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Post by lesley on Mar 25, 2013 16:51:30 GMT
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Post by dcdahlia on Mar 25, 2013 19:17:42 GMT
Just the same as normal moonlight,keeping the air temp in the greenhouse above 10 and a bit of bottom heat for the tubers and unrooted cuttings.Things are slow but hopefully april and may will be warmer and sunnier so things can catch up.Last year was the opposite march was nice so everything romped away and then hit a wall and slowed down april onwards.
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Post by Moonlight on Mar 26, 2013 9:44:50 GMT
Thank you all for your guidance. I will have to give my cuttings to my Dad for babysitting as my unheated greenhouse is just too cold for them to survive. I think the maximum I've seen it reach is 4 degrees C.
Maybe one year, I'll be able to do this bit myself  just not this year.
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Post by snute2008 on Mar 28, 2013 10:40:41 GMT
I have some tubers that are not shooting yet, is it worth putting them in the propogator? They are in pots. What sort of temp would be best to give them a kick?
My other tubers have come into growth without any heat just at an average of 12 degrees.
Thanks.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 28, 2013 11:32:06 GMT
Its certainly worth putting them in heat. A temp of c 20 would be ideal . Good luck ;D
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Post by Moonlight on Mar 28, 2013 13:26:12 GMT
Just don't make the same mistake as me and put lids on them.
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Post by snute2008 on Mar 28, 2013 14:04:15 GMT
Thanks Lou, they are in and warming. I have the propagator in the greenhouse. Its 26c in there at the moment so the door is open and the lids are off. I will put the lids back on later when the temp drops.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 28, 2013 16:25:05 GMT
Thanks Lou, they are in and warming. I have the propagator in the greenhouse. Its 26c in there at the moment so the door is open and the lids are off. I will put the lids back on later when the temp drops. No lids!!....if you want to cover them overnight use fleece ;D |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 28, 2013 20:19:35 GMT
I learnt the hard way about using a lid on the propagator for dahlias.
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Post by Moonlight on Mar 29, 2013 0:51:16 GMT
I learnt the hard way about using a lid on the propagator for dahlias. |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 29, 2013 6:47:02 GMT
Why? What happens?
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 29, 2013 7:29:59 GMT
Tubers go mouldy and rot (if left long enough) and cuttings will damp off....  |
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Post by marynz on Mar 29, 2013 18:59:54 GMT
Even with vented lids?
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Post by scrumpy on Mar 29, 2013 19:06:20 GMT
my lids are never off my cuttings.....no damping off.
never used them for tubers.
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Post by Moonlight on Mar 29, 2013 22:33:28 GMT
Thank you all for your guidance. I will have to give my cuttings to my Dad for babysitting as my unheated greenhouse is just too cold for them to survive. I think the maximum I've seen it reach is 4 degrees C.
Maybe one year, I'll be able to do this bit myself just not this year. |
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several of my dahlias have just started to shoot which is good 
just not this year.
