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Post by Tel on Nov 22, 2014 14:27:42 GMT
If it had been earlier in the year I would have said feed with a high nitrogen feed, but at this time of year not sure about now. Maybe do has Cherry suggests.
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Post by Raymond on Nov 22, 2014 14:51:38 GMT
Hahaha ! It will be my triffid in the garden .
Might not grow it got a pot Tuber of kenora Valentine also. Just want to try one large . I only paid a pound for each moonlight . Saying about growing in a tub. David hall did and they got a nice medium from it he said. I will think about what to do. |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 22, 2014 23:46:22 GMT
Reading through the dahlia threads everyone else has dug up their tubers.
erm...  I've not even started mine. Was going to ask my Dad if he would like to help a couple of dahlia enthusiasts to dig up their tubers (and get to see if done properly).
Girls were keen when I suggested it to them.
Hope so. It has been a special year for them although Fairy has less of a connection with hers as hers flowered later and my seedlings were in the way. Next year the only dahlia which has been pencilled in permanent marker in my brain's plan is Fairy's as hers will be going where Pirate's Amber Festival is now.
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 23, 2014 7:22:36 GMT
Been awake a while. Went to sleep thinking of scrunchies, dreamed about scrunchies, woke up thinking about scrunchies and still thinking about scrunchies. Think I will go back to bed at least I can think about them in the warm. (Makes a change from dahlias at show time!)
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 23, 2014 15:16:01 GMT
Just wanted to explain what happened with Majestic Athalie. Although it is on that web page, I couldn't find it in the current catalogue. They are organised by type and then size. I thought that maybe they had stopped growing it but it was eventually spotted on page 22. The reason why I couldn't find it is because it is listed as a semi cactus but no size. Long story shortened discovered that it is actually a cactus, a small cactus. So it is in the wrong the place.
Mental note to self, it is 2666 and I need to make another phone call. 
So there you go, there was a method to my madness. Have to pick some that will legitimise the expensive postage. 
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Post by Tel on Nov 23, 2014 17:17:31 GMT
Hope you have better luck with Majestic Athalie, than we did with Eastwood Star from them.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 23, 2014 21:44:57 GMT
This could be it, the night my dahlias go black. 
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 24, 2014 9:52:49 GMT
Started thinking about next year layout - didn't get very far, so went to bed.
But went to bed with a smile on my face because somewhere I've got find a place for
affectionately known as 'Fred Flump'
and
affectionately known as 'Downham Dec'
So no they are not named technically I believe they are Fred 3 and Fred 4 but I'll need to double double check the labels. In my head, Downham Dec is a miniature and Fred Flump, I am going to try to grow as a small. Unless of course my Dad suggests otherwise. So I was thinking about putting Downham Dec in with my Ball and Dec 'in the corner' which would mean Hillcrest Hannah planned for the corner (of 'the corner'![]() )with miniatures either side before we get to Amber Festival which is a small on the right.
I was trying to organise them with pictures on each but can't find a decent Hillcrest Hannah to use which as it is Fairy's it is a tad frustrating.
Anyway who knows what they will look like when they grow in their 2nd year. Whatever happens I am proud as punch that me seedlings have got this far.
 
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Post by Raymond on Nov 24, 2014 15:39:22 GMT
I love Fred flump moonlight hope it does well for you in the second year both of them.Fred flump has the colouring of Clearview edie that white with lavender blush. Really lovely. Good luck with them both |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 24, 2014 15:53:06 GMT
This is Clearview Edie at Dad's.
Dad said it is Lovely.
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Post by Lou78W on Nov 24, 2014 20:10:49 GMT
She is quietly elegant !!
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Post by Ian k on Nov 24, 2014 20:44:39 GMT
Hi Moonlight I like your downham dec it looks very promising, has it got a bit of Mary's Jomanda in it.
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 24, 2014 21:43:14 GMT
Hi Moonlight I like your downham dec it looks very promising, has it got a bit of Mary's Jomanda in it.  I sincerely hope not! Last year it was quite near to Mary's and Jomanda so it could well have some of their dna but it is a seedling from a ball dahlia called Downham Royal funnily it is Fairy's favourite of the two but she think it is pink, it isn't pink it is a deep purple. In fact she wants to grow it herself. So I told her that she had made my day  because she has. |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 24, 2014 23:13:59 GMT
Hi Moonlight I like your downham dec it looks very promising, has it got a bit of Mary's Jomanda in it. 
See what I mean, highly likely that the bees visited them both. Deep, dark purple is Downham Royal, Mary's Jomanda might be a little more tricky to spot... Red nearest the camera is Weston Pirate (no surprises there). |
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Post by Raymond on Nov 24, 2014 23:21:57 GMT
Moonlight where do you get your canes from look nice and strong. Had some recommendations from Ian k just pricing up as need a lot.
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