GRANADE ORANGE
GRANADE ORANGE
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ZANZIBAR
Grenade Orange & Zanzibar
Carthamus, also known as Safflower, is a wild looking flower with little spikes, that gives a savage and fun look to arrangements. It was used to find new love or marriage when given as a gift. They are also associated with good luck and joy.
- Uniform stem length across the series
- Excellent for fresh and dried use
- Can also be used green when harvested young
- Useful for indoor and outdoor professional cut flower production programs
Grenade Orange
Culture Tips
CROP TIME
From planting to harvest 16 weeks
STEM HEIGHT
81cm
PLANTING DENSITY
80 plants/m2 net.
PRE-PLANTING
Soil: A loose soil is required well drained with a level surface. At least 25 cm deep.
pH: 5.5 to 6.5
Netting: 2 levels
HIGH PINCH
At week 8-9 after planting, pinch the apical flower bud. This will activate lateral buds and stimulate homogeneous floral induction.
B9 MANAGEMENT
Apply:
4000 ppm 3 wks after planting
1000 ppm 4 wks after planting
IRRIGATION
Keep soil’s moisture at field capacity. Apply a dailty average volume of 5.0 to 5.5 lt/m2/day according to organoleptic monitoring.
FERTILIZATION
Excesive Nitrogen fertilizer may result in overgrowth of plants.
A general fertilization formulation can be:
N: 80ppm
P: 40 ppm
K: 160 ppm
Ca: 120 ppm,
Mg: 60 ppm
S: 50 ppm,
Fe: 2 ppm,
Mn: 2.5 ppm,
Cu, Zn y B: 0.2 ppm.
HARVEST
Harvest when flowers begin to unfold their petals. The flowers are individually entangled and assembled in bunches of 10.
POSTHARVEST TREATMENT
Hydrate in AVB solution (0.5 cm3 /Lt wáter + AVB Booster (1 cm3/Lt) x 4 hours. Then hydrate in CHRYSAL PROFESSIONAL 2 (10 cm3/Lt) x 4 hours.
PESTS & DISEASES
•Afids
•Thrips
•Botrytis
•Susceptible to Phytotoxicity, evaluate products before application.