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Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Lydia Watson
85 episodes
1 hour ago
Hello. It's Friday 7 November 2025. Welcome to tonight's episode. Tonight it's all about mistakes I've made in 2025 because I've been thinking like a gardener rather than a cut flower grower. I have therefore compiled a list of the Top 10 mistakes I've made and I thought I'd share them with you in the hope that you won't make them! There are many benefits to having a background in gardening if you're thinking of establishing a cut flower grower (although I'd argue that a knowledge of marketin...
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Hello. It's Friday 7 November 2025. Welcome to tonight's episode. Tonight it's all about mistakes I've made in 2025 because I've been thinking like a gardener rather than a cut flower grower. I have therefore compiled a list of the Top 10 mistakes I've made and I thought I'd share them with you in the hope that you won't make them! There are many benefits to having a background in gardening if you're thinking of establishing a cut flower grower (although I'd argue that a knowledge of marketin...
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Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Mistakes! I've Made A Few! Here Are My Top 10 Mistakes When Transitioning from Gardening to Growing Cut Flowers
Hello. It's Friday 7 November 2025. Welcome to tonight's episode. Tonight it's all about mistakes I've made in 2025 because I've been thinking like a gardener rather than a cut flower grower. I have therefore compiled a list of the Top 10 mistakes I've made and I thought I'd share them with you in the hope that you won't make them! There are many benefits to having a background in gardening if you're thinking of establishing a cut flower grower (although I'd argue that a knowledge of marketin...
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3 days ago
28 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Establishing A Proper Foliage Bed, Digging Up Dahlias & Intercropping To Maximise Space
Hello. It's Tuesday 4 November 2025. Welcome to the latest episode. Another busy week: lots of planting new plants, particularly foliage in my new dedicated foliage bed, lifting and dividing of perennials, moving peonies, weeding, and watching the last of the strawflowers that the chickens haven't trampled putting on a lovely colourful display. I talk about how I'm getting on with making leaf mould this autumn, as well as the benefits of inter-cropping cut flowers amongst other plants t...
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6 days ago
19 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Roselilies, Learning From Expert Growers & Growing Enough But Not Too Much: It's A (Very) Fine Line
Hello and welcome, it's Friday 31 October 2025. Happy Halloween (if you're celebrating it). Lots to tell you: today I bumped into my fabulous dahlia mentor, Richard Bailey, and he has lots of dahlia tubers for me. These are tubers from plants that he no longer wants and I'm very lucky to receive them. I have also been offered some beautiful pink Japanese anemones which I will be gratefully digging up next week. I've been learning a lot from fellow podcasters this week (links to the show are b...
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1 week ago
22 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Shop Til You Drop: More New Shrubs - What/Why/Prices & How Sales Channels Influence Decisions
Hello, it's Tuesday 28 October 2025. Welcome to the latest episode :-) The clocks have just gone back which means shorter days and longer evenings: it's a great opportunity for plenty of studying in the evenings but I have to remember to get the hens to bed an hour earlier... I've had the busiest weekend planting out my new shrubs including the Hydrangea Limelights, Eucalyptus, Lilac and Cotinus, plus some raspberry canes and peonies that I transplanted from home. I also relocated my Verbena ...
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2 weeks ago
20 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Mixed Bouquet Recipes: I Have A New Spreadsheet For This, The Reliability of Perennials & Growing Cornflowers in 2026
Hello and welcome to a slightly rainy Friday 24 October 2025. Straight into it tonight: let's talk about bouquet recipes. What are the categories of flower type and what months of the year am I growing in? What do I have flowering in each month and in each category? I've made (yet another) spreadsheet and this one has been illuminating so I'm going to talk you through it in this episode. I answer some really great questions from a listener about growing perennials and annuals and I hope...
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2 weeks ago
21 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Buying Peonies From A Fellow Grower, Bed 4 Prep Is Finished & Retail Sales: How Does It Work?
Hello and welcome to Tuesday 21 October 2025. Lots has happened and there is so much to tell you. I went to a fantastic peony sale held by a local cut flower grower on Saturday and picked up three new beautiful varieties which I'm excited about. I also finished prepping bed 4 and supervised the installation of a sink in Kylie's Room (aka the new studio/workshop), and cleaned out gutters to collect the incredible volumes of rainwater we've just had over the weekend. The main part o...
