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Post by robh on Jan 12, 2012 9:36:44 GMT
helpfull tip for beginers if you suffer from wind dont buy a kite seriously if you have wind problems in your area if you plantbroad beans on the windward side of your dahlias they will act as a natural barrier for your dahlia
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Post by robh on Jan 11, 2012 20:51:29 GMT
all systems go now tel when is your first show
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Post by robh on Jan 9, 2012 23:59:00 GMT
thanks dc i have some poly boxes about 3inch deep they they will hold quite a few tubers and there is room in the airing cupboard where there is plenty heat will put the cuttings into 4 inch pots provideing they come away they are just for the garden i will set the greenhouse away when these winds go i have terrable trouble with wind ishould get some thing for it ha ha seriously i live on the top of a hill and the begining of the year its always bad
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Post by robh on Jan 9, 2012 18:59:50 GMT
daft q im goin to set some dahlias away indoors as the wind has been creating havock with the green house do i just plant my dahlias like in the picture or do i set them away in trays covered in peat or do i just lay them on the top of my trays with a layer of peet under them
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Post by robh on Jan 9, 2012 18:56:11 GMT
terry do u not take your pot dahlias out of the pots or do u just store them like that
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Post by robh on Jan 9, 2012 15:05:28 GMT
i have decided to bring my cuttings away indoors as the wind has been playing havoc whatsthe best way to bring my tubers on for cuttings do i just fill a tray with compost and lay the tubers on top or do i bury them this may be a daft question
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Post by robh on Jan 8, 2012 14:44:04 GMT
yes it is the others are fine as they are in open boxes with paper i am goin to set some away in the spare room as i dont want to be putting them in the polly greenhouse as we have had some horrendious winds here they dont call it hilltop for nothing
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Post by robh on Jan 8, 2012 13:37:08 GMT
learnt my first lesson in how not to store dahlia tubers my best ones i stored in open boxes with paper dry and some in poly boxes with lids on checked them to day and the ones in polly boxes ive had to bin as they were rotten i saved one or 2 dusted them with sulphur i dont know if i did nt dry them properly or they sweated in the box but these are lessons learnt
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Post by robh on Dec 30, 2011 17:20:32 GMT
thanks guys i knew someone wd help
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Post by robh on Dec 30, 2011 12:23:15 GMT
if i place my new plants into 4inch pots and plant them in the garden i know that it will restrict the groth of the tuber but would it restrict the number of blooms i would likely get i presume they are planted in pots so the tubers dont grow too big for storage
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Dec 29, 2011 12:09:11 GMT
Post by robh on Dec 29, 2011 12:09:11 GMT
why are woman so ungratefull i have just bought a briggs and stratton rotavator it is 3hp and very lite i thought it would be an ideal present for my wife she saw it grunted something and went back into the house haha
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Post by robh on Dec 27, 2011 17:06:58 GMT
cant belive this barmey weather every thing goin daft in the garden all the spring flowers are comeing through have had to move the chrysaths and dahlias somewhere cooler then put them back inside doors [pantry ] when it gets bad like to think this weather will stop as am able to get all the jobs done
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Post by robh on Dec 26, 2011 18:24:04 GMT
sorry its a stone pantry not an airing cup board no heat other from the kitchen but obviously to warm i will have to move them to the shed in polistyreen boxes
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Post by robh on Dec 26, 2011 15:28:06 GMT
hi hope every one had a good xmass i have just checked my tubers and some of them are sprouting i have them stored in an airing cup board is there any thing i can do to discorage it as its still a bit early for me yet
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Post by robh on Dec 19, 2011 20:50:19 GMT
when can i plant my tubers straight in the ground i live in the south yorkshire area will may be early enough
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