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Post by mattolo on Feb 18, 2013 17:21:16 GMT
Has this been done? If not I wouldn't mind having a go (when I have the space to grow out all the seedlings). Would it be a question of crossing a giant flowered double with a single and then hopefully finding the 1 in a 1000 that was single and giant? I am thinking sunflower sized  |
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Post by mattolo on Feb 19, 2013 17:14:58 GMT
Does nobody like the singles?  |
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Post by markb on Feb 19, 2013 19:55:47 GMT
It would seem not, mattolo. Don't quite know how to get a giant single but even with your suggested cross anything could happen. Even when crossing giant doubles with one another you will get a mixture of seedlings. Only thing I can say is to experiment and see what happens.
I tend not to grow seedlings any more as I want to concentrate on my exhibition plants which tend to be neglected once the seedlings start flowering as you check these first to see if any have flowered. Bit like having Christmas every day then!!!
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Post by mattolo on Feb 19, 2013 23:43:33 GMT
It seems strange (to me) that this hasn't been attempted. I don't see why,from a genetic point of view,this cannot be done.Dahlias are very variable.  I suppose nobody has an interest to see it done.For my part, I would like to see a single as big as football. ;D |
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Post by marynz on Feb 20, 2013 4:39:25 GMT
I have seen one. I think it got tossed.
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Post by mattolo on Feb 20, 2013 10:48:29 GMT
That's a shame,get them to toss it in my direction next time |
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Post by mattolo on Feb 20, 2013 10:50:43 GMT
I have seen one. I think it got tossed. Was it a big'un? |
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Post by marynz on Feb 21, 2013 8:28:48 GMT
Yes, a huge white starry Dahlia with 8 pointed petals. Of course the centre is small, so an enormous Dahlia does not have a sunflower look, even when it is sunflower sized.
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Post by mattolo on Feb 21, 2013 19:37:56 GMT
It sounds fab ;D
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Post by mattolo on Feb 21, 2013 19:40:44 GMT
Were the long petals able to support themselves? Or did they flop under their own weight like the wings of a large glider? ;D
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Post by marynz on Feb 24, 2013 18:43:23 GMT
They held up fine on the plant. It was in a seedling patch. I don't know how they would have gone in a vase.
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