![]() ![]() The biggest challenge faced by attendees is squeezing 16 stops and 63 exhibitors spread between Oxnard and Gilroy into six short days and juggling that schedule based upon which days each Trial is open (some start a day or two later, others close a day or two early). There was no one topic that had the crowds buzzing, no one introduction that was a sure-fire hit. Things look promising, but of course, like a good wine, they won’t introduce it until it’s time.Īs for the 2018 version of Spring Trials, the big news was … there was no big news. And they’re doing production trials for seed production and quality and such. PanAm’s plan is to do serious in-house testing all this year and then some grower trials next year. It was pretty evident that the experimental impatiens truly does have “high resistance” to the disease, as the breeder has said. The display included some commercial comparisons, all inoculated with IDM. PanAmerican Seed had a “back-room” display of experimental impatiens downy mildew (IDM)-resistant impatiens that were originally featured in the March issue of GrowerTalks. Luckily, your three scribes have 44 years of combined Spring Trials experience, which we use to cut through the marketing jargon and me-too intros and instead seek out only products that we think will excite consumers, fill untapped niches and-provided you grow them well and display them creatively-make you money. ![]() So let’s see: If each company had 10 new plants, that’s 500 introductions … and some had 20 or 30… no wonder this trip is such a killer! ![]() This year’s six-day event featured 16 stops and 63 participating exhibitors-of which 50 were plant companies. The 2018 California Spring Trials, held back in mid-April, has long been in the books, with nothing left to do but compile the highlights so you can begin placing your Spring 2019 orders with your favorite plant company sales representative. ![]()
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