Pub Date : 2022-12-21DOI: 10.25081/jfcls.2022.v8.7510
Bella Dastvan, J. Pate, J. Dole, Tommy Precht
Commercial floriculture is years behind food agriculture in the adoption of organic and sustainable practices and enacts a heavy toll on the environment, resulting in excessive water usage, soil erosion, heavy pesticide use, and a massive carbon footprint. In this study, Dahlias (D. Coccinea) were grown in AutoPots fed by an established aquaponics system to explore the sustainability and environmental impacts of aquaponics on commercial floriculture. Dahlias were grown starting from both tubers and cuttings, for a six month period, in a greenhouse setting, assessing the bloom time, bloom quality, stem count, pesticide usage, water usage, and tuber formation. Dahlias bloomed in a typical time frame, compared to field grown plants, the quality of the blooms was equivalent to field grown, the stem counts were significantly lower than field grown, pesticide usage was slightly decreased, water usage was dramatically lower than field grown, and tuber formation was not impacted. To date, this is the first published evidence that Dahlias can be grown in aquaponics, that typical environmental benefits were observed when growing Dahlias via this method, and tuber formation was not hindered by the high moisture conditions produced by a coupled aquaculture system.
商业花卉种植在采用有机和可持续做法方面落后于粮食农业多年，并对环境造成严重损害，导致过度用水、土壤侵蚀、大量使用农药和大量碳足迹。本研究以大丽花(dahlia, D. Coccinea)为研究对象，利用已建立的水培系统，在自动盆栽中培养大丽花(dah丽花)，探讨水培系统对商业花卉养殖的可持续性和环境影响。从块茎和插枝开始，在温室环境中种植大丽花6个月，评估开花时间，开花质量，茎数，农药使用，水使用和块茎形成。大丽花在一个典型的时间框架内开花，与大田种植的植物相比，开花质量与大田种植相当，茎数显著低于大田种植，农药用量略有减少，用水量显著低于大田种植，块茎形成不受影响。迄今为止，这是首次发表的证据表明，大丽花可以在水培中种植，通过这种方法种植大丽花可以观察到典型的环境效益，并且块茎的形成不会受到耦合水产养殖系统产生的高湿度条件的阻碍。
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Pub Date : 2021-06-28DOI: 10.25081/jfcls.2021.v7.6994
C. Coker, P. Knight, B. Posadas, R. Ely
The Winter Rose® family of poinsettias (Paul Ecke Poinsettia Ranch) has been identified as a suitable poinsettia for use as a cut flower. With curly bracts that resemble rose petals, they may add welcome variety to florists’ holiday repertoire. Winter Rose® poinsettias are now available in cultivars of varying color. They are considered late season poinsettias, requiring nine and a half weeks to mature and come into full color from cuttings. The objective of this study was to determine consumer preference for Winter Rose® poinsettia as a cut flower. Consumers preferred the cultivar Winter Rose® ‘Dark Red’ over ‘Deep Pink’, ‘White’, and ‘Marble’ in order of preference. Consumers indicated a willingness to pay approximately $14.00 for an arrangement consisting of six poinsettia stems.
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