FLOWER FARMING 2021 DAHLIA TOUR

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Flower Farming Dahlia tour is here. we go over filler foliage and 1,300 dahlias! Wide variations in color, size, and varieties. This is what keeps the homestead thriving! You can make yourself sustainable through Cut Flowers! Let me help you get started or join our journey with our family on the road less travelled! We love hearing from you let us know your questions or thoughts! Help us make more footage to discuss and learn together by commenting!
DISCOVER HOW TO BECOME A PROFITABLE FLOWER FARMER
Even if You Don't Know Where To Start, How To Price, Or How To Sell.
www.becomeaflowerfarmer101.com/
THINGS WE USE ON THE FARM
Cut Flower Support Netting 36" x 328'- amzn.to/3qRRUMe
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Fiskars Gardening Tools: Bypass Lopper, Sharp Precision-ground Steel Blade, 28” Tree Trimmer- amzn.to/3EVabgI
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Email: windybrookridge@gmail.com
As always be looking for the next video! In a few weeks we will be heading up north to the Homesteaders of America conference to find more alike people!

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@virnaflowerfarm Жыл бұрын

Miss you hope all is well with the family.

@maeabrams7911 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Mike "Dickson" for direction to your channel. I live in Harlem (Manhattan -- NYC)and most of the flowers and bushes in the landscape around my apartment building were placed on my behalf by a friendly maintenance man. On many of my previous trips via Amtrak, the flowers, rootings, etc., were taken from my mother's yard and just randomly driving down backroads in South Carolina. A couple of years ago, management for my apartment hired a professional landscape company to plant trees, etc., and fortunately they did not uproot any of my plantings (by the way, they and management never knew that I was the one who had maintenance do the plantings. I've never been the type for patting on the back). Most of the landscaper's planting have not survived. My Rose of Sharons/Hibiscuses, Hydrangeas, Butterfly bushes are still flourishing. Matter of fact, the "mother" of the Rose of Sharon has spread its seeds all around the neighborhood. I have no botany knowledge and did not know about this until the maintenance guy told me. The novel " A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" should also have included Harlem. LOL.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I have 2 family members that live in NYC! that is crazy! You were the legacy! Maybe you should write a book on it and send me some roots! Haha

@beacon18B 2 жыл бұрын

I use forsythia stems for filler, or small branches from my redbud trees. At times I've used Rose of Sharon.

@elizabethstrietelmeier2974 2 жыл бұрын

You are about to blow up on KZfaq this channel is awesome. I would love to see a video of yall building your bouquets!!!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I hope so! Help me make that happen! Please share ! Haha what kind content would you like to see in the future?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Besides the bouquets haha

@45jessiemad 2 жыл бұрын

I am jealous if all your dalhias! Especially the tall ones! 😍 my husband was sitting and watching with me going "why can't you grow dahlias like that!?!?" And I'm sitting here telling him I'm lucky I can grow anything at all! Thanks for all the helpful information.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

My advice is get the biggest size tubers you can purchase they produce larger in my experience.

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

How rude! Lol. Our 1st summer at our house we bought (last year) my tomatoes were root bound by the time we got the ground prepped & I got them planted so they stayed very small & didnt produce a lot. Even though he KNOWS from years past that I can grow a 10 foot tall tomato!, he said "What are you doing wrong with these tomatoes?" "Why are they so small?" I could've smacked him! 😆 Well now I have 20-something plants growing big h beautiful & producing a ton (like usually) & I'm like "What NOW?"

@45jessiemad 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead I think it's a farmer problem not a tuber problem. 🤣

@45jessiemad 2 жыл бұрын

@@ElderandOakFarm 🤣🤣

@holberthomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel yesterday. The information ou give is so valuable. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to help others. This is a goal of mine I hope to achieve within the next couple of years. Many blessings to you and your family!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to develop a group for like mentorship to be able to get you there!

@rhondabarnett1127 Жыл бұрын

What has happened to you, are you out of the flower business, use to look forward to watching your videos. Keep the flowers growing

@christeld845 2 жыл бұрын

I love to watch your Channel I am learning so much from you I own a flower shop in Wheelersburg Ohio and my wholesale flower people do not carried Delia's 13 by 27

@leahharbison3189 2 жыл бұрын

Your hard work shows. Absolutely gorgeous 💚

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Plan to grow!

@flowerfolkfarm3553 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips! Love all the inside info you freely share, it’s so helpful for new growers like us!! Thanks for taking the time to share this in amongst a very busy day I’m sure!! Wishing you and your family a wonderful week ahead, Anita & Cable 🐝🌻

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! I’m thinking about doing a live one more showing people how I go around and cut dahlias

@flowerfolkfarm3553 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead that would be amazing!! 😃🌸

@kristincochran4658 2 жыл бұрын

So excited for next weeks video. Thx!

