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Post by Lou78W on Mar 22, 2013 12:25:23 GMT
Thats a shame dc.....they will be very interesting talks...  |
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Post by dcdahlia on Mar 22, 2013 19:49:28 GMT
Slowly getting over this sickness bug.A66 is closed but the plan now is to go up to hexham and across the A69 and on to the m6 that way.So I will see what I feel like in the morning and I might get to the meeting yet.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 22, 2013 20:18:12 GMT
Good luck if you attempt the journey....theM66 is a right b*****r at the best of times.....expect a full report back mind....so don't forget your notebook and pen....   |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 22, 2013 20:36:14 GMT
DCDahlia are you sure you should be travelling on the A66 tomorrow? In fact, it is possible the AGM may be post poned. Take great care.
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Post by Tel on Mar 23, 2013 7:53:57 GMT
Its not worth the risk DC, Cumbria is badly effected by all the snow. The A.G.M. should be postponed or cancelled if they have any sense.
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Post by dcdahlia on Mar 23, 2013 10:04:31 GMT
Well beat the sickness bug but not the snow,went to bed at 10.30 last night and we had no snow got up at 6 this morning and we have had 8 inches over night with 2 foot drifts .Can't even get out of the village never mind get across to cumbria.There was 3 car loads of us going from our society but I can't see anyone getting there from the north east so yes I think it would be a good idea to postpone it but I don't think they will.Getting a little worried now about the coming season it could be over before it's began.Can't get in the garden to do anything and everything in the greenhouse is really slow.We need some sunshine and warmer temps as soon as possible.Going to have a day in the greenhouse,hopefully there is more cuttings to pot on and I have some pot leeks and onions to pot on.
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Post by markb on Mar 23, 2013 10:23:16 GMT
I was intending to work in greenhouse too, dc. Change of plan now though as I've been in there filling trays and pots ready for sowing, taking cuttings, potting up etc and the temperature dropped to 2C. Brought all the trays into the house and am putting them in an enclosed propagator with no thermostat to warm up before doing anything else.
On a positive note, the 'Willo's Violet' cuttings taken last Saturday have, so far, not gone black. But they have not been getting much heat either, only eight hours per night on an old electric blanket. Fingers crossed.
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Post by markb on Mar 23, 2013 10:26:05 GMT
I see from Dave Gillam's latest You Tube post that he also lost some cuttings. He puts this down to the temperature at the root zone being too high and 'cooking' the cuttings as he puts it. I wonder if that could be a part of the problem that the rest of us are having??
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Post by scrumpy on Mar 23, 2013 10:58:53 GMT
I see from Dave Gillam's latest You Tube post that he also lost some cuttings. He puts this down to the temperature at the root zone being too high and 'cooking' the cuttings as he puts it. I wonder if that could be a part of the problem that the rest of us are having?? That's something I touched on above when I gave my method of taking cuttings. I have a problem at the moment....my heat mat that I've had for about 10 years has decided to pack in, so I've had to move everything around in the greenhouse so that the dahlia cuttings can go onto the soil warming cable bed, and my onions that were on there are now all over the place. The heat generated isn't as much as the mat, and you can spot the difference in the newer cuttings. Hopefully sorted on Monday when the new ones arrive. |
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Post by markb on Mar 23, 2013 11:50:05 GMT
Yes, Scrumpy, I checked my propagator at the time and it had a temperature of 60F at the root zone but that may have been too warm without sufficient strong sunlight or there could be hotspots in the root zone.
Haven't had any problems since I stopped using this propagator. No more have rotted but then none have rooted either. Sure it will all come right eventually.
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Post by edwin on Mar 23, 2013 19:27:33 GMT
I see from Dave Gillam's latest You Tube post that he also lost some cuttings. He puts this down to the temperature at the root zone being too high and 'cooking' the cuttings as he puts it. I wonder if that could be a part of the problem that the rest of us are having?? As i understand his propagator temperature was way to high, hoped he would explain me on this one about how you use pot tubers. But as you could read in the end he will do that in the next one, because here in holland we don't know this.. I am just putting my cuttings on room temperature, same room as my tubers and they are doing quit good |
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Post by snute2008 on Mar 23, 2013 20:20:42 GMT
"The heat generated isn't as much as the mat, and you can spot the difference in the newer cuttings."
scrumpy do you mean that the cuttings are looking better on the soil cable as the heat is not so high?
I have just thrown my last batch of cuttings away as they have all gone black, lost about 90 so far. Ready to take another batch tomorrow and using deeper pots and also a layer of fine damp sand on the bottom of the propagator which will hopefully even out the heat.
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Post by steve2t on Mar 26, 2013 0:20:24 GMT
The numbers were down at the northern AGM, shame that everyone wasn't snow free like me. Very informative talks from all concerned as usual (much appreciated by this novice). Interesting slant on the very dark varieties from Dave.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 26, 2013 8:20:01 GMT
The numbers were down at the northern AGM, shame that everyone wasn't snow free like me. Very informative talks from all concerned as usual (much appreciated by this novice). Interesting slant on the very dark varieties from Dave.What did he say? |
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Post by scrumpy on Mar 26, 2013 8:30:08 GMT
"The heat generated isn't as much as the mat, and you can spot the difference in the newer cuttings." scrumpy do you mean that the cuttings are looking better on the soil cable as the heat is not so high? I have just thrown my last batch of cuttings away as they have all gone black, lost about 90 so far. Ready to take another batch tomorrow and using deeper pots and also a layer of fine damp sand on the bottom of the propagator which will hopefully even out the heat. other way round.....not as perky. Still OK though. New mat arrived so back to normal now. |
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