![]() of frontage on the Great Miami River, your dreams are so close to becoming reality. You can see across rows how only some plants are affected.The possibilities are endless at this beautiful farm! With over 60 acres that include a residential home, 2 commercial buildings, one with an office/apartment, a barn, 2 1/2 acre pond, pool with grotto and over 900 ft.Complete death except for a single branch on the left. Full death beginning, wilts then dries to a gray color, see next image. ![]() These plants have experienced damage after 2011 heavy snow. Other lavender farmers experience this as “Snow Pack Burn”. After pruning these plants start to recover internally. ![]() Lane Field A (non raised bed, no weed guard) Lane Field B (non raised bed, no weed guard) West Field 3 (No Treatment, raised bed, plastic weed guard) North Field 2 (raised bed, plastic weed guard) South Field 1 (raised bed, plastic weed guard) Two samples will be sent out on April 1st, 2012. From past experience it seems to be an issue with ice but could be signs of root rot. Results will follow to determine cause of death. Live bagged in burlap lavender samples with winter damage are being sent to OSU for testing. Hoop lavender leaves consist of bright fresh green growth. The exposed rows only have tip growth lengthening the plant top of the plant. Plant shoots are present throughout the covered and non covered plants but the hooped rows have more dense compact shoots from every node forming a tight bush. Only 1 plant was slightly affected on all three Hoop row trials. NO plants have experienced death under the hoops. March 22, 2012, Removed hoop house covers on field trials due to high 80 degree temperatures. All events will have print material as described in the grant proposal budget to help bring awareness to these events. We will also be presenting our 4th annual Lavender Festival June 16 & 17, 2012. ![]() These presentations will also include our findings on harvesting times, pruning benefits and other methods we have experimented with over the years on our current production. At the end of our 2012 growing season we will be presenting our findings to the Ohio State South Extension office, meant for the organized growers we communicate with. We will be offering a 2012 Field day just for these growers so they can experience the growing treatment differences in our soil and methods of growing lavender. Awareness is extremely important to us and we plan to continue consulting and sharing detailed information to current and future lavender growers.ĭuring the off winter season for 2011 we will be compiling data on every lavender grower in the Midwest. We have also posted our SARE project on our website and to various Facebook Lavender Growing groups. Others still could submit the Google form here. Other farmers from Texas, Washington, Nebraska, Kansas, and Ohio have contributed their private growing conditions with us. We have also initiated a form for current lavender growers to report their issues on the current field productions. From the three farms that have visited our farm, two were from out of state: Michigan and Tennessee lavender farmers. Nearly ten groups of future lavender growers from different Midwest locations have toured our farm and many current growers have visited our farm for advice on why their plants are dying. We have collaborated with Harmony Farms of Tipp City, OH by visiting their farm comparing growing practices and results. Harmony Farms, utilizing Oyster Shell mulch.Lavender Oil Producers after 1 month in the ground.1383 plants out of the 2000 planned have been planted in the ground. Not all 2000 plants have been planted due to the weather delays during May planting. Our planting continued through August 1st due to continuous rain. Trimming is done to stop flowering and promote continued vegetative growth during the first season. Total of 61 rows of lavender planted.Īll plants growing flowers have been trimmed back to form a round compact bush. Next we have two additional non-raised soil amended beds. All above beds have been raised to required heights per grant proposal. Next, we planted seven rows of non-soil-amended rows. Our field test consists of twelve 100-foot rows of #57 and natural sand soil amendments, twelve 100-foot rows of #8 limestone gravel and 16 tons of natural sand. Varieties planted include: Lavandula intermedia ‘Grosso’, Lavandula intermedia ‘Provence’ and Lavandula intermedia ‘Dutch’. We have completed our planting project with a little over 1000 plants in the fields, totaling a near two acres of oil producing lavender varieties. ![]()
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