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Lisa discusses five common mistakes gardeners make with cool flowers and how to avoid them for better blooms.

Cool Flowers can bring some of the earliest, strongest, and most rewarding blooms of the season — but only when their timing and needs are understood. In this episode, Lisa walks through five common pitfalls that can trip up gardeners and flower farmers, plus the simple shifts that can set you up for cool-season success. Mentions ⁠⁠Silage Tarp⁠⁠ Plug Suppliers: ⁠⁠Farmer Bailey⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Ball Hort/Colorlink⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Cool Flower Seeds ⁠⁠ from The Gardener's Workshop Lisa's Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cool Flowers ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Online Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cool Flowers from Seed to Harvest ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TGW Phone App/Live Shopping Show⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Field and Garden Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning author of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Cut Flower Handbook, Vegetables Love Flowers, and Cool Flowers ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Gardener’s Workshop,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flower Farming School Online,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the publisher of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Farmer-Florist School Online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Florist School Online.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lisa’s Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and connect with Lisa on social media!

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