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Starting Larkspur Farm

The larkspur is a deceitfully beautiful and simple flower common in Eurasia. Starting your own Larkspur farm doesn’t really take much. But you have to be careful in choosing your species as most of the larkspur species are poisonous.

But that shouldn’t distract you from the fact that growing larkspur is a healthy enterprise to invest in. It doesn’t take much to make your larkspur farm grow. This tutorial will help you understand the necessary basic in starting your own business farm.

The Larkspur is a common name for flowering plants of the genera Delphinium and Consolida. The Delphinium is a genus of 300 species of perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, which is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The leaves are deeply lobed with usually around 4-8 toothed, pointed palmate lobes. It can grow up to 2 meters in the large meadowloand species. The plants flower from late spring to late summer. It is pollinated by butterflies and bumblebees. The Delphinium name came from the Latin for dolphin, which alluded to the shape of the opening flower. The Consolida differs from the Delphinium in the flower structure, with the flowers in an open, loose, often branched spike, rather than the dense column of flowers found in the Delphinium and in the fruit, which comprises a single follicle, instead of a cluster of several together. And unlike the Delphinium¸ all Consolida species are annual.

Startup Cost for the Larkspur Farm

Compared to the other flowering farms, the Larkspur doesn’t cost much as the Larkspur is relatively easy to grow. But don’t also expect for a huge profit at first, since it takes time for the plant to grow. The Larkspur is mainly used as an ornamental plant, so expect that you wouldn’t have much of a profit at first. But in time it will, as the Larkspur is easily gaining popularity due to the color it brings to the garden. The startup cost would pay mostly for the land, machinery, labor and seeds. You don’t even have to invest that much in insecticide for the plant. This is a special property of the Larkspur. Since most species are poisonous to insects, the plants themselves provide a safety blanket for themselves. In choosing land, it would be wise to stray away from lands that have a high cattle population, since cattle mistakenly eat Larkspur thinking it would a delicious snack but in reality is actually a poison for them. But if the land you presently have is full of cattle, a strong fence in which no cattle can go within no less than three feet from the fence. In choosing seeds, choose those that are not poisonous. Ask the local gardeners and farmers which varieties are non-poisonous as it may take some time to determine which is a dangerous species and which is not.

Advertising the Larkspur

Despite the poisonous nature of the Larkspur, you can advertise Larkspur as a natural cure to scorpion stings. A tincture of Larkspur is used against asthma and dropsy. Some of it is even used to rub the head to remove lice, tics and nits in the hair. It was even used as a popular medicine against eye diseases.

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2 Comments

  • Poonam Kumari said on April 6, 2012
    I want to start Papaya farming & sell market. land is in Jharkhand near about Bokaro Steel City, how ever need its plant, what will be project cost per acre.
  • okwiri stephen said on July 8, 2012
    I want to start a high yield papaya farming, I need advice on how to farm and the marketing process. pls assist!, kenyan youth.

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