Fall 2013 is on the way!

While Beverly and Bonnie held down the Sunbelt sales fort this summer, Roland visited parts of Europe and his native Holland. (A few photos from his trip are in a slideshow at the end of this post.)

Sunbelt's shipping racks, Fall 2013

Fall and Poinsettia info packets have been mailed to all customers. If our packet hasn't found your mailbox yet, please let us know.

Sunbelt is almost ready to begin shipping Fall product to all markets! The carts above – containing mums, Mighty 'Mato™ grafted tomatoes, dianthus, and fall herbs – were just transported to an IGC in Atlanta.

To get in the mood, take a peek at these photos (link goes to an album on SunbeltPhotos.com) taken last fall at Pike Nurseries. Also, be sure to check our emailed availability order forms for current photos of our inventory. In the meantime, below are a few more photos taken recently at Sunbelt.

Gomphrena 'Fireworks' planted this spring in a landscape bed by our office.

Almost invisible netting helps our larger mums retain their shape.

An accidental "twofer" found among our mums!

Water droplets on our newly-planted poinsettia baskets.

And, a few of Roland's photos from Holland are below. Looks like he had a great trip!

Sunbelt prepares for fall crops

While the weather in South Georgia is brutally hot and most people are thinking about how to stay cool, our mums are as happy as can be out in the field! After successful testing last fall, Sunbelt installed new drip tape lines. 

9" mums with drip tape watering

8" mums with drip tape watering

Within a few weeks we will begin sewing the first pansy and viola seeds – slowly but surely we are getting ready for fall crops.  Fall pricing will be distributed the week of July 16.  And, by the way, our poinsettia cuttings look very good.

We will visit Michigan next week to attend our annual sales meeting at the Wenke facility, where this year’s spring data will be reviewed for planning our 2013 spring program. Your survey input was very helpful and we thank everyone who took the time to respond.

Roland will be out of the country from July 18-August 13 but can be reached via e-mail. Beverly will be out of the office until July 16, and Bonnie will return August 15.