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Post by Moonlight on Sept 23, 2014 22:05:05 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Sept 23, 2014 22:15:38 GMT
Thankyou Moonlight! Yeah I'm really happy with it! Your right been making lists then changing my mind haha! Trying not to get too carried away! and Weldone with your results! Is that your lismore moonlight on the pic? S orry I hadn't replied earlier,yes it is Lismore Moonlight. I fell in love with it when I saw it in a show. A lovely bright happy colour dahlia.
I got distracted looking for a better photo of Lismore Moonlight. 
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Post by MarkE on Sept 23, 2014 22:42:48 GMT
its a nice one moonlight, it could end up on the ever growing list of plants for next year! Going to need a field at this rate.
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Post by Tel on Sept 24, 2014 12:01:53 GMT
Went down to the allotments this morning, just to see how the dahlia's were doing for this Sat. Now the allotment association had asked the council to clear all the wood and rubbish from the 3 allotments at the back of us. When I arrived hey were clearing those allotments, burning all the wood etc, all the smoke was blowing across our allotments. Now all the blooms without covers, are all ruined with the fall out from the smoke, Brenda T and Mary's Jomanda etc very little chance now of having a entry in the 5 vase Championship now.  |
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 24, 2014 12:37:47 GMT
That's pretty rotten luck Tel  |
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Post by MarkE on Sept 24, 2014 13:55:42 GMT
That's bad crack tel!
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Post by Raymond on Sept 24, 2014 17:23:52 GMT
Fingers crossed Tel that you manage somehow to get some decent vases for the weekend. What rotten timing and luck  |
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 24, 2014 19:28:56 GMT
Been up the allotment tonight and it looks like I could get some entries in a local pub show on saturday.Brenda t,oakwood goldcrest,cherwell goldcrest,ruskin michelle and winholme diane(not even damping) are flowering nicely now the damp nights have gone and we have a breeze blowing.Willos violet is also flowering now after stopping it 3 times to get the size down.
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Post by ian on Sept 24, 2014 20:15:10 GMT
What a shame you haven't put an entry in at Malvern good luck anyway wherever you are showing
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Post by Moonlight on Sept 25, 2014 8:31:39 GMT
Sorry to hear that so much of your hard work Tel has been ruined, some people just don't think. I hope that you manage to find some really good blooms to show.
dcdahlia Good Luck with your show as well.
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Post by MarkE on Sept 25, 2014 8:59:35 GMT
Does anyone know if it's nesasary to manure the plot for poms? Im lucky to live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by farms so muck isn't a problem but I remember reading somewhere not to manure where you plan to grow poms? Cheers
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Post by scrumpy on Sept 25, 2014 11:10:21 GMT
Be very careful using manure from a source you aren't sure of. Lot's of instances of crops ruined by animals feeding on grass etc that has been treated with herbicides.
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Post by MarkE on Sept 25, 2014 11:28:00 GMT
Be very careful using manure from a source you aren't sure of. Lot's of instances of crops ruined by animals feeding on grass etc that has been treated with herbicides. Thankyou yes I will have to check that out, I know it's really old like black cheddar cheese but not sure about herbicides, have you herd about no manure For poms? |
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Post by markb on Sept 25, 2014 12:24:12 GMT
Does anyone know if it's nesasary to manure the plot for poms? Im lucky to live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by farms so muck isn't a problem but I remember reading somewhere not to manure where you plan to grow poms? Cheers I've read that somewhere too captainmarkymark, but I can't remember where. Probably not really necessary to manure a pom plot but I mulch the whole of my allotments with manure now, some of it well-rotted some of it fresh. Come planting time there is not much difference between the two and I just pull the surface manure aside and dig a planting hole. About the end of June I will mulch with strawy manure, to retain moisture and provide a little feed when it rains. I've not had any problems with this method, even with poms, but I do grow those with around 50 flowering stems per plant. If the manure is really old then I don't see it doing much harm, but as Scrumpy said be aware of residual herbicides, especially Aminopyralid, which can ruin your season. |
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Post by Tel on Sept 25, 2014 18:33:10 GMT
Will have to cut the number of varieties I grow next season. Still to decide what to grow for showing and what to keep for stock and seeds.
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