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Post by scrumpy on May 20, 2011 22:25:20 GMT
i have no water in my ground at the moment  When it comes to digging, i can use my hands!!!! I shall be watering the powder once known as soil twice a day for the next 3 days, then i may start to think about planting out. |
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Post by Lou78W on May 21, 2011 6:40:31 GMT
Ive planted out 96 dahlias today between my 'home' plots and my plots at parents house. In the planting hole I added a heaped trowel of Groworganic and another of Erin mp compost, and lightly mixed it in. With any dahlias that are a little tall I broke off bottom pair of leaves and planted with the soil level at the next pair up (I do the same with any dahlias having bottom leaves that are past thier best). I watered each in with 2 pints of water and containing a scoop of Phostrogen Lawn Feed, a scoop of Epsom Salts, 10ml of Maxicrop Bio Stimulant. I then scattered the slug pellets around the dahlias, and placed mothballs around each of them as well. Weather dependant, I will not now water for 12 to 14 days to encourage the dahlias to 'seek out' the water in the ground. Regards, Paul Thats a good idea....I have some plants that have tatty bottom leaves  I have slug pellets and mothballs ready and waiting |
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Post by Lou78W on May 21, 2011 6:41:25 GMT
i have no water in my ground at the moment When it comes to digging, i can use my hands!!!! I shall be watering the powder once known as soil twice a day for the next 3 days, then i may start to think about planting out. Ditto!! |
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Post by candyblue on May 21, 2011 8:16:52 GMT
We put our first three dahlias in last week, they are older plants and seem to be doing well am hoping to get all the others in this week, some are looking quite big now.I am just hoping there is enough room in the four beds otherwise I will have to do another bed quickly for them.
Two of our three Kenora Sunset plants we have dont seem to be doing very well so I am not sure they will make it so OH has said if they dont we might just take a trip to Ayletts and see what plants they have, I told him we better get the others in first and see if theres any space lol!
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Post by dcdahlia on May 21, 2011 9:19:27 GMT
hi just found this forum, I grow dahlias for show in my 70 foot by 20 foot allotment in the north east.I am a member of bishop auckland c&d society and show at our society show,wolsingham show and numerous other local shows.I also showed at harrogate last year for the first time winning a silver medal for best vase in novice section (ruskin michelle) and a bronze medal for a single bloom of jomanda.
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Post by candyblue on May 21, 2011 14:01:17 GMT
hi just found this forum, I grow dahlias for show in my 70 foot by 20 foot allotment in the north east.I am a member of bishop auckland c&d society and show at our society show,wolsingham show and numerous other local shows.I also showed at harrogate last year for the first time winning a silver medal for best vase in novice section (ruskin michelle) and a bronze medal for a single bloom of jomanda. Welcome to the forum, good to see another dahlia grower here especially another expert for us to get advice off |
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Post by Tel on May 21, 2011 16:07:56 GMT
hi just found this forum, I grow dahlias for show in my 70 foot by 20 foot allotment in the north east.I am a member of bishop auckland c&d society and show at our society show,wolsingham show and numerous other local shows.I also showed at harrogate last year for the first time winning a silver medal for best vase in novice section (ruskin michelle) and a bronze medal for a single bloom of jomanda. Welcome to the forum Mr Davis, you certainly had a good year at Harrogate, you forgot to mention your win with the poms Minley Carol. ;D Hope i see you there this Autumn.  |
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Post by richardr on May 21, 2011 16:09:08 GMT
i have no water in my ground at the moment When it comes to digging, i can use my hands!!!! I shall be watering the powder once known as soil twice a day for the next 3 days, then i may start to think about planting out. Ditto!! We have had 1.5 mm since February, the nursery field is like a dust bowl  |
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Post by Lou78W on May 21, 2011 16:12:29 GMT
hi just found this forum, I grow dahlias for show in my 70 foot by 20 foot allotment in the north east.I am a member of bishop auckland c&d society and show at our society show,wolsingham show and numerous other local shows.I also showed at harrogate last year for the first time winning a silver medal for best vase in novice section (ruskin michelle) and a bronze medal for a single bloom of jomanda. Well done you......another Harrogate winner in our midst...Our Tel omitted to tell you that he also got a silver medal at Harrogate last year.....I will let him tell you the details himself.......Forward Mr Haigh ;D ;D  |
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Post by dcdahlia on May 21, 2011 19:46:43 GMT
hi just found this forum, I grow dahlias for show in my 70 foot by 20 foot allotment in the north east.I am a member of bishop auckland c&d society and show at our society show,wolsingham show and numerous other local shows.I also showed at harrogate last year for the first time winning a silver medal for best vase in novice section (ruskin michelle) and a bronze medal for a single bloom of jomanda. Welcome to the forum Mr Davis, you certainly had a good year at Harrogate, you forgot to mention your win with the poms Minley Carol. ;D Hope i see you there this Autumn. |
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Post by dcdahlia on May 21, 2011 20:13:20 GMT
Thanx,hoping to show at harrogate but its a long time between now and then.Nearly wasn't showing at all lost every tuber this winter,spent £200 buying some stock back in and got some plants given off phill watson,taken a lot of cuttings off mother plants and have managed to scrape together about 300 plants to plant out .Have also made sure i have kept some pot tubers of each variety this year.Planning to plant the following:
CRAIGOWEN (LARGE CACTUS) 10
RUSKIN MICHELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 24
GRENIDOR PASTELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 16
JOAN WALKER (SMALL DEC) 24
LEOPOLD CHLOE (SMALL DEC) 20
RYECROFT BRENDA T (SMALL DEC) 30
KIWI GLORIA (SMALL CACTUS) 24
OAKWOOD GOLDCREST (SMALL SEMI CACTUS) 24
DIKARA SUPERB (MINI DEC) 24
RYECROFT JAN (MINI DEC) 12
BLYTON SOFTER GLEAM (SMALL BALL) 20
MARYS JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 24
JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 10
ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL BE COVERED.
