Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2001
Good Qualities
Good gold color (4); Nice for arrangements for florists, made good filler in short bouquets (Was great in Ann Arbor with short stems of Eustoma Balboa Purple producing maize & blue bouquets, the Univ. of Michigan colors); Good flower shape; 'Gold Moon Improved 'is an improvement over 'Gold Moon' in stem length and stem quality; This makes 'Gold Moon Improved' even better for quality cutflower production year-round, color and flower shape remained the same.
Problems
Too short (4); Leaf stippling (leaf miners); The market is rather soft on this crop; used as a filler, it is OK but other crops do better; Stems all fell over so needs support; Uninteresting color; A lot of the flowers were damaged by either heat or moisture; Didn't flower, root knot nematodes.
Comments
No problems with disease; Kind of like a short tansy!
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 4.2 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 112 |
| Range of Responses | 0-10 | 8-28 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 64-192 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Kieft Seeds P.O. Box 618 Conway, WA 98238
