The Farmer Bailey Blog

WATCH: Fall Planting for Spring Flowers
Farmer Bailey Hale teaches how to grow the most popular fall-planted cut flower crops from plugs in this one-hour talk.

Fall Planting for Spring Blooms
Wondering when to plant your Snapdragons, Campanula, Digitalis, Poppies, and Delphinium in the fall? Tune in on Wednesday!

WATCH: Growing Scoop Scabiosa, Veronica, Gypsophila & More
Scoop Scabiosa, Focal Scoop and Bon Bon Scoop have revolutionized the use of Scabiosa as a cut flower.

Growing Scoop Scabiosa, Live
Scoop Scabiosa, Focal Scoop and BonBon Scoop are fluffy, lush, dramatically larger than their predecessors, and almost too productive to keep up with harvesting!

WATCH: Post Harvest Science and Secrets
This one-hour video recording is a crash course on getting the most out of your cut flower crops.

From Buds to Flowers with Muckland Hops
Colleen and Orca Bates grow Lisianthus and Delphinium alongside cannabis and hops at Muckland Farm.

WATCH: Flower Quality on Instagram Live
Learn how to up-level your flower quality and how to price your stems in this one-hour video created for specialty cut flower growers and farmers.

April 12 Instagram Live: Flower Quality
Increasing your price per stem has an instant, powerful impact on your profit margin and topline revenue. But how do you command a premium price? By improving your flower quality.

Growing Mustard as a Biofumigant for Fusarium
Mustard is a well understood biofumigant effective against fusarium and other soil pests.

WATCH: How to Care For and Transplant Plugs
Farmer Bailey talked everything plugs in this March 22 Instagram Live session, with an emphasis on caring for and transplanting the perennial plugs many of you are currently receiving.

How to Transplant Plugs talk and Q&A
That long anticipated moment has arrived. Your plugs have been delivered! Now what?

How to Transplant Plugs, on Instagram Live
Join Farmer Bailey on Wednesday, March 22 for an Instagram Live session with Q&A.

Bonny 'Bells of Ireland'
Moluccella laevis can be tricky to germinate, so it's worth it to leave it to the experts.

WATCH: How to Grow Cool Season Annuals
Learn techniques to grow the best possible Snapdragons, Campanula, Stock and Poppies in this one-hour video.

Cool Season Annuals on Instagram Live
This week's topic is Cool Season Annuals, and Bailey will be discussing Campanula, Stock, Snap-dragons and Poppies.

WATCH Lisianthus Live
Lisianthus expert and flower farmer Bailey Hale teaches you how to grow premium Lisianthus stems in this one-hour video with Q&A.

Lisianthus Live on February 22
“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere with Farmer Bailey” returns with a one-hour growing lesson on our favorite cut flower crop.

Watch the Video: Late Spring Planting
Wondering what to plant out into warm soil this spring? Farmer Bailey has you covered.

Crushing on Caryopteris
As a cut flower and foliage, Caryopteris Pagoda adds volume, scent and whimsy to fall bouquets.

Instagram Live: Late Spring Planting
This week's Instagram Live with Q&A covers heat-loving crops that want to be planted into warm soil. Join us on Wednesday at Noon ET.

New Gypsophila Growing Guide
Whether standing alone in cloudlike forms or supporting focal flowers, these superior Gypsophila strains will leave you starry-eyed.

How To: Harden Off Plugs for Transplant
In almost all cases, hardened-off plants are healthier, heartier, and produce better stems.

Instagram Live with Farmer Bailey
Bailey Hale and guest Alicain Carlson, Ph.D will answer your questions about Chrysanthemums live.

Lavender for Cutting and Pot Plants
Thirteen varieties of lavender are now in stock for late spring shipping.