Dig on Dahlias

Join Joann and Allison chat with Dr. Troy Peters, Professor and Director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems and Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Peters shares with us considerations for watering systems across different soil types. 
You can find out more about Dr. Peters at the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systesm website: https://cpaas.wsu.edu/contact_overview/director/.

Join Joann and Allison chat with Steve Lloyd of the Dahlia Doctor. Steve shares with us his dahlia history as well as how he turned to evidence-based research to grow them better. Initially what started as a quest to better his own growing, turned into The Dahlia Doctor Research Library. Steve utilizes AI to find dahlia specific research articles/seminars/thesis papers and uses that information to write articles as a resource to others so they too can make evidence-based growing decisions. 
Before meeting, Steve asked us to come up with a question he could use his research system to find an answer. Joann asked, "Can line breeding stabilize color in seedlings?" Listen in to find out the answer! Visit https://www.dahliadoctor.com/pages/podcast for Steve's supporting documents to his answer. 
To find out more about Steve and the Dahlia Doctor Research Library, check out his website www.dahliadoctor.com or on Facebook @DahliaDoctor.

Join Joann and Allison chat with LeeAnn Huber of Coseytown Flowers. Coseytown Flowers focuses on hybrdizing dahlias in a way that solves flower farmer needs. Rather than being focused on just a pretty flower, they put plant vigor and health at the forefront. LeeAnn shares with us how she runs her dahlia farm as a working business. 
You can find out more about Coseytown Flowers on social media IG @CoseytownFlowers or on their website www.coseytownflowers.com.

Join Joann and Allison chat with Agronomist, Blake TeVelde. Locally, Blake works for an Agronomy Center helping local farmers improve their crops. In this episode, Blake takes that knowledge and shares with us how we can test and treat soil to support overall dahlia health. 
You've heard Blake before when he joined buisness partner, Thomas Bloomquist, on Season 2 Episode 4 when they shared all about their dahlia farm, North Cascade Dahlias. You can find more about North Cascade Dahlias on their social media @NorthCascadeDahlias and on their website www.northcascadedahlias.com.

Join Joann and Allison chat all things iris with Josh Prieb of Fascination Iris Farm. Josh operates Fascination Iris Farm out of Whatcom County, WA where he grows hundreds of iris varieties, including a few of his own cultivars. Josh shares with us a bit of his gardening history as well as the the processes of how to hybridize and classify iris. 
To learn more about Josh, you can follow along on social media @fascinationirisfarm and on his website https://jprieb751.wixsite.com/fascination-iris.