Prestige Red - Early Sprays

This was an abnormally warm fall and this crop of Prestige Red illustrates that height control was unusually difficult. This crop finished at the top of our desired heights with 5 sprays and a late Bonzi drench. As example of the effect of these treatments is that in PGR experiments in other parts of the greenhouse the nontreated Prestige Red are over 20 inches. In retrospect, we should have been more aggressive with the first two sprays and used higher rates, but at that time we did not anticipate how difficult Oct. was going to be. Pollen is showing on this crop now and the plants are salable. However, they will look better with a few more days of development. The large amount of PGR applied has reduced the size of the transition bracts and the plants have a slightly tight appearance. Compare these plants with the other Prestige Red crop that received only Bonzi drench treatments.