Autumn crops open day 2022

Join us for a group open day hosted by Ball Colgraves

Tuesday, October 4th.

BOA Autumn crops group

Meeting 4^th October

Ball Colegrave Milton Road Banbury OX17 3EY

Tue, 4 October 2022, 10:00 – 12:00 BST

A meeting to develop our understanding of Autumn crops and look at new crops

Current crops

Cyclamen

Discussion on this growing season

Did you have problems with the extreme temperatures, did some varieties/colours fare better?

Fusarium is it a problem?

Viola & Pansy

Discussion on this growing season

Did you have problems with the extreme temperatures, have some varieties/colours fared better?

Chrysanthemums

Discussion about garden mums, pot sizes, timing, indoor or outdoor

Could we run a nursery trial to compare varieties grown indoor and outdoor

New trailing chrysanths are available could we run a nursery trial for next season

Could we look at organising a visit to see Belgium chrysanthemum production?

Bellis

Autumn flowering, could we look at making them flower earlier?

Primroses

Reliable autumn flowering, is it possible?

Wallflowers

Existing varieties and production

Future crops

Asters

Potential new crop

Ornamental peppers

Normally dutch production but now this is not available, they are easy to grow could we run a trial next year?

Autumn hanging basket plants

Summer patio plants are very popular could we improve the range of autumn patio plants

Autumn flowering perennials

Could hellebores, echinacea, Japanese anemone be worth looking at

Other topics

Peat-free compost problems?

Autumn crop nutrition

Pest and diseases EAMU changes

View the chrysanthemums, violas and cyclamen trials

Getting the best out of Pansy and violas.