CROP MANUAL Lobelia erinus Central Europe North Europe Compact Upright Pendula Maritima © 2019 Syngenta. All rights reserved. The publication and its content is proprietary to Syngenta. It may not be photocopied or reproduced in any form. Product names marked ® or ™, Syngenta Flowers, the SYNGENTA Wordmark and the SYNGENTA Logo are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. Syngenta has exercised reasonable care and skill in compiling this publication. All data in this brochure is intended for general guidance only and the user should apply it only for the purposes for which it has been created and in accordance with his own knowledge and experience of local conditions. Syngenta cannot accept any liability in connection with this advice. TM Classification: PUBLIC Finished Plant Lobelia Remarks. Series Type Leaf colour Pot size Comment N.A Compact Upright upright green packs, 10,5-12 cm heat tolerance Pendula trailing green 10,5-12 cm hanging baskets Maritima - green 10,5-12 cm crystals scented Calendar Week 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 P F P F P F P F P F Temperature dependent culture P F weeks P F P F P F P F P F P F | Crop Manual | TM Classification: PUBLIC Lobelia erinus 2 Cultivation Advice Alter temperature set points according to light levels. In fall and winter light levels generally are low and temperature set points are best decreased for optimum plant quality. Please note that lower temperatures will increase culture time. Later potting weeks need to pinch to get a proper habit in a 12 cm pot. Fertilization & Substrate Light Tips & Tricks PGR Applications Use a well-drained, disease-free, Lobelias flower more freely when Lobelia can be potted in B-Nine has proven effective in controlling height in growing substrate with a pH of 5.2 day length > 12 hours. Lighting autumn weeks and kept cool over Lobelias. Use of foliar sprays before the plants begin to 5.8. Lobelias are light to plants in winter, when day length winter. This will give early flower to elongate will produce nice compact basket for moderate feeders and perform best < 12 hours, speeds flowering. In without supplement light. Lobelias. when a complete fertilizer. later spring, when plants are alar 30 g/l; depending state of cultivation, usually max grown under higher 2 times per culture temperatures, light shading. Pests Diseases Preventive insecticide: Preventive fungicide against soil Against chewing insects borne diseases like Botrytis, Botrytis, (caterpillar) Aphid, spider Rhizoctonia and rust.High risk of mites, trips, whitefly Virus infection. Preferred products depends on the country. | Crop Manual | TM Classification: PUBLIC Lobelia erinus 3 Recommendations Culture guideline at optimum average daily temperature 10 - 12°C: Culture week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Handling P FFFF Temperature day 17-20°C 14-16°C Temperature night 12-15°C Light ☼ Shading 750 W/m2 Humidity 50-70% Moisture 3 pH 5.5-6.0 EC growing medium 1: 1.5 1-1.5 mS/cm volume extraction in water EC feeding in mS/cm 1- 1.5 mS/cm Fertilizer N:K 1:1-1:1,5 Legend | Crop Manual | TM Classification: PUBLIC Lobelia erinus 4.