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Post by scrumpy on Jul 6, 2013 19:44:49 GMT
Started to put my canes around the plants today. Managed about an hour...too hot.
Need watering twice a day now, especially the giants. Buds just starting to show on Sir Alf and Bryn Terfel. Need to secure them about 12th July to get them ready for 10th August. Going to be close.
First one I will let flower is Ryecroft Rebel, being grown in a 30 litre polypot, and I will let one Senzoe flower. That will give me an early guide as to the state of potash in the soil.
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Post by dcdahlia on Jul 14, 2013 17:06:26 GMT
Made the decision today to go through all the dahlias that only got a single stop and give them another,all except janal amy,eastwood moonlight, kiwi gloria,and gateshead festival.Thats charlie two,brenda t,ruskin michelle,joan walker,hillcrest candy,vals candy and marston lilac all got a second stop as they were all budding up and going to flower midd august with this weather, even though they were only stopped 3/4 weeks ago.Time will tell if I have made the right decision.
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 14, 2013 21:24:56 GMT
Made the decision today to go through all the dahlias that only got a single stop and give them another,all except janal amy,eastwood moonlight, kiwi gloria,and gateshead festival.Thats charlie two,brenda t,ruskin michelle,joan walker,hillcrest candy,vals candy and marston lilac all got a second stop as they were all budding up and going to flower midd august with this weather, even though they were only stopped 3/4 weeks ago.Time will tell if I have made the right decision. You could have left them and entered shrewsbury show  If it's any consolation, I'm fighting hard to keep them back. Never known them grow so fast as they are this year. I'm even growing Sir alf on a side bud  |
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Post by steve2t on Jul 15, 2013 21:59:08 GMT
Sprayed the ones with "smut" again today, lots more of them now. Saw a garden with lots of dahlias in with the same "smut" as mine so
I don't feel too bad about mine. Must of been the conditions from 11 June - 4 July.
Then spent the rest of the day pulling plants out that have virus. About 30% of them. Must of been a tuba and its in all varieties.
Must of been spread by the large numbers of thrips and capsid bugs that seem invincible. Lots of fungus gnats and white fly around
too. No 2 spot spidermite around yet.
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Post by dcdahlia on Jul 16, 2013 20:58:48 GMT
I get smut every year steve,noticed first signs tonight which is late for me I would normally have sprayed 2/3 times already.Gonna spray tomorrow night with fungus clear and will have to every 3 weeks now.
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 19, 2013 11:33:22 GMT
Doing the final tying up and securing the laterals today. Having to knock back a long way into the plants as they are growing so quick. In the small cactus, Oakwood goldcrest is causing the most problems finding some side shoots, so with that one it's a side shoot from a side shoot. Anything could happen with them.
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Post by dcdahlia on Jul 19, 2013 20:33:14 GMT
Having the same problem scrumpy,never seen them grow so quick,knocking no more back now.Ones I knocked back last sunday have already got 3 inch shoots on.
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Post by steve2t on Jul 19, 2013 20:46:04 GMT
Mine not growing much at all. 6 out of 40 Dikara Superb look healthy, the rest....................... Its poss that the cloud cover has put the brakes on growth a bit. Any road up, my seedling plants are mostly healthy. Lost 25% now, after being so careful during propagation as well!!!!! Looks like virus has come from a dikara superb tuber. (I record parentage of each cutting so I can trace back to specific tuber) Don't think I can put 3 vases of 5 min decs on at Harrogate now, which was the aim this year.  |
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Post by markb on Jul 20, 2013 19:26:27 GMT
Secured first buds on 'Hillcrest Candy', 'George Marston', 'Barbarry Parade', Barbarry Sunbeam' and 'Kilburn Rose'. Not too sure how this hot weather will affect their opening times so I could have blooms too soon.
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 20, 2013 19:42:48 GMT
It'll bring opening times forward at least 5 days I reckon.
Buds of Winholme Diane, of the normal size I use for timing, are showing signs of the first petals already, well in advance of what i'd expect. Luckily, I don't remove wing buds straight away, so main bud is coming off and one of those will be my bloom.
Crazy.
Even the giants are flying away. Fairway spur, a week ago, was just showing a bud the size of a penny. It'll be in full bloom in a fortnight.
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Post by derekbrooks on Jul 20, 2013 22:10:09 GMT
Scrumpy, the plants you kindly sent me are doing well. There is one bloom open on Oakwood goldcrest but I have had several on Rycroft Zoe. As I type this I am looking at 3 nice blooms in a vase. My first show is in two weeks so I am hoping to show some then.
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Post by dcdahlia on Jul 21, 2013 8:48:12 GMT
george marston dec or ball ?
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 21, 2013 9:07:21 GMT
Scrumpy, the plants you kindly sent me are doing well. There is one bloom open on Oakwood goldcrest but I have had several on Rycroft Zoe. As I type this I am looking at 3 nice blooms in a vase. My first show is in two weeks so I am hoping to show some then. Glad to hear they are looking OK. What do you think of Zoe? Usually the yellow centre gets more pronounced after a day or two in water, making it even more striking. |
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Post by steve2t on Jul 21, 2013 10:02:05 GMT
george marston dec or ball ? It was in the winning entry of the Alan Dunlop class at Harrogate so I guess its a dec (at the moment) |
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Post by derekbrooks on Jul 22, 2013 21:55:07 GMT
I like Zoe very much, Scrumpy. Not noticed the difference in water yet.
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