Production and Installation Protocols to Avoid Pansy Problems Going Forward

Depending on where you are in the U.S., Pansy season is either still in the last stages of the greenhouse phase, or the plants have been recently established in landscapes. Problems being seen across the Southeast include diseases and other pH related issues. We suggest reviewing the basics and scouting with certain things in mind to minimize or eliminate costly headaches and unhappy customers.

Fall of 2014 happily brings an increase in market demand for
Pansies and Violas not seen in 6 years. With the increase in
production come the many questions that arise during production and landscape installation. It’s been a while for many growers and landscape professionals whom dropped pansies and iolas due to the landscape market decline, and there has been a huge turn over in growers in most farms with some not having grown the crop before, so we felt it important to review.

Click here to read the complete e-Gro Alert report written by Paul A. Thomas and Jean Williams-Woodward at egro.org (PDF).