Success StoryMum Field day



Mum Field day

Author: Lorin Fawns

Planning Unit: Mason County CES

Major Program: Horticulture, Commercial

Plan of Work: Horticulture

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

In 2020 the Buffalo Trace Ag & Horticulture agents offered a class on mum for Farm School for Women. After the program, a local agriculture tourism company contacted the Mason County Extension office, indicating they heard about the mum program and wanted more information to grow mums in 2021. The Mason County Horticulture Agent partnered with a University of Kentucky Extension specialist for Floriculture, Greenhouse Food Crops, and Controlled Environments to offer assistance to the grower to help succeed his first year that included advice on getting started, including going over set-up (hands-on), fertilizer rates and flower timing control. As a part of the partnership, the Kentucky Horticulture Council provided some equipment as the grower started.

In 2021 the Buffalo Trace Agriculture & Horticulture agents decided to take things one step further and offer a mum field day to the community. The field day was held at the grower’s farm, where the partnership was formed between the Mason County Horticulture agent and specialist. Over 30 participants learned basic information on starting mums to sell, disease, and insect control at the field day. Two growers indicated that they planned to use a fungicide treatment schedule in 2022 because of the information they learned from the field day. 






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