Optimara Growing Tips
Start to Finish
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Keep the 6 inch pots unspaced, pot-to-pot, for 10 to14 days. After the first week in the 6 inch pot,
remove all visible flowers. After 2 weeks, space plants in their final spacing of about 1 pot per
square foot. Depending on the geographic location, your crop should finish within 6 weeks from
removing the first flash of flowers. Therefore, the total crop time to finish should be 14 to 16
weeks from receiving the EverFloris plug.
Since EverFloris produces a lot of flower buds constantly, you can effectively keep the crop for
longer in your greenhouse. When flowers dry off, just pinch the dried of flowers to keep the plants
looking full and marketable. If you desire extra large plants, pull the blooms twice - the second, 3
weeks after potting. Six weeks later, you will have extra large plants.
• Chemical Treatments --
We recommend that you drench the crop after
planting the plug with Banrot mixed 14oz to 100 gallon, or a mix of Chipco 3336 at 7 oz
to 100 gallon in combination with Aliette at 14oz to 100 gallon. Apply this in a drench
within 7 days of potting to protect against soil born diseases such as Rhizoctonia,
Phytophora or Pythium. Another very effective fungicide is Subdue MAXX. We
recommend 1 (one) oz per 100 gallon. Apply in a regular drench after potting.
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Watering --
Keep soil moist but not wet and start feeding right away after planting.
We recommend a well balance fertilizer such as Excel 15-15-15 or the Optimara 14-12-
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Use 50 ppm, 1 oz per 14 gallon, for constant feeding, or 100 ppm every other week. If
you use an injection system, we recommend a setting of 1:200 with a Stock Solution of
12oz per gallon. Your target EC reading should be after 8-10 weeks of about 1.5. Water
from overhead with tepid water (70-75 degrees) if no warm water is available. We
recommend to water in the early morning hours. Start sub-irrigation after the second
flash of flowers start showing color. Since the first flash will be removed anyway, you can
continue overhead watering while the plants are in the 4 inch pot.
• Lighting
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EverFloris grow best under 900 to 1000 foot candles of light.
