Dahlias 2012 season

[Tel]

Good to hear that the knee is working fine Scrumpy, hope there is no reaction to all the digging.

[Tel]

Filled the first module tray today with cuttings, this version holds 104

[Lou78W]

Crumbs......wot a lot you got

[derekbrooks]

They look impressive,Tel. You will have as many as me in a bit :)I notice that you put a label in each one.I do mine in rows and just put a label at the top of each row in case they don,t all root.

[Tel]

Mar 2, 2012 19:37:08 GMT derekbrooks said:

They look impressive,Tel. You will have as many as me in a bit :)I notice that you put a label in each one.I do mine in rows and just put a label at the top of each row in case they don,t all root.

Its just the way i have always taken my cuttings Derek, just like anything else, we all have our different methods.
The main thing is we all get the result we are aiming for. ;D

[Tel]

I received my winter bulletin in the post today.
The General Sec placed a little note in saying that their data base is different to the Northern Secs, but change of address has now been done.
So a bit of reading now to catch up on. ;D

[Lou78W]

Thats good Tel.....I didn't really want to give up my copy...lol......but I would have, if necessary

[Tel]

Mar 7, 2012 19:39:34 GMT Lou78W said:

Thats good Tel.....I didn't really want to give up my copy...lol......but I would have, if necessary

You do right Lou, i find they are very useful for snippets of information over the years.

I was surprised to see in the Waterlily Championship at the National that Glorie Van Heemstede was one of the vases in the winning exhibit, that cultivar is 70 years old now.

[Lou78W]

I didn't realise that Gloria was THAT old ....goes to show "the oldn's are the best.......

[dcdahlia]

First batch of 20 cuttings have all rooted in 11 days.Another batch of 40 have been taken tonight thats 90 in all so far.

[Tel]

Mar 8, 2012 20:10:08 GMT dcdahlia said:

First batch of 20 cuttings have all rooted in 11 days.Another batch of 40 have been taken tonight thats 90 in all so far.

I will have to take a look and see, if any of the first lot of cuttings i took, have rooted yet.

[Rosie]

Jan 17, 2012 15:20:57 GMT Tel said:

I noticed today that Kenora Challenger, Hillcrest Candy and Terry cotta are showing signs of life.

My Terry Cotta expired along with Osirium , the rest are perfect,

[Tel]

Mar 9, 2012 13:23:39 GMT Rosie said:

Jan 17, 2012 15:20:57 GMT Tel said:

I noticed today that Kenora Challenger, Hillcrest Candy and Terry cotta are showing signs of life.

My Terry Cotta expired along with Osirium , the rest are perfect,

I know someone who has that variety, if you are nice to me, i will ask him for you, if he could help out. Who knows he may send you a cutting or two if i have a word with him. ;D

[scrumpy]

First ones rooted for me too. These were taken 20th to 23rd feb.
Quite a few more look as if they are ready too.

You can tell by looking at them when they are ready as they have firm leaves and put on growth in the tray quite quickly. They are considerably bigger than the original cutting.



and a quick "tease out" confirms it



Each one potted into 3" square pots ( same as the ones used for rooting).
The compost used for rooting goes back into storage for use again....been using the same compost every year for donkeys years

[Lou78W]

I potted on a few rooted cuttings thismorning, taken round about the same time as Scrump. Mostly Westons....took a few more