@samirajerkovic2105 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips. Keep informing us!

@drk218 2 жыл бұрын

Nice channel! Thank you! 🌺🌼🌸🌷🌹

@lindalagarce8996 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you for the information! Hugs and love from Texas!

@NatalyaBerezneva 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing and all of your hard work! I will be learning from you as I am starting my backyard flower farm. I made so many mistakes with dahlia this year. This morning I was giving up on dahlias, because so much labor , pests, water, weight of tubers and so on. Your video made me reconsider and try again. Thank you!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t give up yet ! I always say give 3 years to each variety! It gives it time to get established.

@daintyflygirl4va 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful ❤️

@lydianunez9030 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE IT!

@evelynrogers7145 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@Whipporwhill 11 ай бұрын

Hope you post more vids soon!

@rockoutblackout9835 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. You’re living the dream!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the day haha

@deidralewandowski2659 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your videos - and your work ethic - i just found you and will be watching every video.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ! I think the videos get better as I get more comfortable with the camera.

@michaelheyward7668 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@nikkiholton6318 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent information. Keep it coming !!!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m excited to release more ! I want to learn from you guys too! Please share if needed!

@delightfulgardensbydebbie 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos. Very informative

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I try to be, but not teacherly!

@elliestell2696 2 жыл бұрын

I Our admire you very much

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully I will be able to help you get flowing!

@TheCountryHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! We are in the planniing stage, newly bought property and learning. Great sharing!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

This is cool! I hope it all goes well for you! Follow along maybe this can help you plan !

@sheilak4493 2 жыл бұрын

How many steps you walk in a day!

@tammysarrazin7078 2 жыл бұрын

the flowers are beautiful and you sure work hard hugssssssssssss

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! We are glad you enjoy to watch !

@sheilaanderson912 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot from your video today. I discovered your channel the other day and I just subscribed. As I mentioned in a previous comment dahlia's are my favorite flower so I will enjoy learning from you. If you dig up some of your tubers I would love to see a video on how you store them? Do you ever save the seeds? I know that they are not true to the parent but wonder if you have ever had any good ones come from seeds? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

We don’t use any of the seeds. We use all of the tubers and split them up !

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a lot of dahlias!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

It’s also ALOT of work !

@filinchannel5523 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful garden flower great tour friend watching here.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@AnitaLusty 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@drydockflowerfarm9098 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks so much for your information just finding your channel last week. I’m a new flower farmer 1st year in NC have started my channel but really haven’t been consistent. I love the dahlias started mine from seed this year and now I am looking for tubers. What was the foliage that you were cutting ? I am always foraging but not sure if I have seen that one here in NC. Just started selling to one florist. I also work full time. Not sure why I’m telling you all of this but thanks for you channel.

@carladatema8685 2 жыл бұрын

I have to dig up my dailas for the winter in my zone! 5b

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Your up there! Put some heated strips in the ground at 40 degrees haha 😂

@kknenglois9185 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh such a beautiful flower ❤️❤️ Greetings from Papua

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! That’s far away !

@christyleitner5949 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos! Beautiful family! The only thing I don't do on my 6 acres of my flower farm is spray. Imagine doing all you do plus add in there picking off bugs 2 times a day in soapy water! 🤦‍♀️ sometimes I think I'm crazy lol. But my beneficials quadrupled thos year! ❤🐞🕷🐝

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Your right ! That’s smart! It’s a lot of work though. I try to spray as weak as possible. I wish I had all the beneficial bugs around !

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Buying a backpack sprayer was one of my best investments!

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Buying a backpack sprayer that is electric is the best ! Haha

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Buying a backpack sprayer that is electric is the best ! Haha

@mem3638 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know fish emulsion deters deers. Do you make your own? Also, would love to learn more about cutting, deadheading, getting straight stems. Also, when storing, you dip in cinnamon and then do you wrap in newspaper, plastic?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! I’m excited to making a video on this. Fish emulsion is great for deer. Maybe I can go over in a very future video! Storing always becomes a big scare for people. I dip the stems in cinnamon and then sprinkle lightly over the roots cinnamon. I place and store them in black crates that have good airflow. I store them around 45 degrees Fahrenheit. In this case for me I put them under my house in the crawl space. I just cover the tops of the baskets. The main thing is keep them dry and not frozen !

@thelomaxfarms8434 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as usual . Can you post what you put in the sprayer and the compounds?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Anna, in my newest video going to be released today or tomorrow I will definitely have it linked !