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2 weeks ago
27 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Why Hydrangea 'Limelight' Is A Cut Flower Superstar and The Hens Cause Havoc In The Cut Flowers
Hello, it's Friday 17 October 2025. Welcome to today's episode! The hens are causing havoc in the flower area: I hope the vast amounts of poo they are depositing everywhere compensates for the destructive behaviour and that my echinacea recover from being trampled and used as a dust bathing area. I've been shopping for woody shrubs this week and the main part of this episode is me talking about my experience of growing Hydrangea paniculate 'Limelight' this year and why I'm such a huge f...
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3 weeks ago
21 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
It's Cooling Down, Thank Yous, HRT Review & A Brilliant Visit To A Fellow Grower (Yippee!)
Hello and welcome to Tuesday 14 October 2025. The temperature has noticeably dropped, especially at night. I haven't had a frost yet but it's definitely feeling autumnal. I've been messing around with the stems I have on the plot at the moment and trying out arrangements in a variety of vases and containers. It feels very indulgent to be able to do this because I didn't dare to touch anything during the summer in case my wedding florist wanted to buy any of them. Crop planning continues apace...
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3 weeks ago
18 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Let The Hens Out With Me, Why Growing Cut Flowers Is Just A Tiny Part of the Business & Confidence-Boosting Tips
Hello and welcome to Friday 10 October 2025. Today's episode starts bright and early on the plot this morning as you're joining me letting the hens out and serving breakfasts. Great news - my poorly hen Mo has made an incredible recovery and has now rejoined the plot. In this episode I talk about my thoughts on confidence (or lack of) and how I really would benefit from having a life coach and a business coach on permanent speed-dial (hey, a girl can dream!). How do you manage your conf...
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1 month ago
24 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Perennial Plugs Start To Arrive, Laying Homemade Compost, and Flirting With Retail: Getting Brave
Hello and welcome to Tuesday 7 October 2025. Good news: my dog now has super sparkly white teeth and my very poorly hen, Mo, has made a miraculous recovery after surgery. What a relief. Lots of activity on the plot including spreading some of my black-gold compost onto the newly prepared beds (compost is one thing I am actually really good at making) and this homemade compost will really help improve the soil. I've been busy making a new path to run down the centre of the plot so I don'...
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1 month ago
16 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Perennials, Shrubs & Roses I've Just Bought for 2026: All The Details, Plus Lost Keys On The Plot
Hello. It's a rainy and windy Friday 3 October 2025. You're joining me from a car park outside my vet where I'm waiting for my dog's teeth to be cleaned and for my little hen, Mo, to have some surgery. This week the podcast is celebrating 10k downloads which is amazing and very surprising. Thank you if you have contributed to this number - you're very welcome at every episode. I've been super busy tidying and weeding on the plot and yesterday I had a massive drama when I managed t...
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1 month ago
24 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Busy, Busy, Busy: The Studio Is Nearly Finished, The New Beds Are Nearly Ready & What I've Just Bought To Grow in 2026
Hello. It's Tuesday 30 September 2025. Welcome to the episode! Lots of activity on the plot to share with you: weeding beds 3 & 4, adding bark to bed 1, more cutting back and weeding, and mulching some of the perennials. Many of the zinnias have been cleared away because they've gone really mouldy, even though some of the flowers are ok. With some invaluable help I've finally finished my studio, aka 'Kylie's Room' and I'm really pleased with it. I now have lots of storage in the form of a...
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1 month ago
21 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Number Crunching: Data Reconciliation Results Are Here, Most Profitable Cut Flowers Revealed & an Incredible (Improbable?) Net Profit Margin
Hello and welcome to tonight's episode on Friday 26 September 2025. It's spreadsheet time! I simply couldn't wait to do a reconciliation with all the data I've been collecting in 2025 so I've done an interim report this week and I'm excited to share my findings with you in this episode. I'm afraid I'm quite geeky so I took great pleasure in creating lots of tabs in my spreadsheets and then sorting all the data to work out my most profitable cut flowers. If you're interested in my findin...
