Eustoma Cultivation Log, 2023: From Seedling Arrival to 2.5 Months After Potting

This page is an archived cultivation record from a small Eustoma (Eustoma grandiflorum) trial started in September 2023. The older version also contained a planned 2024 sales notice; that information is historical and does not indicate current availability.

The surviving record ends on November 3, 2023. Flowering, shipment and sales outcomes are not documented here, so they should not be reconstructed from assumption.

Table of Contents

Cultivars in the trial
September 15, 2023: seedlings arrived and were potted
November 3, 2023: about 2.5 months after potting
What this archive can and cannot show

Cultivars in the trial

The trial used Fukukaen cultivars Citrus Mousse and Sakura Charme. The practical aim was to follow early growth after potting and assess whether the plants could eventually be developed for potted or cut-flower use.

September 15, 2023: seedlings arrived and were potted

Young Eustoma seedlings after arrival — Young Eustoma seedlings at the start of the September 2023 trial.

Eustoma seedlings at arrival — Seedlings before early establishment in pots.

The seedlings arrived in September and were transplanted into pots. At this stage the plants were still small, with the compact leafy form typical of young Eustoma.

November 3, 2023: about 2.5 months after potting

Eustoma plants about two and a half months after potting — Plants approximately 2.5 months after potting.

Healthy Eustoma leaves during early growth — Leaf growth observed in early November 2023.

Established Eustoma plant in a pot — The plants appeared established in their pots.

Rows of potted Eustoma plants — Potted Eustoma plants growing in the trial.

By early November the plants had visibly increased in leaf number and canopy size. The original note estimated roughly two- to three-fold visual growth, but no quantitative measurements were taken, so this remains an observational record rather than a measured growth rate.

The roots appeared established and the shoots showed no obvious severe wilting or chlorosis in the photographs.

What this archive can and cannot show

This page documents seedling arrival, potting and early vegetative growth from September to November 2023. It does not provide verified final flowering rate, cut-flower quality, shipment numbers or 2024 sales results.

For future cultivation logs, measurements such as plant height, leaf number, bolting date, flowering date and quality scores would make comparisons much more useful.

The value of this page is therefore not as a current sales page, but as a visual record of Eustoma establishment and early growth.