7. Flowers or tubers?
Decide on your marketing objective ‐ flowers or tubers ‐ well before planting.
Each product has its own requirements; however most growers do both,
often in separate areas.
Growing for cut flowers will result in tubers much smaller than those planted.
Do not cut flowers with defects (e.g. bent or broken stems, other physical
damage etc). These are best left to grow on into larger tubers suitable for
export or later cut flower production.