What unique market niches do trays and pans of bulbs offer?
Bulbs produced in pans or trays offer florists a convenient, attractive, and fragrant display. Production in trays or pans allows for multiple uses of the same plants. For example, the entire flat could be rented for one event, then individual stems could sold in cut arrangements for another. Trays of nearly-ready-to-harvest flowering bulbs store well in a cooler until they are needed. In addition, some growers arrange to re-use the flat at no cost to the florist. The narrated presentation linked at right outlines culture, budget and marketability information for Muscari armeniacum stems produced in trays.
