Dahlias 2014 Season

[Tel]

Not quite enough to finish them off yet though.

[MarkE]

Has anyone had anything to do with the pom Mi Wong?

[dcdahlia]

Last show for the season yesterday,1st and third poms gurtla twilight,1st,second and third small decs Brenda T and 2 vases of winholme diane,1st small cactus oakwood goldcrest.Thats a total of 29 firsts,19 seconda and 18 thirds, 2 silver mdals and 2 bronze medals over 6 shows in 4 weeks.Time to tidy up, have a rest and plan for next year.

[Moonlight]

Fantastic dcdahlia Well done.

[Tel]

A very good end of season DC well done. Have a rest now, before lifting time.

[Raymond]

Congratulations dc ! 

[Lou78W]

Oct 5, 2014 11:16:41 GMT dcdahlia said:

Last show for the season yesterday,1st and third poms gurtla twilight,1st,second and third small decs Brenda T and 2 vases of winholme diane,1st small cactus oakwood goldcrest.Thats a total of 29 firsts,19 seconda and 18 thirds, 2 silver mdals and 2 bronze medals over 6 shows in 4 weeks.Time to tidy up, have a rest and plan for next year.

Not a bad "haul"....you must be well pleased.....Congrats

[markb]

Very well done dc. A rest is well deserved I think.

[Tel]

Took off the covers yesterday.

[Deleted]

Not a great day to start cutting the dahlias back. Windy and raining, and down right miserable in fact .  Always find this job the saddest part of growing dahlias, but not for long, as the start will soon be upon us, digging up, cleaning, drying and storing. Before I know it, the greenhouse will be a hive of activity again.

[Lou78W]

Oct 6, 2014 16:12:35 GMT @markymate said:

Not a great day to start cutting the dahlias back. Windy and raining, and down right miserable in fact .  Always find this job the saddest part of growing dahlias, but not for long, as the start will soon be upon us, digging up, cleaning, drying and storing. Before I know it, the greenhouse will be a hive of activity again.

Do you always cut them back this early?

[Moonlight]

Oct 6, 2014 16:57:53 GMT Lou78W said:

Oct 6, 2014 16:12:35 GMT @markymate said:

Not a great day to start cutting the dahlias back. Windy and raining, and down right miserable in fact .  Always find this job the saddest part of growing dahlias, but not for long, as the start will soon be upon us, digging up, cleaning, drying and storing. Before I know it, the greenhouse will be a hive of activity again.

Do you always cut them back this early?

I think that I am lucky mine still are a sea of colour, bit slumped but still with plenty more buds coming through and opening. It's sad when they die.

[derekbrooks]

I still have plenty of flowers. I don't cut mine back till they have been blackened by frost.

[Deleted]

I only cut back, not down completely. I leave up to two feet on the plant and feed the tuber so the plant puts all it's energy into plumping up the tuber, ready for winter in storage. I'll dig the tubers up around the beginning of November, as my ground is clay based, and leaving the tubers to long in wet ground encourages rotting.  I sacrifice late colour for plumper tubers for better storage, plus the fact, where I live in the south, Last winter we didn't have any frost till the end of January.  For me it works, I don't lose tubers over wintering, and healthy tuber gives better cuttings.

[Tel]

Sept 15, 2014 21:35:32 GMT Raymond said:

Have any of you seen hillcrest Jersie ? A new release. Had it recommended but can't find a picture

Here it is.


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