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Post by sweetpea on Oct 14, 2014 11:51:09 GMT
Very boringly. I take each individual dahlia crop it to make a square, resize it to roughly the same size as the others give or take the pixel. Then I copy and paste each photo into a table in a word document, take a screen shot. Crop it down to the edge of the table and then save it as a column.
Told you it was boring. Pardon? say that again in English please.  I'm lucky if I can get my computer to stay on for more than five minutes without going doolally. |
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Post by Raymond on Oct 14, 2014 12:18:09 GMT
Have been putting my selection onto excel it is coming together will post it in the forum when it's finished. Going to take my time as I think I will have to drop a class.
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 14, 2014 22:48:57 GMT
 
Alongside the Shed Alongside the Greenhouse |
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Post by Raymond on Oct 15, 2014 0:13:31 GMT
MoonlIght downham royal looks rather nice ! Did you grow it this year ?
Looking at both Weston stardust and Spanish dancer as well as pirate. I will only do 2 in numbers maybe the odd single in front display
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 15, 2014 22:59:05 GMT
Mental Note and Reminder to self:
Take photos.
Red Balloon, Jomanda, Mary's Jomanda and Pirate if I can find any still alive and undamaged. 
2nd Reminder:
Sweet Peas!
Haven't a clue or a plan of what I am doing but I want have another go this year for next year. (This year the dahlias took over a bit.  )
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 15, 2014 23:01:20 GMT
Moonlight downham royal looks rather nice ! Did you grow it this year ? |
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 15, 2014 23:03:14 GMT
Spotted an Amber Festival in our local newspaper and my Dad got a mention for winning the Dahlia NDS silver medal.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 16, 2014 9:43:55 GMT
Congratulations to your Dad. |
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 16, 2014 10:45:30 GMT
My Plan for 2014 - 'The corner'
This is where the tree that blew down after the winds. The stump is still alive and is sending up spiky branches - something that we need to think about for next year. You need to imagine the top row Jomanda shuffled a little to the left and the middle row Jomanda more to the right. Doing the table was enough of a faff as it was and I couldn't be bothered to do any more.
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 16, 2014 10:51:54 GMT
So that's it these were all the dahlias that I grew this year with the exception of some more in pots and some that were just left to one side which still grew but I should have been in the compost bin but I wussed out.
I know that some of the people here grow 100s of dahlias and compete at the highest dahlia level National and Harrogate and I won't be but I've still been able to enter and win Dahlia shows / dahlia classes in horticultural shows and to be totally honest, I am proud of my family and what we have achieved. I think that if you choose your classes carefully, with luck and the expert help from my Garden Friends and my Family i.e. Dad in my case - fledgling growers (and don't forget this is only my Second year of growing dahlias) like me can give the big names a run for their money.
Just wanted to say
THANK YOU!
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Post by Tel on Oct 16, 2014 15:31:43 GMT
Spotted an Amber Festival in our local newspaper and my Dad got a mention for winning the Dahlia NDS silver medal. I bet you were more excited than your Dad, when you read the local paper. |
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Post by Raymond on Oct 16, 2014 21:14:10 GMT
So that's it these were all the dahlias that I grew this year with the exception of some more in pots and some that were just left to one side which still grew but I should have been in the compost bin but I wussed out.
I know that some of the people here grow 100s of dahlias and compete at the highest dahlia level National and Harrogate and I won't be but I've still been able to enter and win Dahlia shows / dahlia classes in horticultural shows and to be totally honest, I am proud of my family and what we have achieved. I think that if you choose your classes carefully, with luck and the expert help from my Garden Friends and my Family i.e. Dad in my case - fledgling growers (and don't forget this is only my Second year of growing dahlias) like me can give the big names a run for their money.
Just wanted to say
THANK YOU! Moonlight you should and I am sure are super proud of what you and the family have achieved this year. Onwards and upwards ! Can I ask with the clearviews did your dad try Clearview Debby a sml Dec. Stunning colour in pale lilac outlined in lavender. |
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Post by Raymond on Oct 16, 2014 21:29:49 GMT
Yours looks great Moonlight lots of colour and sizes. My back garden plan finished except for bedding and collarettes. It will be boring though rows of the same 5 or more of each variety mostly 8 of each. Front will be different lots of singles and some threes. Going to try a good number of the ones I like the look of show blooms though but bicolour , fimbriated, flashy ones and can try some medium and the odd large. Seen a Pom I like from Austria hapet compo and min ball hapet pearl and another hapet daydream. I like a number of Peter haslhofers dahlias I might order some not nearly as expensive as USA tubors as no certificate needed. When list finished I will post in the forum. Waiting until after mid November as Dave Spencer giving talk on new varieties so might give me idea. All the best Raymond |
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 17, 2014 23:41:07 GMT
You could not imagine how many times I've altered my Plan 2014 whole garden and spent ages sorting through my photos from last year to show the changes from last year to now. Sorry for lack of update, it's just been time consuming.
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 18, 2014 23:29:47 GMT
I hope that you don't mind ian but I've copied and pasted your advice here for future reference.
Don't take them completely out of the pots just remove the top compost / soil out of the pot to expose the top of the tuber crown then trim the stem back to approx 4" turn the pots upside down in the greenhouse and keep frost free. When you want to start them off to take cutting they can then be started off with a little heat kept in the pots if you like or out of the pots onto the heated bed then you can take cuttings Or just keep them frost free, they will start to throw shoots then you can plant the whole tuber back into the grown at planting time. The Barberries are better kept by keeping pot tubers as the ground roots are sometimes a little poor and thin
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