Re: News article
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- Subject: Re: News article
- From: B* A*
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:43:56 -0500
Went to the site and what I saw was unbelievable! Was there any indication
in what you read about why they picked hosta?
Beth Arnold
Peoria Illinois Zone 5
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From: halinar@open.org <halinar@open.org>
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:27 PM
Subject: News article
>I thought some of you might be interested in this news release that I
>received in a Greenhouse and Management Publications email news
>announcement. Not sure if this will have any real inpact, but sounds
>interesting.
>
>Joe Halinar
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>* Hostas will be the first ornamental crop to use a new production
>system, developed at Clemson Univ., which accelerates the growing
>process using finger-sized tissue culture transplants that are free of
>diseases and pests. The system, which has been commercialized by
>Southern Sun, will produce CUStarts transplants in the company’s
>Acclimatron greenhouses in Hodges, S.C., using a natural-light,
>recirculating hydroponic system. The transplants are small enough to
>be shipped internationally and vigorous enough to be planted directly
>outdoors. Mail@SoSun.com; http://www.sosun.com
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