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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 7, 2011 6:37:51 GMT
I'm a bit concerned about mine, they looked rather sad yesterday. I forgot to open the greenhouse door and they got a little hot. I gave them a spray of water and left the door open. All your cuttings loved the heat Tel.
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 7, 2011 6:38:34 GMT
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.  Who....me?  ....crumbs  ...at the bottom of the list perhaps...but thank you for the compliment our Tel   |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 7, 2011 6:40:52 GMT
I'm a bit concerned about mine, they looked rather sad yesterday. I forgot to open the greenhouse door and they got a little hot. I gave them a spray of water and left the door open. All your cuttings loved the heat Tel. Try spraying them a number of times through the day WF, especially when its very warm....thats what the top growers tell me on my dahlia cd |
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Post by Tel on Apr 7, 2011 7:07:30 GMT
I'm a bit concerned about mine, they looked rather sad yesterday. I forgot to open the greenhouse door and they got a little hot. I gave them a spray of water and left the door open. All your cuttings loved the heat Tel. Try spraying them a number of times through the day WF, especially when its very warm....thats what the top growers tell me on my dahlia cd Can i just add, shade your cuttings from the sun. I place newspaper on top of mine when the sun hits the greenhouse. |
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Post by Tel on Apr 7, 2011 7:22:58 GMT
I'm a bit concerned about mine, they looked rather sad yesterday. I forgot to open the greenhouse door and they got a little hot. I gave them a spray of water and left the door open. All your cuttings loved the heat Tel. Once your dahlias have rooted they love the heat. I do not think i have mentioned this on here before, about watering young rooted cuttings, they do not like saturated compost, because their roots are fine, and will easily rot off. Over the years when young plants have been stood outside in their pots and we have had wet weather for a few days, i have lost a few, due to the compost been to wet for days on end.  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 7, 2011 7:57:36 GMT
I think I will move all my cuttings to a cooler greenhouse today, it looks like it is going to be another hot one. I'm very good at not over-watering, it is remembering to water at all that I have problems with I've been down to check my cuttings and they have all perked up although I still cant see any roots. I root all my cuttings in 'peat pellets', it is so easy to tell when they have rooted, there is no root disturbance when they are potted up and I was given a few hundred for free ;D |
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Post by floydie on Apr 7, 2011 8:42:31 GMT
Both mine are looking sad I have more shoots waiting to be cut too. |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 7, 2011 10:30:57 GMT
I'm a bit concerned about mine, they looked rather sad yesterday. I forgot to open the greenhouse door and they got a little hot. I gave them a spray of water and left the door open. All your cuttings loved the heat Tel. Once your dahlias have rooted they love the heat. I do not think i have mentioned this on here before, about watering young rooted cuttings, they do not like saturated compost, because their roots are fine, and will easily rot off. Over the years when young plants have been stood outside in their pots and we have had wet weather for a few days, i have lost a few, due to the compost been to wet for days on end. Thats a useful tip. I remember reading it somewhere. I tend to "gan canny" with the watering for all rooted cuttings, until they develop a decent sized root system ....I've just been covering my cuttings as the sun is getting high now and its hot. I've already put green net shading on part of the greenhouse. That helps as well  |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 8, 2011 6:20:11 GMT
How long do they take to root? I discarded the hollow ones. Is that right?
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 8, 2011 6:54:08 GMT
You are right to discard the hollow ones Cherry. Cuttings usually root within 2/3 weeks, maybe quicker if bottom heat is provided.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 8, 2011 19:04:46 GMT
OOh....I think that the compost my cuttings are in is too wet ! I will go and rectify the situation immediately. Thanks Tel...
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Post by Cherry on Apr 8, 2011 19:19:15 GMT
I am on course now. I cut the bottom leaves off which annoyed me and they do like being in the propagator with the lid. This comes off when it is sunny and newspaper covers them lightly. They are loving this treatment and look completely happy.
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Post by floydie on Apr 8, 2011 21:21:06 GMT
Ive taken some more (I do hope they root).
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Post by grindle on Apr 9, 2011 6:38:12 GMT
still haven't got room in the propagator to do any, I think they've grown too big for cuttings now  |
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 9, 2011 6:54:42 GMT
Its quite warm now so the propagator isn't absolutely essential Grindle....they should root quite quickly. Too tall?....trim them back to about 3". I took my last cuttings a few days ago....and potted up the tubers I wanted to keep. |
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