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Post by Moonlight on Apr 3, 2014 20:57:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 8:55:55 GMT
Last year I had a lovely collerette, called Danum Torch, nice colour combination and flowers where about 3" in size. Unfortunately I lost it through the winter, and had to throw it away. So this year I've gone back to a collerette I grew in my first year of growing dahlias, Fashion Monger. A nice big flower with great colour. You can find a picture of Danum Torch on the National Dahlia Collection.  |
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Post by Tel on Apr 5, 2014 6:15:17 GMT
Last year I had a lovely collerette, called Danum Torch, nice colour combination and flowers where about 3" in size. Unfortunately I lost it through the winter, and had to throw it away. So this year I've gone back to a collerette I grew in my first year of growing dahlias, Fashion Monger. A nice big flower with great colour. You can find a picture of Danum Torch on the National Dahlia Collection. I take it by the prefix Danum this is a Fred Oscroft raising. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 6:33:25 GMT
Yes it certainly is Tel. I really like the look of the flower, although, no good for exhibition, but a lovely flower nontheless. Will probably re order one for next year |
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Post by markb on Apr 5, 2014 14:09:49 GMT
Not a lot happening on the dahlia front for me at the moment, although the tubers are coming into growth slowly. No cuttings taken so far but I have tuber divided a pink seedling from last year and will maybe use these as mother plants.
I won't be growing as many plants this year and mainly using plants for 'stock'. Only one show I can definitely have time off for, hence the lack of plants.
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Post by Tel on Apr 5, 2014 15:37:54 GMT
Not a lot happening on the dahlia front for me at the moment, although the tubers are coming into growth slowly. No cuttings taken so far but I have tuber divided a pink seedling from last year and will maybe use these as mother plants. I won't be growing as many plants this year and mainly using plants for 'stock'. Only one show I can definitely have time off for, hence the lack of plants. That's a shame mark, do you have to work weekends ? |
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Post by markb on Apr 5, 2014 16:02:29 GMT
I work every Sunday, Tel. I normally book holiday days for when the shows are on but this year some show dates have changed and I had already booked time off for when they would normally have been. Our local show is on a Saturday though, so as long as I can get some entries - whether they be dahlias, vegetables or whatever - for that I will be happy.
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Post by dcdahlia on Apr 5, 2014 16:59:41 GMT
I have taken 820 cuttings so far and will carry on taking them throughout april.Gonna have to invest in some more pots I think
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Post by robh on Apr 6, 2014 17:21:59 GMT
its ok for some tel have yakeing plenty cuttings but have had a lot dampen of i was told to change my compost to john innes nuber 1 and to let the cuttings grow to 3 inch before i take them on a loghter note have had my dahlias from lochend i ordered eastwood moonlight ellen denny lavender harvest clearview irene and barbarry matador
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 17:27:38 GMT
I can join in now, I've got 141 cuttings, of which two have now been potted up  . But I will be potting up a lot more tomorrow, I hope  . Brought 3 second hand bikini vases today, from a local gardening club, great value as well. All I need know is the know how to grow show dahlias, and the flowers to put in them!!!! |
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Post by Tel on Apr 6, 2014 17:27:55 GMT
its ok for some tel have yakeing plenty cuttings but have had a lot dampen of i was told to change my compost to john innes nuber 1 and to let the cuttings grow to 3 inch before i take them on a loghter note have had my dahlias from lochend i ordered eastwood moonlight ellen denny lavender harvest clearview irene and barbarry matador I had a 20% loss from the cuttings I took in early February. cuttings from the 3rd week in February onwards the loss was about 1-2% and I did not change anything, same temperature and compost all the way through. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 17:34:41 GMT
its ok for some tel have yakeing plenty cuttings but have had a lot dampen of i was told to change my compost to john innes nuber 1 and to let the cuttings grow to 3 inch before i take them on a loghter note have had my dahlias from lochend i ordered eastwood moonlight ellen denny lavender harvest clearview irene and barbarry matador I had a 20% loss from the cuttings I took in early February. cuttings from the 3rd week in February onwards the loss was about 1-2% and I did not change anything, same temperature and compost all the way through. My first batch of cuttings in early Feb, went the same way as yours Tel, but much worse, nearly 75% lost. But batches two and three are so much better, about 5% lost. Due, thanks mainly to advice from the forum . |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 16:16:10 GMT
I've taken another 23 cuttings today, and got round to potting up 18 cuttings as well. Trapped in the greenhouse, while the wind and the rain battered the glass. I got a cutting from Halls, Minley Carol, which has really shot up from the fifth set of leaves. Leaving a six inch gap between the fifth and sixth set of leaves. I was wondering weather this has anything to do with to much sunlight in that part of the greenhouse. Don't know if I need to stop this pompon twice, or just leave it and see how it goes. Any advice would be very welcome |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 7:26:39 GMT
I've taken another 23 cuttings today, and got round to potting up 18 cuttings as well. Trapped in the greenhouse, while the wind and the rain battered the glass. I got a cutting from Halls, Minley Carol, which has really shot up from the fifth set of leaves. Leaving a six inch gap between the fifth and sixth set of leaves. I was wondering weather this has anything to do with to much sunlight in that part of the greenhouse. Don't know if I need to stop this pompon twice, or just leave it and see how it goes. Any advice would be very welcome I think you will find this is caused by the exact opposite, lack of light !! It is very easy for rooted dahlia cuttings to become drawn. Leaving them too long before potting up and restricting light to the side of the plant as opposed to the top will make them shoot up to search out light. Slow proportioned growth is best. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 8:57:50 GMT
I had the plant in a shaded part of the greenhouse, and the weather for the past few days has been very overcast. I'll move them out into the unshaded side of the greenhouse and see how it goes. I've been spraying the plants with maxicrop organic plant stimulant once a week, should I carry on doing this? And at what stage should I start using a high nitrogen feed, like champak 2, if at all. I'm sorry about all the questions Mark, but I really don't want ruin all yours, and others hard work, by not asking  . Is there anything I should do with Minley Carol, or just leave it alone. |
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. .....they are going to send the tubers individually. They sell the tubers in packets of three, so it looks like I'm going to get 15 tubers according to their confirmation email 
. Oh well, don't know where I'm going to put them all. 
Imagine digging up the tubers! 
. Is there anything I should do with Minley Carol, or just leave it alone.
