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Post by scrumpy on Nov 19, 2013 8:28:32 GMT
This years early show, sat 28th and sun 29th June, will be at Frosts garden centre near Abingdon. Sounds like it's a good venue so hopefully will have one or two vases to enter. May also encourage a few extra exhibitors like sweet pea  |
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Post by sweetpea on Nov 19, 2013 15:04:16 GMT
This years early show, sat 28th and sun 29th June, will be at Frosts garden centre near Abingdon. Sounds like it's a good venue so hopefully will have one or two vases to enter. May also encourage a few extra exhibitors like sweet pea That will have to be a decision closer to the time. I know what needs to be done but the fitness to do it is a problem. Still, we shall see. |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 20, 2014 11:30:10 GMT
Week to go. Mine have been flowering about a week. Seems to be a bad year this year. Bev Chislett, who won the 12 vase at the nationals a few years back came round this morning to have a look and said his are only just starting to flower.
Same for a few other local growers.
I lowered them on the 6th June and they are now growing away nicely up the stems. Still very vigorous and good stem length. God knows what they would have been like had they flowered normally.
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 20, 2014 12:40:22 GMT
Good luck Scrumpy. You getting fours now? My usual first flowers tended to be threes, even the occasional one and two but they soon settled down. Can't say I've lowered or layered this early but as I'm not doing anything this year I don't have the problem |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 20, 2014 12:53:36 GMT
All fours now.
Just got to send in my entry. As they are all seedlings, most of the entries will be in the vase of mixed throughout the divisions.
I may be lucky and be able to do 3 vases of 7, and a couple of individual colours as well.
White, Pink/Cream, Cream, Lavender and Sir Jimmy lookalike have come fairly true.
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Post by Tel on Jun 20, 2014 18:21:44 GMT
Good luck scrumpy, fingers crossed for you. |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 20, 2014 18:55:42 GMT
Cheers, just finished over the allotment and the extras I have down there are flowering now. One or two look very promising.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 24, 2014 6:10:03 GMT
Hope they are perfect for the show scrumpy. |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 27, 2014 10:32:58 GMT
Cut them last night, got most done before the rain came. Pictures don't give too much away but over 100 there. Not sure what will go where, but if they survive the journey I should get at least two good vases.   |
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 27, 2014 16:12:45 GMT
I like you transportation containers Scrumpy.
I used to use Fairy Liquid containers in a milk crate sometimes with wire mesh to help separate the blooms.
Tried going dry only the once and found it too much bother with all the preparation. It did work though and gave good results.
Found it simpler (for me) to sort out the different classes the night before a show even if it meant being up most of the night but it did save a lot of time at the venue.
Good luck all the same G.
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 27, 2014 18:22:22 GMT
Looking good Scrumpy.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 27, 2014 19:26:29 GMT
They are lovely scrumpy. Did you not grow a blue? All the very best for the show. |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 29, 2014 21:15:55 GMT
Thanks for the comments.
Just got back. Had my best results ever.
Got 2 firsts, 2 seconds and a third.
Firsts were the white ones, which got best vase in section.There were 55 vases in total in the section, so really pleased with that.
The other first was my Sir Jimmy Shand lookalike, which was in the running for best vase too.
Seconds were my pink/cream and the mauve ones. There was a little variation in colour which marked them both down.
The third came in the vase of mixed.
My 3 vases of 7 looked OK ( Lavender, cream, majenta) but my lavender vase was a bit weak.
I also managed to stage a vase of 15 mixed.
All in all, really pleased as the seedlings held up well against the tried and trusted varieties, so it's given me a bit more incentive to persevere. A bit or careful reselection and hopefully we can get rid of the colour variation.
Will post pictures tomorrow.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 29, 2014 21:31:05 GMT
Congratulations Scrumpy.  What excellent results. The names would be good. I thought the dark wine could be Windsor. |
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 29, 2014 21:54:05 GMT
 Well done scrumpy, you should be proud of yourself. |
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What excellent results. The names would be good. I thought the dark wine could be Windsor. 
