Dahlia Seedlings.

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. Apr 26, 2014 18:23:50 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Apr 26, 2014 18:23:50 GMT Potted up 34 Blyton Royal Velvet seedlings this morning.
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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. May 11, 2014 14:31:38 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on May 11, 2014 14:31:38 GMT I will take a look at the 5 day forecast on Tuesday, if no frost forecast, I may take a gamble and plant out the collarette seedlings with the garden fleece on standby.
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Dahlia Seedlings. May 12, 2014 19:31:35 GMT

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brought the dahlia seedlings from the old allotment, they are now over on the new half plot allotment awaiting planting out. There is about 150 to plant. Will bring garden Friends and another collarette up to plant over on there too, then they do not cross pollinate with the decorative types on the old allotments.

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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. Jun 30, 2014 18:41:46 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jun 30, 2014 18:41:46 GMT Two of the collarette seedlings have buds on pea size.
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Dahlia Seedlings. Jun 30, 2014 20:47:58 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Jun 30, 2014 20:47:58 GMT Our "special" dahlia has a bud on it......
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scrumpy Top Member Posts: 1,280	Dahlia Seedlings. Jun 30, 2014 23:05:31 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by scrumpy on Jun 30, 2014 23:05:31 GMT My 4 seedlings will be ready for Shrewsbury so they may make an appearance somewhere

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Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 1, 2014 9:30:11 GMT

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Jun 30, 2014 23:05:31 GMT scrumpy said:

My 4 seedlings will be ready for Shrewsbury so they may make an appearance somewhere

Scrumpy, How far away is that?

Getting very confused all of this timing growing too fast, side shoots etc. business

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Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 1, 2014 10:28:46 GMT

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Post by scrumpy on Jul 1, 2014 10:28:46 GMT

8th August.

As a rough guide, any bud showing at the end of the stem, about pea size now, will be in bloom after about 23 - 25 days.
If you don't want it to flower in that time, just pinch the bud off and let one of the lower shoots grow until that produces a bud. If you don't want that one to flower then take it off and use a lower shoot, etc, etc.

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Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 1, 2014 11:33:17 GMT

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Post by Moonlight on Jul 1, 2014 11:33:17 GMT

Here are mine,
They are growing in black buckets with holes drilled in from a supermarket. I'm in the middle of tying them all up, 4 canes to a pot, for in theory a little extra stability.

The back row with the canes Left to right: 2 Weston Spanish Dancer, 1 Downham Royal, 4 Eastwood Moonlights and all of the rest are Red Balloon. Dark stems on the Weston Spanish Dancers and a few of the Red Balloons.

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 14, 2014 19:26:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jul 14, 2014 19:26:49 GMT Garden Friends, not a bad bloom this one. jpg images
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 14, 2014 20:18:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Jul 14, 2014 20:18:39 GMT my first bloom has some nibbles in (not earwigs).....its had a good talking to !!
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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 20, 2014 18:00:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jul 20, 2014 18:00:57 GMT Seedling Wyn's Favourite. The 3 at the front are been grown 6,7,8, up the rest 8 up, fingers crossed they don't do a Pudsey on me. free image uploader
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 20, 2014 19:43:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Jul 20, 2014 19:43:15 GMT Jul 20, 2014 18:00:57 GMT Tel said: Seedling Wyn's Favourite. The 3 at the front are been grown 6,7,8, up the rest 8 up, fingers crossed they don't do a Pudsey on me. free image uploader fingers duly crossed xx
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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 26, 2014 19:05:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jul 26, 2014 19:05:05 GMT $ flowers out now from the collarette seeds, all 4 are rubbish, but will leave them until the end of the season for the Bees.
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Dahlia Seedlings. Jul 31, 2014 18:10:05 GMT Moonlight likes this

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3 of the seedlings have started flowering. Two are similar colours to the Zoe sport but open daisy eyed.
One looks quite promising. It is nearly open, a striking pale yellow. Really good form, but a little small for a small I think. Couple more days should tell us.

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