Use the best practice approach outlined below to help you avoid it.
8 June 2022
Green manures, also referred to as fertility building crops, may be broadly defined as crops grown for the benefit of the soil.
8 June 2022
Green manures, also referred to as fertility building crops, may broadly be defined as crops grown for the benefit of the soil. This factsheet aims to help growers appreciate the financial implications of their use and the potential for computer models to help integrate them effectively into rotations.
21 June 2022
This factsheet summarises the non-lethal and lethal methods for reducing rabbit populations and the legal considerations to be aware of.
2 May 2023
A pocket guide to aid the identification of the most widespread and economically important weeds encountered in the horticultural sector. This guide covers mostly broad-leaved weeds but also some grasses, moss and liverwort.
18 January 2023
Biological soil health testing is a useful method of quantifying the impact of different soil management practices such as the use of cover crops.
7 June 2022
This information sheet covers the commercial production of field-grown, woody cut foliage crops and is augmented where possible by observations from the demonstration plantings at the CFC.
25 November 2021
This AHDB/CFC information sheet summarises the trials undertaken at the CFC on breanthus varieties from Hilverda Kooji.
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12 October 2021
A summary of research trials from the cut flower centre on dianthus as a cut flower crop
25 November 2021
This AHDB/CFC information sheet summarises the trials undertaken to evaluate susceptibility to fusarium wilt in a range of commercially grown varieties of cut flower column stocks.
13 June 2022
This factsheet describes the symptoms, summarises the results of research on the disease and outlines options for integrated disease management.