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Wilting flowers, declining demand push floriculturists to despair during pandemic
Farmers tending to the flower fields outside Lucknow | Pawan Kumar Times have never been so rotten, say flower growers as the sight of wilting flowers across fields during the nationwide lockdown are driving them to despair. If the government does not step in to help...
Greenhouses thriving locally
TIMES-SHAMROCK FILE Alex van Hoekelen loads a box Easter flowers into the back of a customer’s vehicle during a drive-thru flower sale that his family’s McAdoo greenhouses recently held at the Four Bloom Restaurant in Drums. Van Hoekelen Greenhouses was forced to shut...
Coronavirus lockdown | Himachal floriculturists stare at heavy losses
They seek financial support in the absence of buyers, transportation and events Flower growers in Himachal Pradesh are staring at heavy losses on account of no buyers and lack of transportation amid the lockdown.Baldev Dhiman, a grower at Kalhali, a village near...
Customers warned Mother’s Day flowers will sell out despite coronavirus
After a tumultuous few weeks, flower growers are expecting a boost in Mother’s Day sales. (ABC Landline: John Gunn) If you’re thinking of sending flowers for Mother’s Day next week, order early because some growers are predicting a sell-out of...
Flower, crop bacterial pathogen found in Michigan greenhouse
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 (RS r3b2) was found in a symptomatic geranium plant in the greenhouse. (WLUK) LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — A bacterial pathogen that can cause a wilt disease in geraniums...Latest News
