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Post by dcdahlia on May 25, 2011 18:12:58 GMT
Has anyone grown or seen anything of the small semi cactus ruskin penelope,got a phone call off lochend dahlia's today to say that they can only get me 3 of the 15 grenidor pastelle I ordered and they were goin to send me the rest of the order made up of the substitute I gave them in january (ryecroft brenda t ) but I have plenty brenda t now so I agreed to let them send me penelope.  |
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 25, 2011 22:16:18 GMT
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on May 25, 2011 22:21:14 GMT
Has anyone grown or seen anything of the small semi cactus ruskin penelope,got a phone call off lochend dahlia's today to say that they can only get me 3 of the 15 grenidor pastelle I ordered and they were goin to send me the rest of the order made up of the substitute I gave them in january (ryecroft brenda t ) but I have plenty brenda t now so I agreed to let them send me penelope. Ive grown Ruskin Helen which looks similar. My mate Ted grows both side by side and just colour shade difference! Helen I grown 7up, its tall (5feet plus), v good stems, continuation of flowers, pretty colour. Blooms stay within size of the ring too. Bit of an allrounder though will not set the world alight! Ive also grown Ruskin Myra which i v good but I found tends to produce twisted stems! Ruskin Andrea Ive grown also, 12up and still very few blooms go through the ring even though I didnt feed it! Andrea is good for a village show, great stems, but comapred to Kiwis/Goldcrest I found its not as refined! Paul |
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Post by sirplantalot on May 26, 2011 11:43:49 GMT
Quick question. To get a good tuber for cuttings for next year should I leave the plant in a pot then plant in the ground and if so what size pot? I know I have read this somewhere but I can't find it...lol.  |
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Post by Lou78W on May 26, 2011 15:51:02 GMT
Yes, thats right....A 3-4" pot should be fine ;D
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Post by scrumpy on May 26, 2011 18:12:46 GMT
Quick question. To get a good tuber for cuttings for next year should I leave the plant in a pot then plant in the ground and if so what size pot? I know I have read this somewhere but I can't find it...lol. I never use pot tubers for propagating. I only use garden tubers, picking the best of the plants that have flowered during the season. There can be slight variations between the same variety, so picking say three tubers from what you have grown for similarity, and repeating the process over a few years means eventually you get good re selected stock. Relying on pot tubers, even though they take up a lot less space, doesn't allow this reselection. The only time i'd use pot tubers is if i have good stock of a variety that doesn't make good garden tubers, then i'd grow a few on in pots as a back up....i use 4" square pots, but only use them as a last resort. Been reselecting for a long time now and still get variations with winholme diane, and have finally got a decent selection of Staleen Condessa....one of the ones that produces lousy tubers for me. |
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Post by dcdahlia on May 26, 2011 18:14:02 GMT
I've grown myra for a few years now but lost my tubers over winter.I ordered 16 plants but supplier sent the substitute.So I will have to do without it this year.Myra's one of my favourites I've won the small semi cactus class at my society show 3 times with it,I grow it 10 up and it still gets up to the ring and it does not damp or mark the only problem is it does'nt have the best of stems.
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Post by dcdahlia on May 26, 2011 20:15:32 GMT
off work for 4 days now so goin to start to plant out ,weather permitting.Goin to plant poms (first stop 2 weeks ago) out first in some new ground and then put canes out for the other 270 that I cover and start to plant them out from the 4th june.Stopped my mary's jomanda and jomanda while still in the pots today and will stop them again early july.
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Post by sirplantalot on May 26, 2011 20:39:50 GMT
Thanks to all those that replied to my question on pot tubers.  The cuttings that I ordered from eBay arrived today. They were well packed and in very good condition. Just to remind you I purchased 1 each of Mary's Jomanda, Winholme Diane and Trelyn Kiwi. |
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Post by Lou78W on May 26, 2011 20:41:13 GMT
They will make good pot tubers for next year ;D
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Post by sirplantalot on May 26, 2011 20:50:13 GMT
Has anyone grown Ruskin Splendour and Kenora Challenger and if so how well did you do with them? |
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Post by dcdahlia on May 26, 2011 21:28:17 GMT
Tried growing kenora challenger for a few years but could not seem to get it anywhere near the size needed for show that other people can get it ,grew it 4 up, don't know if it did just not like my ground or it was just me,stopped trying last season.Theres a variety in the same class that might finally challenge challenger called narrows tricia it's a yellow,thinking of trying that next year.Grew splendour 2 years ago had some decent blooms but growing as a large it won' challenge challenger and has a medium there is in my opinion better mediums about,but nice colour if you not bothered about showing.
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Post by sirplantalot on May 26, 2011 22:10:45 GMT
Thanks DC. The reason I ask is the guy I purchased the three cuttings from on eBay has these two for sale and the three I got were very good so I was tempted to have a go at these two. |
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Post by dcdahlia on May 26, 2011 23:06:20 GMT
If you can grow challenger Its the best in Its class but any cuttings coming now unless they are very big will only be any good for stock for next year really.Mary's jomanda is early to flower so if your cutting of that is a decent size and has 4 or 5 pairs of leaves if you stop it now you will get another stop out of it in july and there will be every chance you will get flowers for end of august early september.Stop it in pot and leave it in greenhouse until middle of june and plant it out then.Grow it 14/16 up
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Post by Tel on May 27, 2011 5:43:30 GMT
Has anyone grown Ruskin Splendour and Kenora Challenger and if so how well did you do with them? I do not grow Ruskin Splendour, i have grown Kenora Challenger for quite a few years now, not done to badly with it. This is one on the allotment last year, but they do need to be grown under cover though.  |
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