Kelsey Prickett Forb Production Manager BFI Native Seeds - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Kelsey Prickett

Forb Production Manager BFI Native Seeds

ž Wild-collect v. Field

Production

ž Seed Quantity ž Field Establishment ž Field Longevity ž Harvest Method ž Production Yield

ž Project goals ž Species

considerations

ž Feasible

ž Insufficient lead time ž Low or slow production

potential

• Balsamorhiza sp.

ž Challenging species

• Labor intensive harvest
• Seed cleaning difficulty

– Machaeranthera canescens – Symphyotrichum sp.

ž Success stories

• Eriogonum, Erigeron,

Penstemon, Lomatium, Lupinus, Phacelia, etc.

ž Protocol plots

• Potential candidates,

unfamiliar species

ž Recommended for

0.1 acre plot

• Account for TZ and

purity

ž Additional

Considerations

• Extra seed
• Poor emergence
• Ineffective seed

treatment

• Timing is everything!

ž Method of

propagation

• Field direct seed

(DS)

• Transplants

(plugs/tubes)

ž Timing

• Species dependent
• Spring and Fall

ž Direct seed ž Species dependent

• Annuals
• Species with no

dormancy or treatment requirements

• Species that don’t

transplant well

• Weed management

ž Direct seeded

species

ž Fall

• Seed treatment

requirements

ž Laborious weed

control

ž Greenhouse

propagation

ž Ray Leach

Cone-tainers (plugs/tubes)

• 4 cubic inch
• 10 cubic inch

ž Transplant success

ž Transplants

(plugs/tubes)

ž Spring and Fall

establishment

ž Improved weed control

ž Long-lived

perennials

ž Short-lived

perennials

ž Annuals

ž Annual

• Cleome lutea
• Clarkia amoena
• Polanisia

dodecandra

• Leptosiphon

(Linanthus) bicolor

ž Perennial

• Astragalus filipes
• Dalea ornata
• Erigeron
• Eriogonum
• Penstemon

kloeffler@bfinativeseeds.com

The preceding presentation was delivered at the This and additional presentations available at http://nativeseed.info

2017 National Native Seed Conference

Washington, D.C. February 13-16, 2017