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1 month ago
20 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Astrantia Finally Ready! Autumn Bed Prep Gets Underway, Soil Blocking & Winning Prizes at My Local Dahlia Show
Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 23 September 2025. Lots of news to share with you in this episode including my astrantia finally being ready, hub sales, connecting with a new florist, and making a website for the cut flowers. Also real progress is being made on the new beds on the plot, which is excellent. I've been adding lots of lovely chicken manure compost as a top dressing (I have a 'no till' system) and found plenty of worm casts, which is positive. I'm about to start experimentin...
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1 month ago
22 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
All About Dahlias: Everything I've Learnt in 2025, Plus What's Looking Good Now & The Hens Help Out
Hello, it's Saturday 20 September 2025. Welcome to today's episode. In this first part of today's episode I'll fill you in on all the activity on the plot including rediscovering my cephalaria, harvesting seed, removing stakes and support string, planning new paths, and mapping out the new beds using my road pins. I chat about what's still flowering well and what's not looking so good in its current location, which is all useful information for crop planning in 2026. In the second part of the...
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1 month ago
25 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Very Exciting Hub News, Making Connections on Insta & Why I Really Value Knowing My Florists
Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 16 September 2025. It's been a glorious autumn day today - just beautiful. This week I have been "testing" the local flower hub that I've joined. I say testing, because it turned out that it was actually live and I was actually selling to areal florists - scary stuff! The majority of this episode is me chatting about the testing process and the outcome of it all. I chat about my thoughts on the importance to me of understanding how my florists work so tha...
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1 month ago
20 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
My Absolute Best Performing Cut Flower of 2025, How I'm Saving & Storing Seed, and Balancing Things to Reduce Chaos
Hello and welcome to Friday 12 September 2025. It's feeling quite autumnal tonight: the nights are drawing in quickly and there's a little bit of a chill to the air. My two wedding orders have gone out and I hope the brides enjoy seeing them. I managed to cut the flowers in the dry (one order by torchlight which is not ideal) but the foliage ended up getting cut in the rain, which was a messy business. Tonight I'm answering some questions that I've received. I love answering your questions so...
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Problems Galore, Hormone Chaos, Poorly Hens, Over-Selling Hydrangeas & Baffling Sales Figures
Hello. It's Tuesday 9 September 2025. Well it's been a weekend of bad stuff: an attempted fraud on my bank card, a cancelled bank card, failed card payments which meant no phone contract renewal (which meant no working phone), together with hormone dramas, plus poorly chickens and sadly one of them, Florence, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. So it's been a lot. I'm still busy on the plot: deadheading, cutting back, tending to the dahlias, negotiating sales with florists, co-ordinatin...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Two New Florists Visit & Buy My Cut Flowers! Working Out My USP, Eucalyptus & Setting Up A Studio
Hello and welcome to Friday 5 September 2025. Where has the week gone?!? I have no idea. Time is just flying by. I've been busy on the plot deadheading, cutting things back and collecting seeds, in between the heavy rain showers. I can't wait to do a big tidy up and let the chickens enjoy rummaging around and fertilise the soil. I've had two new florists visit the plot and buy cut flowers from me, which has been great. I love showing people around and chatting about what's growing and what's ...
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2 months ago
15 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Cutting Foliage in the Rain, Visiting The National Dahlia Society Show Today & Did My Flowers Survive the Flower Festival?
Hello and welcome to the latest episode: it's Tuesday 2 September 2025. Lots to tell you in this episode and I've divided it into two parts with a tiny bit of music in between so please don't switch off when you hear the music and think the episode has ended! I've been cutting flower stems and foliage for two florist collections tomorrow. These are new florists for me so I'm looking forward to welcoming them to the plot. I've also had an order from my lovely wedding florist for this weekend w...
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2 months ago
27 minutes

Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
Hello. It's Friday 7 November 2025. Welcome to tonight's episode. Tonight it's all about mistakes I've made in 2025 because I've been thinking like a gardener rather than a cut flower grower. I have therefore compiled a list of the Top 10 mistakes I've made and I thought I'd share them with you in the hope that you won't make them! There are many benefits to having a background in gardening if you're thinking of establishing a cut flower grower (although I'd argue that a knowledge of marketin...