1. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering Express seed / Oro Farms with emphasis on 4” Production

3. Why do different lots of New Guinea Impatiens often flower differently?

5. Pot size does not affect time to flower. It is not pot size

6. Oro Farms Stock Management. We assure a stage 0 cutting with the Oro Farms technique. To avoid this problem A stage 0 cutting is essential for uniform flowering.

7. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering 23C 73F It takes about 11 weeks for first flower at 73F for a Stage 0 NGI

8. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering 23C 73F 20C 68F Decreasing temperature delays flowering

9. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering 23C 73F 20C 68F Stage 0.3 A reproductive cutting flowers earlier than a Stage 0 cutting

10. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering 23C 73F 20C 68F Stage 0.3 Stage 0.5 A reproductive cutting flowers earlier than a Stage 0 cutting

11. New Guinea Impatiens Flowering 23C 73F 20C 68F Stage 0.3 Variable cuttings yield variable flowering dates Stage 0.5

12. Without our Technique flowering will be un-uniform and it will be like picking tomatoes.

13. Optimized production of NGI in 4” pots Concepts: – Uniform flowering – Predictable flowering on date desired – Limited time (5 weeks) for plant in finish container

14. Recommended production schedule Recommended Liner size and age for 4 inch to 5 inch production is a 7 week old 50 cell liner with a low soil volume. Recommended Liner size and age of liner for Hanging Basket is a 4 week old 128 cell liner. The sooner you plant to finish container the larger the finished product will be.

15. Optimized production of NGI in 4” pots Small cuttings with small leaves helps control plants size in the Liner.

17. Large leaves create problems in propagation

18. New Guinea Impatiens with rot in Liner tray

19. Optimized production of NGI in 4” pots Small cuttings with small leaves help control plants size in the plug Flower buds in cuttings create production problems

20. New Guinea Impatiens plugs with flower buds

21. New Guinea Impatiens cuttings with flower buds at stick resulting in plants flowering before adequate vegetative size

22. New Guinea Impatiens cutting that was reproductive on arrival makes for a poorly branched plant

23. Small vegetative cuttings with small leaves eliminate these problems

24. New Guineas Liners looking super

25. Uniform vegetative cuttings, proper Liner production (nutrition and PGR) allows uniform and predictable flowering.

26. New Guineas starting to flower

27. Keys to 4” NGI production Appropriate genetics – moderate leaf size is best Stage 0 cutting Uniform small cutting Appropriate Liner soil volume Appropriate nutrition and PGR application Temperature control

28. Once a cutting initiates a flower, temperature is the primary factor driving time to flower, but relative humidity is also important because it affects plant temperature.

29. Other considerations Relative humidity at night is important. Low humidity will cause the plant to cool its self and will not realize the correct temperature. 80% humidity at night is best. Liner soil volume is important for plant size control

30. Both trays grown similar the one on the right has a higher soil volume

31. New Guinea Impatiens liner comparison of 50-cell liners with small and large soil volume

33. Oro Farms Production Greenhouse

34. Good luck!