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Post by candyblue on Apr 1, 2011 18:36:49 GMT
It seems that most of our dahlia cuttings have rooted hooray!
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Post by Tel on Apr 1, 2011 18:41:03 GMT
It seems that most of our dahlia cuttings have rooted hooray! You seem to be pleased about that. ;D |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 1, 2011 19:41:49 GMT
I was chuffed my dahlia cuttings came through ok while I was away....The capilliary matting worked a treat ;D...I've potted them on and taken a lot more cuttings  |
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Post by richardr on Apr 2, 2011 5:37:59 GMT
I took some for the first time last year and both worked. The thing that surprised me was the plants grown from the cuttings were better than the plants which grew from the tubers I took them from. I've taken some more this year My dahlia 'dark angel' did nothing, the tuber rotted. I shall have to look out for some more this season. Hi WF, you will always get better blooms from new plants grown from cuttings. They will not spread as much or, possibly, be as tall, as from a tuber but the bloom quality will be far superior. Better colour, stronger stems, just much better. |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 5, 2011 8:36:29 GMT
On the larger cuttings, the large bottom leaves have gone a little limp. Normally, I would cut these in half to combat transpiration. Do we do this with dahlias? They look healthy otherwise.
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Post by floydie on Apr 5, 2011 9:40:17 GMT
The first cutting i took has gone limp also Cherry.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 5, 2011 15:24:43 GMT
I took 2 cuttings from 'Tahoma Star' this afternoon...there are a couple more buds developing on the tuber so I should be able to take at least one more  The Bishop of Oxford tuber hasn't shown any signs of life at all...but I shan't give up on it yet.... |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 5, 2011 17:23:28 GMT
On the larger cuttings, the large bottom leaves have gone a little limp. Normally, I would cut these in half to combat transpiration. Do we do this with dahlias? They look healthy otherwise. Regular spraying with tepid water might help |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 5, 2011 18:32:26 GMT
I do that Lou. I wonder if they need the lid on the propagator.
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 5, 2011 19:11:45 GMT
I think that would encourage fungal problems Cherry  |
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Post by scrumpy on Apr 5, 2011 19:53:14 GMT
Not good pictures, but here is my propagator in all it's glory, with lid on.  And what they look like with lid off  I have lost 6 cuttings out of about 100 due to dampness. This wasn't anything to do with the propagator, it was the actual cuttings from two of my tubers. As the young shoots grew, the leaves on them looked a bit "fungally", so i was thinking i may have problems and i did. Same varieties but different tubers no problems. The gaps are due to ones i've taken out that have rooted...the whole thing was full a little while ago. The cuttings range from 2-14 days old, and as you can see no wilting anywhere. The lid has ventilation holes on the top that are left fully open. Once in the propagator no additional water is applied to the compost and no spraying of the leaves with water. Doesn't need it, and like i said, no problems with damping off or wilting or fungus,etc. ps, i've been trying Tel's method of using cells to root them, without any lid, to see how it compares with my method. Let you know in a few days how they compare. |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 6, 2011 7:23:41 GMT
Right Scrumpy. I will try the lid. When I was spraying them, I did think this amounted to having the lid on. I will leave the vents open, or even lift the lid slightly if I think this is needed.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 6, 2011 8:23:35 GMT
It seems that most of our dahlia cuttings have rooted hooray! I think it's a success due to our own team of experts on here, you all know who you are ;D |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 6, 2011 16:39:33 GMT
Arrived home this evening to find a lovely package with dahlia cuttings in from Station House Nurseries ;D ;D
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Post by Tel on Apr 7, 2011 4:45:11 GMT
It seems that most of our dahlia cuttings have rooted hooray! I think it's a success due to our own team of experts on here, you all know who you are ;D I hope you include yourself in that team now Lou. |
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