MINLEY CAROL (POM) 12
MOORPLACE (POM)12
RHONDA SUZANNE (POM) 4
JEAN ELLEN (MED FIM) 8
ROSENNDALE PARKY (MINI DEC) 4
RUSKIN SENSATION (MED SEMI CACTUS) 2
KELSEA CARLA (SMALL SEMI CACTUS) 3
THESE OTHERS WILL BE GROWN OUTSIDE.
I am aiming for the intermediate championship class at harrogate.
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 21, 2011 20:44:35 GMT
Thanx,hoping to show at harrogate but its a long time between now and then.Nearly wasn't showing at all lost every tuber this winter,spent £200 buying some stock back in and got some plants given off phill watson,taken a lot of cuttings off mother plants and have managed to scrape together about 300 plants to plant out .Have also made sure i have kept some pot tubers of each variety this year.Planning to plant the following: CRAIGOWEN (LARGE CACTUS) 10 RUSKIN MICHELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 24 GRENIDOR PASTELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 16 JOAN WALKER (SMALL DEC) 24 LEOPOLD CHLOE (SMALL DEC) 20 RYECROFT BRENDA T (SMALL DEC) 30 KIWI GLORIA (SMALL CACTUS) 24 OAKWOOD GOLDCREST (SMALL SEMI CACTUS) 24 DIKARA SUPERB (MINI DEC) 24 RYECROFT JAN (MINI DEC) 12 BLYTON SOFTER GLEAM (SMALL BALL) 20 MARYS JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 24 JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 10 ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL BE COVERED. MINLEY CAROL (POM) 12 MOORPLACE (POM)12 RHONDA SUZANNE (POM) 4 JEAN ELLEN (MED FIM) 8 ROSENNDALE PARKY (MINI DEC) 4 RUSKIN SENSATION (MED SEMI CACTUS) 2 KELSEA CARLA (SMALL SEMI CACTUS) 3 THESE OTHERS WILL BE GROWN OUTSIDE. I am aiming for the intermediate championship class at harrogate. Hello There and welcome. I am from the other end of the country in the deep South West. I'll be interested in your growing methods, and even more so on your findings with varieties (I know should be cultivar but I cant help it!) grown. Regards, Kelsae Carla, on its day its a cracker but too inconsistent with top quality. Can fimbriate too in hot weather. I found its one that races and I grew it for several years, planting out plants of it barely say 3 inches high. And still I would need to imply a 'knock back' procedure. My main dahlia is Trelyn Kiwi and grow 24, so thats 1/4 my total. Some others Im growing are Barbarry Pip x12, Oakwood Goldcrest x 6, Weston Buccaneer x 6, and others of 4's and 3's of mini decs, small decs, msc, min-sc, md, ssc etc. I have a dahlia website for information not business called Paul's Dahlia Guide. Look forward to your write ups here. Regards, Paul |
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 21, 2011 21:00:48 GMT
My clubs sale (West Cornwall Dahlia Club) is tomorrow, and I am hoping to collect 6 dahlias from my mate, Ted. I'll plant them Monday as I have a day off work anyway. This means my dahlias grown for 2011 (barring any needing replacing, please not as Ive v.few spares although my mini cactus are interchangable) are:
Weston Miss (min sc) x 4
Weston Buccaneer (min c) x 6
Weston Pirate (min c) x 4
Weston Kelpie (min c) x 4
Weston Spanish Dancer (min c) x 1
Weston Sunup (min c) x 1
Trelyn Kiwi (sc) x 24
Ruskin Respectable (ssc) x 4
White Charlie (md) x 4
Oakwood Goldcrest x 6
Barbarry Pip (min d) x 12
Marston Lilac (min d) x 4
Marston Suzanne (min d) x 3
Rossendale Lewis (min d) x 5
Scaur Sundet (sd) x 8
John Patrick's 'Seedling' (sd) x 2
Ruby (sd) x 1
Ruskin Helen (ssc) x 1
Ruskin Limelight (msc) x 2
Ruskin Sensation (msc) x 3
Hillcrest Candy (msc) x 3
Of these the ones Ive grown before (and there are a few new ones here at least to me) and have most experience of are: Trelyn Kiwi, Scaur Sunset, Barbarry Pip, Oakwood Goldcrest, Weston Pirate. The others Ive either only grown for one year previously or not at all.
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Post by scrumpy on May 21, 2011 21:13:07 GMT
CRAIGOWEN (LARGE CACTUS) 10 RUSKIN MICHELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 24 GRENIDOR PASTELLE (MED SEMI CACTUS) 16 JOAN WALKER (SMALL DEC) 24 LEOPOLD CHLOE (SMALL DEC) 20 RYECROFT BRENDA T (SMALL DEC) 30 KIWI GLORIA (SMALL CACTUS) 24 OAKWOOD GOLDCREST (SMALL SEMI CACTUS) 24 DIKARA SUPERB (MINI DEC) 24 RYECROFT JAN (MINI DEC) 12 BLYTON SOFTER GLEAM (SMALL BALL) 20 MARYS JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 24 JOMANDA (MINI BALL) 10 that's a lot of each variety. No way i could cope with growing that many. I grow between 6 and 8 of each variety only....depending on the classes. So for smalls, if it's a vase of 5 and a vase of 3, then i'll grow 8 plants and aim for one bloom per plant being spot on. Some years you just about get them, some years you have a glut. |
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 21, 2011 21:15:00 GMT
Very true scrumpy. Id be interested to know what varieties you are growing this year.
Paul
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