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Post by Lou78W on Apr 23, 2015 18:49:11 GMT
Station house has shipped part one of my order carston suntan, Marlene joy and Stillwater brilliant . Tel I will have to pot on one of the wyns it is storming on and roots filling the 3inch pot really well. Should be ready to pot on by Monday I would think. Roots nice and white no sign of root rot. Tel's plants don't get root rot.....behave Raymond !!  |
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Post by Tel on Apr 23, 2015 19:18:45 GMT
Your right there Lou, the plants are fine, I have root rot though.  |
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Post by Raymond on Apr 23, 2015 20:17:23 GMT
Tel Lou78W it is me trying to grow them remember not dave gillam so considering my track record of over watering the cuttings and killing most I expect anything 
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 24, 2015 6:50:28 GMT
Tel Lou78W it is me trying to grow them remember not dave gillam so considering my track record of over watering the cuttings and killing most I expect anything We all learn by our mistakes Raymond... |
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Post by Raymond on Apr 24, 2015 10:42:01 GMT
Potted up my first station house order and I have to say yes good root system but the plants are not of good habit all bent out of shape nothing upright and straight growing.all warped Mmmm let's see what halls plants look Like. I have certainly learned rather a lot Lou78W |
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Post by Raymond on Apr 24, 2015 10:55:36 GMT
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 24, 2015 11:13:51 GMT
Looks like they have all been crushed together on the benches without good light. You won't have any problem with Halls plants....and this is from first hand experience...I've seen 'em |
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Post by dianthus on Apr 24, 2015 13:06:54 GMT
Looks like they have all been crushed together on the benches without good light. You won't have any problem with Halls plants....and this is from first hand experience...I've seen 'em Have you had a peak around their nursery, Lou78W ? |
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Post by scrumpy on Apr 24, 2015 14:25:37 GMT
Station house plants Look fine to me. Wait and see how they grow. As to Halls plants, out of receiving 12 Bonaventure from them last year and only 2 producing a proper plant, you can't always go on what a cutting looks like. |
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Post by Raymond on Apr 24, 2015 14:48:00 GMT
Lou78W I gave station house two orders and if this is the standard of plants they may be my last with them. Got 16 more to come from them. Let's see what pink suffusion and Hapet ideal are like . scrumpy lets see how they grow . Big roots and will need potting on I think soon not a lot of room in a three inch pot. I am sure dahliadave plants will be great. looking forward to getting them tom mcclelland, sues kilmorie, Allan snowfire and some bedding one's. I need to just get better at propagating my own stock then no excuses or complaints ! Hehehe
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Post by dianthus on Apr 24, 2015 15:52:43 GMT
Lou78W I gave station house two orders and if this is the standard of plants they may be my last with them. Got 16 more to come from them. Let's see what pink suffusion and Hapet ideal are like . scrumpy lets see how they grow . Big roots and will need potting on I think soon not a lot of room in a three inch pot. I am sure dahliadave plants will be great. looking forward to getting them tom mcclelland, sues kilmorie, Allan snowfire and some bedding one's. I need to just get better at propagating my own stock then no excuses or complaints ! Hehehe Are you planning to show your dahlias somewhere, @raymond? |
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Post by scrumpy on Apr 24, 2015 15:52:50 GMT
Lou78W I gave station house two orders and if this is the standard of plants they may be my last with them. Got 16 more to come from them. Let's see what pink suffusion and Hapet ideal are like . scrumpy lets see how they grow . Big roots and will need potting on I think soon not a lot of room in a three inch pot. I am sure dahliadave plants will be great. looking forward to getting them tom mcclelland, sues kilmorie, Allan snowfire and some bedding one's. I need to just get better at propagating my own stock then no excuses or complaints ! Hehehe When you receive plants you pot them into a suitable size pot. Not a lot of root, I plant in 6 cell trays. A bit more 3" square. Bigger still 4" square. The plants I got from Taylor's end of March had minimal root. Much smaller than the ones you've received. So they went into 6 cells. That's how Frank does his cuttings. The ones I received from Station House went into 4" square pots. Some plants bigger than yours, some the same size, some smaller. It depends on the variety. And I'll bet you when you receive mine, you'll realise how bad Halls and Station House are  |
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Post by dianthus on Apr 24, 2015 16:02:38 GMT
Lou78W I gave station house two orders and if this is the standard of plants they may be my last with them. Got 16 more to come from them. Let's see what pink suffusion and Hapet ideal are like . scrumpy lets see how they grow . Big roots and will need potting on I think soon not a lot of room in a three inch pot. I am sure dahliadave plants will be great. looking forward to getting them tom mcclelland, sues kilmorie, Allan snowfire and some bedding one's. I need to just get better at propagating my own stock then no excuses or complaints ! Hehehe When you receive plants you pot them into a suitable size pot. Not a lot of root, I plant in 6 cell trays. A bit more 3" square. Bigger still 4" square. The plants I got from Taylor's end of March had minimal root. Much smaller than the ones you've received. So they went into 6 cells. That's how Frank does his cuttings. The ones I received from Station House went into 4" square pots. Some plants bigger than yours, some the same size, some smaller. It depends on the variety. And I'll bet you when you receive mine, you'll realise how bad Halls and Station House are Just out of curiosity, and pure nosiness, how many cuttings do you take each year, and then pass on to other enthusiasts? I'm imagining every available surface, chez Tel ian scrumpy dahliadave being chocabloc with plant pots and very disconcerted spouses wondering why they don't get cherished as much!  |
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Post by Tel on Apr 24, 2015 16:28:03 GMT
Potted up my first station house order and I have to say yes good root system but the plants are not of good habit all bent out of shape nothing upright and straight growing.all warped Mmmm let's see what halls plants look Like. I have certainly learned rather a lot Lou78W I would not be concerned about the shape of them. I would be more concerned if the plants were broken, at the end of the day, the resultant stems that they produce after stopping, will be straight that's all we want from the plants. |
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Post by Cat on Apr 24, 2015 16:44:06 GMT
Potted up my first station house order and I have to say yes good root system but the plants are not of good habit all bent out of shape nothing upright and straight growing.all warped Mmmm let's see what halls plants look Like. I have certainly learned rather a lot Lou78W I would not be concerned about the shape of them. I would be more concerned if the plants were broken, at the end of the day, the resultant stems that they produce after stopping, will be straight that's all we want from the plants. Reassuring advice for this newbie thanks Tel |
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