![]() Be sure to store cut stems as perfectly upright as possible since they will bend and curve otherwise. I generally expect a week from them but often get nearly two. When harvested with just the bottom 3-5 flowers open, cut snaps will persist for an amazing amount of time. Once they get about six inches tall, we add a layer of tenax netting to keep heavy stems from toppling over in the spring rains. They are grown in preburned landscape fabric covered beds that are heavily amended with compost and a good organic fertilizer prior to planting. Our plants are spaced 9×9” apart, with five rows per bed. This year we’re pushing it even earlier and will try and have them in by mid-late March. Plants are placed into the field by early April, roughly three weeks before our last first date. They’re tiny little buggers so get sown in 288 cell trays. Seeds are generally started between late January-mid February. Home gardener’s can find the Chantilly’s from Renee’s Garden Seed and the Animations and Rockets from Johnny’s Select Seeds. If you look, they’ll be listed under greenhouse/forcing types but don’t be fooled, they can be successfully grown in the field as well. Most are only available from trade sources such as Gloeckner, Ivy Garth Seeds and Geo Seeds. Group 1 being the earliest and Group 4 the latest. To have the longest bloom window possible you’ll need to select varieties from each of the four flowering groups. Not only are snapdragons beautiful and highly productive, but they’re actually fragrant too! ![]() I have even more penciled into the plan going forward. Last season we grew around six thousand plants and sold every useable stem in the patch. Over the past few years, snapdragons have rapidly become one of our most profitable early summer crops.
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