Description
Flowering potplant with short culture period. Available in separate colours and as a Formula Mix.
Short flowerstems on compact plants with short dark green leaves result in ideal potplant dimensions.
Very good keeping quality, during transport as well as during ornamental use. When compared to other Gerbera varieties, Revolution is faster and more cost-effective.
We offer Revolution as PlugPlanner?; a program for professional youngplant producers. This way the crop can be planned much better and more secure. PlugPlanner? takes the guesswork out!
Since we introduced Revolution Micro, Mini and Mega series, we refer to the original as the Standard Revolution series.

General
-colours: The Revolution series is developing. At this moment we list more than 10 varieties and a Formula Mixture. For descriptions and photographs, please go to our Internet site or use our latest catalogue
-height: 30-40 cm/12-16" (incl. pot), depending on period of the well year. In wrapped position plants show flowers very well
-culture time: (sowing -> end of harvest) is 15 weeks
-seedcount: 300-400 seeds per gram
-family: Asteraceae

Sowing instruction
-method: 1 seed per plug. For plug production a soil with pH 5,5 to 6,5 is used. Cover the seeds lightly, e.g. with Vermiculite (grade 2),
to prevent drying out. Gerbera can germinate in dark as well as in light circumstances.
-time: In principle possible to sow year-round.
To overcome the dark winterperiod growers in North Western European countries usually do not sow from week 32 to week 40. Planning of a crop is very simple: sow 15 weeks before planned sales period.
-temperature: 18-20°C (64-68°F)during germination. Maintain a high humidity in the sowing department. Use a preventive treatment e.g. Rovral half concentration (active ingredient is iprodione) against damping-off diseases directly after sowing. Keep the seed boxes moist during germination.
-germination time: 4-7 days after sowing, open sides of the germination chamber

Growing on
-transplanting/potting: remove the seedlings from the germination chamber, end of the second week. Grow on at 20°C(68°F) until 4-5 weeks after sowing. Then, sort the seedlings (if necessary)
-potting/soil: into two sizes and pot them in a light and well-airated medium
-pot size: potting soil into 12 cm pots (pH 5,5-6)
irrigation: overhead watering is possible until the flowerbuds appear, but watering directly into pot or grow with ebb/flow floors is preferred.
-density: after potting the density is approx. 80 pl/m2 for 3-4 weeks;by then The plants need to be spaced to 20-25 pl per m2 until end of culture.
-culture temperature: best results with 19-19°C/66-66°F or 19-17°C/66-62°F.
In darker periods D/N temperatures can be reversed to keep stemlength somewhat shorter.
-diseases/pests: should any disease or pest (mildew, white fly, thrips) emerge, treatment with pesticides known from the cutflower culture can be applied
-fertilization: Gerbera requires relatively high fertilization applications.
This is light and temperature dependent. For general use, a list with target values is taken up into this cultural info
-light: Gerbera likes to be grown under high light conditions. During the darker period of the year, additional lighting can be applied.
-croptime: depending on the sowing date, the available light and the required pot/plant ratio, the culture will take approx. 14-15 weeks from sowing to 50% flowering. The second 50% can be reaped in 10-14 days.

General advice
-wrapping: special wrapping sleeves are available in most countries.
Do not use plastic, paper or polypropylene is preferred.