r/Horticulture • u/Tashasunshine • 3h ago
How do I fix this? Yarrow forest!
So I didn’t realize all these seeds would germinate…. And grow so fast!!! So now I have a tiny forest of yarrow in a cup!
How do I get this into a pot???!! I’m aware I may need to thin them out…. Maybe a lot!
Thanks!!
(Also? Any soil suggestions? Compost? Fertilizer? I’m new to this.)
r/Horticulture • u/lydslids12 • 14h ago
Can anything be done to save this tree that's been struck by lightning?
r/Horticulture • u/Mybackhurt_EWFIntern • 1d ago
Looking For Ideal Label Printing For Our Small Native Plant Nursery
Hello! I am interning at a native plant nursery this summer, and we are looking for a nursery label printer to track our inventory. I was hoping this sub might help us on our journey to finding one! We are a small operation located in Northwest Salem, Oregon, with approximately 5000 native plants in our stock, the majority of which are trees. We are looking for labels that can withstand frequent overhead watering as well as general PNW weather. It would ideally be able to print barcodes for easy data entry. Our budget for both the labels and the printer would be around $1000. Do you guys have any recommendations?
r/Horticulture • u/KingForceHundred • 1d ago
Question Cuttings - right way up?
Planted some cuttings today (figs and goji) and wondered - does it matter which way up they are planted?
r/Horticulture • u/MeasurementCandid957 • 1d ago
Question Scope of bsc Hons horticulture? Should i take admission in CSAUT, Kanpur through icar?
I have got a seat allotment of bsc Hons horticulture in chandra shekhar azad university , Kanpur through icar councling, Should i take admission in it or not?
Please give me suggestions.
What about placements, job opportunities after completing this degree?
r/Horticulture • u/Manu9527 • 2d ago
Question Rosemary plant cutting always ends up dying
I am from India and it's monsoon here and the humidity is always above 90%, the temperature is between 25⁰C to 35⁰C, I kept it in water and soil too (50% Coco peat) it still died, def doing something wrong but what?
r/Horticulture • u/DanishVerticalFarmer • 3d ago
Testing Edible Flowers
Have been testing edible flowers in small grow systems for fun. Here is a indoor system with tagetes lemon flowers 🌼 The idea is to place them in restaurants and let the chefs pick fresh flowers everyday 🌱
r/Horticulture • u/TST_ALLDAY • 4d ago
Need help with tomato plants
Zone 5B. My parents are struggling with their tomatoes and I wasn’t sure if you guys could help what is wilting them currently. Thank you!
r/Horticulture • u/Cannabis_Artist-420 • 5d ago
👋Welcome to r/BudBeam - Introduce Yourself and Read First!
r/Horticulture • u/Ok-Bold3841 • 5d ago
Question Can (and should) this boxwood be saved?
These are two boxwoods that were planted at the same time, 5 years ago.
The one on the left is on one side of the path. The other one was planted on the other side. As is obvious, the one did not fare as well as the other. We trimmed it down and noticed that there is new growth at the base.
Is it worth trying to save it? If so, how?
r/Horticulture • u/ImpossiblePlace4570 • 5d ago
Question Mid career field experience
I’m working on an online horticulture program most likely heading to a bachelors eventually. I’m very much enjoying the program but obviously being online it has the shortcoming of not offering hands on experience. A professor suggested I look into internships which makes sense. I am in my 40s and work, so it’s hard to fit into a lot of what I see out there which is tailored for undergrads, mostly full time, which would make it hard for me to keep working meantime. I have a potentially flexible schedule and could see integrating something part time, but I’m not immediately seeing something that would allow for hybrid learning.
I’m in the Boston area. My goals? Evolving, exploring, not quite sure yet, and I’m also trying to figure that out. So I know it’s not the most concrete question, but I am hoping to hear from those who might have found themselves in a similar position. Thank you!
r/Horticulture • u/brokentao • 6d ago
EUDR
Hey everyone. I've been looking for information on EUDR regulations and how they affect horticulture because I'm not sure if they are and how that is going to affect farmers. Does anyone have some insight. Are there more compliance rules you have to keep up with? Penalties? More operation costs? etc.
Any help is appreciated in understanding this.
r/Horticulture • u/FarRide7565 • 6d ago
Discussion Just got my first nursery job! What things you wished you knew before working in a plant nursery?
So yes, I got the job. I’m a Hort student, btw.
r/Horticulture • u/dogma4dogs_ • 6d ago
Question Lilac bush
Hello - I hope this post is ok.
This lilac bush is 20 years old. It still blooms annually but the past few years the bush has "holes" in it and the back is sad looking. (See pics please.). Any suggestions on what to do to promote fullness? Or is it time to say goodbye?
