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Alaska Perfect Peony

The Peony Blog

Discover tips, stories, and behind-the-scenes glimpses from our farm in Homer, Alaska.

Fertigation and Irrigation

Keeping your peony fields irrigated is critical for growing large flowers. You probably would not lose all your plants if you don‘t water, but you‘d have less than acceptable flowers and the plant itself would suffer...
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Laying out Your Fields - Irrigation

We run T-Tape on both sides of each raised row for irrigation and fertigation. More on all the hook-ups later, but for now you need to lay out the T-Tape throughout the field. Check with Drip Works. These guys will...
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Laying out your field continued

How far apart should my rows be? How long should they be? Should I typar my fields? What about access for maintenance? Should I hill my rows and if yes, how high? All important decisions to make next. You only...
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Soil Preparation in Fields

First of all, there is no way I can tell you what to do to successfully grow peonies in your farm soils. I can say, this is probably the second most important part of a successful peony farm. A lot...
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Location

Before you start a peony farm for the cut flower market you need to make sure you have the stamina, both physical and financial. Growing peony is a long term investment requiring a lot of physical labor. It usually takes...
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