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Post by ian on Nov 29, 2014 22:44:05 GMT
It is with great sadness I have to report the death of my great friend Mr John Parkinson he passed away today. John was my mentor when I started with Dahlias and certainly when I started judging was a great help. John was a great Dahlia man and an excellent judge he was chairman of judges at Harrogate a job he did for many years and the job I do now. I will miss him a great deal a great man that will be missed by the Dahlia world. Good night John RIP (Dad)
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Post by Raymond on Nov 29, 2014 22:49:40 GMT
Sad to hear that news ian always hard when someone you admire and look up to passes. RIP |
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Post by Lou78W on Nov 30, 2014 8:18:37 GMT
It is with great sadness I have to report the death of my great friend Mr John Parkinson he passed away today. John was my mentor when I started with Dahlias and certainly when I started judging was a great help. John was a great Dahlia man and an excellent judge he was chairman of judges at Harrogate a job he did for many years and the job I do now. I will miss him a great deal a great man that will be missed by the Dahlia world. Good night John RIP (Dad) That is sad news Ian.  thanks for letting us know. |
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Post by Tel on Nov 30, 2014 8:36:50 GMT
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend and mentor Ian.  |
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Post by scrumpy on Nov 30, 2014 9:09:44 GMT
Commiserations to his family and all who knew him.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 9:27:06 GMT
Sorry to hear your sad news Ian, a man you'll greatly miss. Take care my friend...
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Post by Cherry on Nov 30, 2014 9:28:43 GMT
What a fine epitaph Ian k. |
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Post by Ian k on Nov 30, 2014 15:30:30 GMT
Afternoon cherry i am sorry to say the wonderful epitaph was by ian ( not ian k ) I must say it is a sad day in the dahlia world by the death of Mr John Parkinson I met him a couple of times and I can see why he was such an inspiration to so many people.
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 30, 2014 17:39:24 GMT
Sorry to hear that sad news. Sounds like you had a good teacher.
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Post by Cherry on Nov 30, 2014 20:02:29 GMT
It is with great sadness I have to report the death of my great friend Mr John Parkinson he passed away today. John was my mentor when I started with Dahlias and certainly when I started judging was a great help. John was a great Dahlia man and an excellent judge he was chairman of judges at Harrogate a job he did for many years and the job I do now. I will miss him a great deal a great man that will be missed by the Dahlia world. Good night John RIP (Dad) I am very sorry I credited the wrong Ian with these beautiful words. A lot of people agree with you ian. He sounds like a real gentleman. Thank you for pointing out my error Ian k. |
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Post by robh on Dec 2, 2014 16:32:23 GMT
couldnt belive it today passing a house whilst out and about and they still had dahlias flowering in the garden
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Post by Raymond on Dec 2, 2014 20:57:51 GMT
Some near me still flowering robh . Thanks for info on that picture. That one still flowering in a neighbours garden I think they leave it in overwinter. Next year I will leave the ones I won't be keeping in and keep feeding so they go on until first frost. I was too light with the feed this year. They flowered themselves out by mid October really bar a couple of them. Also with restricting the number of stems and disbudding it will help as well. |
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Post by robh on Dec 3, 2014 19:39:20 GMT
my mate swear by feeding them miracle grow they grow that bushy and dtall he disapears amongst them
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Post by Raymond on Dec 3, 2014 22:06:58 GMT
Hi robh I am going to use miracle grow as my balanced feed. Then onto high potash depending on variety. I will use maxicrop and comfrey foliar feeds I am just nervous of overfeeding. Did your parcel arrive Rob ? |
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Post by robh on Dec 4, 2014 9:35:22 GMT
not yet raymond hopefully today i use comfry on stuff down the garden there is loads of it growing there i just cut a load down and hoy it in a water barrel
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thanks for letting us know.