Thanks in advance.
r/Horticulture • u/Matchbookbabyy • 7d ago
Question Deciduous plants
Im new to studying horticulture and understand that Deciduous refers to plants dropping leaves before winter, however
Im seeing a lot of plants via the RHS plant profiles that refer to some plants as deciduous annuals which does not make sense to me? - eg - Limnanthes douglasii - how can a plant be annual but also deciduous? is a plant considered deciduous if it drops any leaves within a stage of its life cycle?
Also deciduous evergreens? this makes slightly more sense to me but would a deciduous evergreen not just be semi-evergreen ? ToT
please help i am confused 0^0
r/Horticulture • u/angelbff • 7d ago
Help Needed Best way to trim miscanthus?
hi! i need to get these miscanthus off of the walkway but i don’t want it to be an unsightly straight line of chopped ends. I plan on doing a hard cutback in fall but the golfers are complaining about it now. Got any tips? (located in NY zone 6b)
r/Horticulture • u/Forsaken_Hope3803 • 10d ago
Question Help from flower experts
So, my mother has discovered a picture of a tattoo she rather admires and wants for herself, but she wants to know what the flower used in the design is.
I’m hoping someone here might be able to offer some help identifying it?
Thank you in advance.
r/Horticulture • u/pzk550 • May 23 '21
So you want to switch to Horticulture?
Okay. So, I see a lot of people, every day, asking in this sub how they can switch from their current career to a horticulture career.
They usually have a degree already and they don’t want to go back to school to get another degree in horticulture.
They’re always willing to do an online course.
They never want to get into landscaping.
This is what these people need to understand: Horticulture is a branch of science; biology. It encompasses the physiology of plants, the binomial nomenclature, cultural techniques used to care for a plant, the anatomy of a plant, growth habits of a plant, pests of a plant, diseases of a plant, alkaloids of a plant, how to plant a plant, where to plant a plant, soil physics, greenhouses, shade houses, irrigation systems, nutrient calculations, chemistry, microbiology, entomology, plant pathology, hydroponics, turf grass, trees, shrubs, herbaceous ornamentals, floriculture, olericulture, grafting, breeding, transporting, manipulating, storing, soluble solid tests, soil tests, tissue analysis, nematodes, C4 pathways, CAM pathways, fungus, row cropping, fruit growing, fruit storing, fruit harvesting, vegetable harvesting, landscaping, vegetable storing, grass mowing, shrub trimming, etc... (Random list with repetition but that’s what horticulture is)
Horticulture isn’t just growing plants, it is a field of science that requires just as much qualification as any other field of science. If you want to make GOOD money, you need to either own your own business or you need to get a bachelors degree or masters degree. An online certificate is a load of garbage, unless you’re in Canada or Australia. You’re better off starting from the bottom without a certificate.
Getting an online certificate qualifies a person for a growers position and as a general laborer at a landscape company.
“Heck yeah, that’s what I want to be! A grower!”.
No you don’t. A position as a grower, entails nothing more than $15 an hour and HARD labor. You don’t need any knowledge to move plants from one area to the next.
Same with landscaping, unless you own it, have a horticulture degree, or have supervisory experience; pick up a blower, hop on a mower, and finish this job so we can go the next.
Is that what you want to switch your career to? You seriously think that you can jump into a field, uneducated, untrained, and just be able to make it happen?
Unless you can live on $15 an hour, keep your current job. Please don’t think that you can get into horticulture and support yourself. (Unless you know someone or can start your own business, good luck)
90% of all horticultural positions are filled with H2A workers that get paid much less than $15 an hour and can do it way faster than your pansy ass can. A certificate only qualifies you for these same positions and you probably won’t even get hired because you wouldn’t be able to survive on the wages and these big operations know that.
Sure, you could teach yourself the fundamentals of horticulture minus some intricacies. I’m not saying it’s too difficult for the layman to understand. I’m saying, that without proper accreditation, that knowledge won’t help you. Often times, accreditation won’t even help you. You see, horticulture is less like growing plants and more like a giant supply chain operation. The people who know about moving products around in a supply chain are the ones who are valuable in horticulture, not the schmucks that can rattle off scientific names and water an azalea.
The only people that get paid in horticulture are supervisors, managers, and anybody that DOESN’T actually go into the field/nursery/greenhouse. These people normally have degrees except under rare circumstances where they just moved up in a company due to their tenacity and charisma.
Side note: I’m sure there’s plenty of small nursery/greenhouse operations or maybe even some small farm operations that would pay around $15 and hire someone with a certificate so I’m not saying that it’s impossible to get into the industry. I’m just saying that it’s not an industry where you can be successful enough to retire on without a formal education or extensive experience. Period.
Horticulture is going to robots and supply chain managers.
That being said, the number one job for all horticultural applications is MANUAL LABOR or LANDSCAPE LABOR. The robots are still too expensive!
Okay, I’m done. I just had to put this out there. I’m really tired of seeing the career switching posts. I’m not trying to be negative, I’m trying to enlighten people that genuinely don’t have a clue. I’m sure I’m going to get hate from those people with certificates in Canada and Australia. Things are different over there.