From these last series, they've received a long warm period and will now go into cold storage. Here the two…
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Read MoreNetherlands peony harvest finishes two weeks earlier. Translated from: Van der Lee, H. "Seizoen kort en hevig." In: Greenity, 2024, June 14, pp. 38-39.Season short and intense. Peony season came and went in the blink of an eye, all because plants...
Here is an interesting article published by University of Michigan about viruses in peonies. We are seeing a lot of visual indications of virus recently. It seems to be more common.
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Read MoreOrganic Peonies - Off the beaten path Translated from: Langen, E. “Biologische pioenen - Sprong in het diepe.” In: Greenity, 2024, May 31st, pp. 12-15. Organic agricultural farm Verduyn in Zeewolde (The Netherlands) started growing organic peonies four years ago. For...
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Several species peonies seem to have difficulty with the wet Winter/Spring. Resulting in quite a few losses. Sometimes I have several plants of species, most often when I receive a dozen seeds and I get quite good germination. Often it can be seen that some plants within the same species are better than others at withstanding our local climate,…Read More
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liked thisPaeonia kesrouanensis has some of the largest seeds in the peony kingdom. I’m not sure if the same can be said of P. turcica, which is sometimes said to be synonymous, as I don’t have mature plants thereof. But in P. kesrouanensis they are markedly bigger than in other herbaceous ones. It also shows in the developing carpels which can be massive.…Read More
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Yes, virus is quite common. Here in Europe as well. I’ve sampled some of my plants for viruses and it is rather widespread, although often symptomless. Keeping fields healthy through sampling, destroying infected plants and so on will help somewhat but is expensive and never perfect. To really get healthy plants you’d have to propagate through…Read More