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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 23, 2011 21:52:26 GMT
Being one of the new Dahlia growers on here I thought I would let you know I purchased a book on growing Dahlias from eBay. It is one that Paul recommends on his website. It is called DAHLIAS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE BY PHILIP DAMP. Only had a quick look so far but it does look to be very interesting and informative. I will reading it for sure over the next few days.  I have the hard back version and was my bible and inspiration. Cost £6 about 15 years ago second hand. I think was a book looked at couple of times by previous owner and put down. Its worth every penny. Think Philip Damp and think Joe Davis (snooker) if you get me Paul |
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Post by Tel on May 24, 2011 5:57:02 GMT
Being one of the new Dahlia growers on here I thought I would let you know I purchased a book on growing Dahlias from eBay. It is one that Paul recommends on his website. It is called DAHLIAS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE BY PHILIP DAMP. Only had a quick look so far but it does look to be very interesting and informative. I will reading it for sure over the next few days. I have the hard back version and was my bible and inspiration. Cost £6 about 15 years ago second hand. I think was a book looked at couple of times by previous owner and put down. Its worth every penny. Think Philip Damp and think Joe Davis (snooker) if you get me Paul I had that bought for me for a xmas present, when i first start on growing. ;D |
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Post by sirplantalot on May 24, 2011 13:55:41 GMT
It is the hard back version I have and paid £2.30 inc P&P so a real bargain.  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 24, 2011 18:34:51 GMT
I just did a search on Amazon, you'll love this
2 new from £176.98, 9 used from £0.01
I bet they don't sell many new ones ;D
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 24, 2011 19:08:25 GMT
When I said 'worth every penny' even I wasnt stretching it that far (cor blimey!)
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 24, 2011 19:11:28 GMT
They have a used 'like new' one at nearly 80 quid inc. p and p. Thats it Im putting mine in a gold lined plastic sleeve (and Im going to be wearing gloves as I do it)
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 24, 2011 20:18:10 GMT
I have six tubers which I thought were not going to grow. I noticed today that they all have tiny shoots on them, I've potted them up but are they a bit late to do anything?
They were all labeled 'Tim, Pompom'. The 'Tim' means I dug them out of my brothers garden and the 'Pompom' refers to the description my brother gave them. He was given them last year so I am guessing they were ones used for cuttings. Will they still grow and produce flowers?
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Post by Lou78W on May 24, 2011 20:21:17 GMT
Indeed they will WF.....you can't keep a good dahlia down   |
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Post by Geranium on May 24, 2011 20:29:07 GMT
I haven't moved the three non-starters out of the prop yet - maybe I won't throw them away just yet!
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Post by Lou78W on May 24, 2011 20:37:43 GMT
Its amazing how "lazy" they can be....don't give up on them just yet |
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Post by Tel on May 25, 2011 6:33:37 GMT
I haven't moved the three non-starters out of the prop yet - maybe I won't throw them away just yet! Take them out if you need the propagator for something else and plant them in a pot somewhere, i would not waste any compost on them though, use some garden soil if you have some that you could use. |
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Post by Cherry on May 25, 2011 21:20:57 GMT
I did take a photo of the dahlias, but have not got around to putting them on here. However, the photo was taken the day before yesterday, and I would not be able to get them back into their pots now.
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Post by Tel on May 26, 2011 19:38:16 GMT
I see Dave Bates has his dahlia article in the Garden News this week, on planting dahlias. We have mentioned a few times on the forum about a invisible user. i am sure its Dave Bates, looking for dahlia information before he writes his articles.  ;D |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 30, 2011 7:46:29 GMT
If you remember Tel, we bought Dahlia Windmill, it turned out to be a disaster, at least mine were red with white stripes where yours were all red. I didn't throw mine away and put them in the garden, this year they are completely red with no white at all. How can a plant change from one year to the next?
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Post by Tel on May 30, 2011 9:16:20 GMT
If you remember Tel, we bought Dahlia Windmill, it turned out to be a disaster, at least mine were red with white stripes where yours were all red. I didn't throw mine away and put them in the garden, this year they are completely red with no white at all. How can a plant change from one year to the next? Usually a plant if it changes colour, has either sported but that normally happens to maybe one stem of the plant, it is rare for the whole plant to sport. I think in this case the plant has reverted back to the original colour, the variety must be unstable.  |
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