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Flower Color, Plot Development Over Time, Data and Comments |
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| Family: | Dipsacaceae | ||
| Scientific names: | Scabiosa alpina var. alpina | ||
| Common names: | Pincushion Flower | ||
| Common plant arthropods (insects/other)/other: | Insects/mites/other | ||
| Common plant diseases/other: | Disease (Index of Plant Diseases in Florida, 1984 revision.). | ||
| Commercial control: | Greenhouse. | Field/shade house. | |
| Arthropod information: | Pests identified on crops. | Florida pest facts and images. | |
| Disease information: | Plant Disease Facts (Pennsylvania State University) | The American Phytopathological Society | |
| Performance evaluations: | Trial reports and other publications. | ||
| More resources: | Additional information. | ||
| Honors: | Best-of-class (BC). We select the best performer in each class, based on the "overall performance rating". This rating may not be high, if the class does not perform well (indicating a possible need for improvement in the class). The rating may be significantly different from one or more members of the class. If two or more members of a class received the same highest overall performance rating, we used another rating (such as overall foliage/flower rating or flower average rating) to determine BC. If only one cultivar was entered in a class, it automatically becomes uncontested BC. BC is evaluated in future trials against the performance of new entries in the same class. Refer to a report in "Articles, Papers & Reports" for detailed information. In addition to BC, other "honors" received for these cultivars may be added to BC at a later date, time permitting. Seed companies may forward these honors (awards) to Rick Kelly. |
| Rating System: | The rating is a 1 to 7 scale: 7- all foliage and flowers free from defects; 4- average foliage and flower condition, minimal plant defects or pest damage to tissue, but still acceptable; 1- foliage and/or flowers with severe defects and/or severely infested with pests and damage unacceptable, making plant undesirable. Plant death due to soilborne pests may be factored into the overall performance rating, if it is a significant problem. Refer to a report in "Articles, Papers & Reports" for details. If listed, ratings with an "a" are the best in a class. If cultivars share the same letters, those ratings are considered to be similar to each other. If there are no letters, there is only one cultivar in a class or all the members of a class have similar ratings. |
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Vinca |
| Note: data and pictures will be added as time allows. |
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Winter |
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Dwarf purple, blue-violet class |
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Picture date: |
12 Dec. (week 81) | 26 Dec. (week 10) | 10 Jan. (week 12) | 24 Jan. (week 14) | 10 Feb. (week 17) | 28 Feb. (week 29) | 21 Mar. (week 23) |
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'Blue Diamonds' |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field |
Plot A
Plot C Sprayed Field
Plot C Unsprayed Field |
Sprayed Field
Plot C
Plot D Unsprayed Field |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field |
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Plant Pictures: |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field (week 10) |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field (week 12) |
Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field (week 14) |
Plot A
Plot C Sprayed Field
Unsprayed Field (week 17) |
No picture. Sprayed Field
25.5cm (10 inch) stake Unsprayed Field (week 29) |
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Seed Sowing Date |
Flower Diameter2 |
Days to First Flower3 |
Overall Foliage/Flower Rating4 |
Overall Pest Rating5 |
Overall Performance Rating6 |
| 17 Oct. | 3.3 (1.3) | 116 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 5.5 |
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| Comments: |
| Details of performance for this cultivar will be posted on the web in "Articles, Papers & Reports" at the completion of this trial. These details will include ratings over the entire season and pest problems. |
| FAWN BRADENTON Weather Monthly Summary: | |||||||||||
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Air Temp (°F) |
Rainfall |
Hours Below Certain Temperature (hours) |
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| Min | Max | (inches) | 40°F | 45°F | 50°F | 55°F | 60°F | 65°F | 70°F | 75°F | |
| Dec. 2003 | 33.4 | 81.1 | 3.23 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 11.8 | -8.5 | 9.7 | -16.1 | 84.5 | 159.5 |
| Jan. 2004 | 33.6 | 81.6 | 1.85 | 39.9 | 26.1 | -25.3 | -2.7 | 12.7 | 52.4 | 89.8 | 151.5 |
| Feb. 2004 | 37.8 | 82.8 | 4.06 | 9.6 | 18.4 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 5.7 | -24.9 | 19.6 | 112.3 |
| Mar. 2004 | 41.5 | 83.3 | 0.38 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 45.5 | 7.6 | 11.4 | -81.5 | -73.6 | 61.0 |
| ROK |
| 1. The number of weeks from seed sowing to the date the plant was photographed. Photographs were taken in a field sprayed on demand as needed, after scouting for pests, and a field that is not sprayed at all. |
| 2. Measured in centimeters and inches [cm (inches)]. |
| 3. Average number of days from sowing to unfurling of the first flower in the plots. |
| 4. The average of the combined foliage and flower data in the sprayed field as an expression of cultivar quality. |
| 5. The average of the combined foliage and flower data in the un sprayed field as an expression of arthropod and disease symptoms. |
| 6. The average of the combined overall foliage/flower rating and overall pest rating. If plant death from a soilborne pathogen resulted, this was factored into the rating. See Articles, Papers & Reports for further explanation in the reports. |
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