@christeld845 2 жыл бұрын

I am putting up a 13 by 27 Greenhouse I'm hoping to grow some dahlias I don't have much land I figure with some of the raised beds that I do have I can raised areas and also on my property I can raise some Delia you keep up the good work you may have me ordering some flowers from you or fillers I Am Four Seasons floral designs I do fresh and silk and yes I do it all by myself I loved every minute of it and I think down this or the most gorgeous and zinnias keep posting videos I love to watch them

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ! Well, let us know. You have our email. We can help you out! Make sure you have shade cloth if your going to be in a greenhouse with dahlias !

@victoriaschwaegler8751 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Those dahlias!!! There’s A LOT of work in those plants. Have you considered selling your excess tubers?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to sell some tubers. Maybe we might do it this fall. That would be a good source of another income !

@joancarneiro5078 2 жыл бұрын

Hola que abono le hecha? y cada cuanto se lo aplica? Gracias saludos desde Uruguay

@southernpondandgarden 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching your dahlias. All my dahlias fell over and broke this year. I need to do better at staking. I noticed you did 2 support rows for 1 dahlia row, would love info how far apart? 1-2ft? And Can you share what you put in the sprayer to prevent insects?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I made a video you could check out on tips and tricks !

@Melh05 2 жыл бұрын

What is the filler you’re cutting ?

@Speakupok Жыл бұрын

How much do sell each flower for? How do you water them? What do you use to fertilize them?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead Жыл бұрын

we sell dahlias for $1.25. We would bottom water them. 10-20-20. We are not always organic.

@fernandaalbuquerque6872 2 жыл бұрын

You said something about using cinnamon on your tubers for storage, can you elaborate?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Like sulphur, cinnamon is a natural fungicide that helps most plants root, while inhibiting the spores that cause rot in stems. Dip prepared plant stems in cinnamon. It's an effective way to to store for the winter. A teaspoon to one gallon is fine. Then, lightly sprinkle them when finished.

@SouthernYankee 2 жыл бұрын

I think I did something wrong with my tubers this year. It’s my first year trying them and my mowey Mireya been blooming all season but I have two others just now starting to bloom and others that are green and look healthy but stayed small and no blooms. I’m in virginia so we have plenty of heat so I don’t know why they didnt do well.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

When did you put them in the ground? That would be my biggest question? Did you pinch back when you first put them in the ground?

@gwenbenson130 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of system do you use to water them?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I should make a video on this specifically. We do drop tape system !

@elizabethr2908 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Where do you buy your dahlia tubers?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Ednie ball Horticulture! I am thinking about selling the spring !

@elizabethr2908 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead , that’s awesome! Please give us an update for when your tubers are for sale! Congratulations ! ❤️

@cindysayavong8513 2 жыл бұрын

I watch some of the gardeners grow Dalias from seeds. What is different from seed and tuber? Thanks 🙏

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

A tuber will always be true to parent. A seed will never be true to its parent.

@evadyck5663 2 жыл бұрын

The plant started from seed will grow a tuber.

@lisakolis3041 2 жыл бұрын

What was the branch you were cutting for filler?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Eleagnus! We use for a lot event work! We can’t keep it around. We sell between 30-75 bunches a week (5 stem bunches) wholesale $1 a piece retail $3 a piece

@gardengirl7446 2 жыл бұрын

What is that bush you harvested at sunrise??

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

It’s eleagnus. Also none as autumn olive.

@gardengirl7446 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead thank you! Love your channel ❤

@a444mo 2 жыл бұрын

So much autumn olive by me, I need a link to that festival! And recipes!❤❤❤

@janedoe3095 2 жыл бұрын

So what is that large bush you are cutting?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

It is eleagnus.

@janedoe3095 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead thank you.

@sarahbennett5517 2 жыл бұрын

Solution of cinnamon?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

One tablespoon per gallon !

@bertharios7413 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. No problem with deer ?

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

We actually use a couple different things to keep the deer away! Fish emulsion being the biggest one!

@belindagray3005 2 жыл бұрын

Good information. Thanks. Beautiful flowers.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much !

@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead 2 жыл бұрын

What y’all changed your channel name.

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, Buddy! We did! Made a big jump focusing and teach people to be more sustainable and making an income with flowers.

@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead 2 жыл бұрын

@@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead I noticed that, and looks like it payed of. 1,5 k subs congratulations. Keep on truck bro

@WindyBrookRidgeHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead Thank you very much! If you ever come this way you can come for a visit!

@anneturner2018 2 жыл бұрын

Need oil can kill bees….spray very early or very late not to kill the bees.