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Post by candyblue on Feb 10, 2011 12:34:39 GMT
Oh dear Geranium lol! Sounds like me, probably in a way its a good thing I lost my pld ones as I would still have ordered all the new ones and then had the same problem! Still next year I may have even more lol!
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Post by Geranium on Feb 10, 2011 12:39:25 GMT
Some of last year's are still in the ground! I should have dug them up, but that cold weather hit so suddenly that I didn't get round to it. I'll have to wait and see whether they've survived. (Doubtful!)  |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 10, 2011 17:42:23 GMT
I checked the pots in the propagator this afternoon - four of the dahlias have shoots now! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Tel on Feb 10, 2011 19:17:01 GMT
Just 2 varieties not showing any sign of life, am i worried no. Its the same 2 that were the last to wake up last season.  Of all the other varieties, there is a least one tuber showing life, so far. |
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 10, 2011 19:30:38 GMT
Most of mine are showing signs of life....even the "Glorias"  ;D |
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Post by Tel on Feb 10, 2011 19:52:30 GMT
I checked the pots in the propagator this afternoon - four of the dahlias have shoots now! ;D ;D ;D It makes you feel good, when they wake up. |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 10, 2011 21:25:54 GMT
It does, Tel - especially as two of them are the ones I dug up following your advice. ;D ;D
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Post by Tel on Feb 11, 2011 8:16:31 GMT
I am really glad they have survived for you Geranium.  I know a lot of dahlia growers up and down the country, especially in the south, are counting the cost of having to replace them. Those people that grow show varieties the cost of replacement is not cheap.  |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 11, 2011 9:59:27 GMT
I left three in the ground in another area - including the yellow one you saw on 't'other site - remember? The soil over there isn't too good. Really, I need to dig it over but can't because of other plants, so I just top dress it with compost every year. I can't imagine that the tubers in there will have survived. They certainly weren't expensive ones, though.
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Post by Tel on Feb 11, 2011 19:50:51 GMT
I left three in the ground in another area - including the yellow one you saw on 't'other site - remember? The soil over there isn't too good. Really, I need to dig it over but can't because of other plants, so I just top dress it with compost every year. I can't imagine that the tubers in there will have survived. They certainly weren't expensive ones, though. You may be lucky. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 12, 2011 8:19:43 GMT
Mine are doing nothing I might have to pot some more up because I'm bored with waiting I've been right back through this thread trying to find a post of geraniums. She asked about her dahlias being in flower for her open day. I've been back through the 2010 thread and found I potted my tubers up on 27/02/2010. When I planted them in the garden at the beginning of April they had flower buds on them. Unfortunately the frosts in the middle of April took a few of these but they were definitely flowering in June. |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 10:21:25 GMT
I'm sorry you lost your flowers, WF, but that's very encouraging for me. Thanks. My new dahlia tubers have just arrived, so I'll be potting them up today. They won't get any heat, though - I want them for my hot border in August - September. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 12, 2011 10:49:12 GMT
I've just been sorting out some more tubers to pot up and I noticed a few have shoots on them. These are not the ones I wanted to pot up and was hoping just to replant them when the weather warms up. What should I do with them now?
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 11:15:20 GMT
Can't you pot them up and then plant the plant later? (If you see what I mean!)  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2011 12:01:04 GMT
Question for Tel,
I am grwing Amber Festival this year, how many up and what kind of stopping to flower 'days' does it normally have.
Plan was to grow it 7 up and presumably being a small about 60 days I would think ?
Have you ever grown them in pots ? if so would I be looking at growing them about 4 up ?
Mark
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