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Post by sirplantalot on May 1, 2011 19:13:02 GMT
Thanks to Scrumpy and Tel for your input. I will be growing just for the garden to start so I will allow all shoots to grow and pinch out as need be. Showing maybe something to look at in the future. I have been looking for a Dahlia Society in the area where I live, Colne in Lancashire, but as yet I have not found one close enough. If anyone knows of one in my part of the country please let me know.  |
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Post by Tel on May 2, 2011 19:22:47 GMT
WLF, Ruskin Respectable, how many pairs of leaves have the majority of your plants now have. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 2, 2011 19:34:20 GMT
WLF, Ruskin Respectable, how many pairs of leaves have the majority of your plants now have. I'll go and have a count. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 2, 2011 19:50:38 GMT
WLF, Ruskin Respectable, how many pairs of leaves have the majority of your plants now have. This is how most of my plants look (taken with the flash minutes ago)  This is how the roots look, should they be potted on?  |
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Post by Geranium on May 2, 2011 19:52:21 GMT
Well, I've got my first flower! It's one from last year's dahlia tuber - 'Famoso'  Of course, the ones I really wanted to be in flower in June certainly won't be, as one of them has no shoots, and the other is way behind.  |
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Post by Tel on May 2, 2011 19:59:34 GMT
WLF, Ruskin Respectable, how many pairs of leaves have the majority of your plants now have. This is how most of my plants look (taken with the flash minutes ago) This is how the roots look, should they be potted on? If you are going to plant out in the next couple of weeks they should be ok. You need to be stopping your plants around the 15th May try and leave the majority of the plants with the same number of leaves, this will make it easier to achieve the same size blooms. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 2, 2011 20:07:28 GMT
Slow down Tel Stopping  |
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Post by Tel on May 3, 2011 4:57:38 GMT
Stopping, is taking out the growing tip of the plant.
I will try to keep it uncomplicated has we are not talking NDS rules for your show.
If the majority of the plants have 5 pairs of leaves and you have the odd plants with 6 pairs of leaves snap the plant off above the 5th pair of leaves so the majority of plants have the same number of leaves, this will give you the same number of blooms per plant, then hopefully it will be easier for you to match the blooms for size, for the show.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 3, 2011 6:41:14 GMT
Thanks Tel, so I need do nothing until the 15th of this month? I understand what stopping means now, I will be triple checking before I do anything though  |
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Post by Tel on May 3, 2011 11:43:01 GMT
Thanks Tel, so I need do nothing until the 15th of this month?I understand what stopping means now, I will be triple checking before I do anything though When is it safe to plant out in your area? |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 3, 2011 19:28:22 GMT
We could still get a light frost now but it is unlikely. I have planted out all my other dahlias, they are where they can be easily covered if there is a frost. By the middle of this month all risk of frosts will be over.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 3, 2011 19:36:39 GMT
Which leaves do I count? Are the little ones at the bottom a pair? The leaf half way up is on its own so I presume that is not counted as a pair. Does this plant have three or four pairs of leaves? |
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Post by Cherry on May 3, 2011 19:41:46 GMT
These are my kind of lessons. Now I am picking them up.
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Post by Tel on May 3, 2011 19:56:19 GMT
Which leaves do I count? Are the little ones at the bottom a pair? The leaf half way up is on its own so I presume that is not counted as a pair. Does this plant have three or four pairs of leaves? It is unusual to have one leave at one side of the stem, ignoring the tiny leaves at the bottom of the plant, i count eleven with the two small ones at the top, this particular plant as it stands now, would give you 11 blooms. |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 3, 2011 20:02:17 GMT
These are my kind of lessons. Now I am picking them up. I shall be questioning everything to double check I haven't assumed anything. I love learning something new. |
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