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Post by Lou78W on May 11, 2015 6:57:13 GMT
It may be strong but I can live without them. Oh and if you think it will affect my judgement as a judge then no you are safe there I will judge as always what I see before me. I still believe Jersie will do very very well but I will not be winning with it and I have 50+ plants. I will not be showing a bloom of it. I can give some of them a new home Ian if you like ! Hehehe If you get any more Raymond you will have to move out and let the dahlias live in the house...lol...  |
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Post by Raymond on May 11, 2015 11:29:30 GMT
Already done that this season Lou78W and they got evicted ! Hehe |
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Post by Tel on May 11, 2015 18:24:03 GMT
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Post by Lou78W on May 11, 2015 18:51:57 GMT
 Wow....that's a lovely tidy plot Tel
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Post by Raymond on May 11, 2015 22:59:13 GMT
Mine are outside all the time. Put some fleece over them tonight as I can feel a bit of a chill in the air. Need to pot on a good few . Into 4 and five in pots and the ones in peat pots into 3 inch pots. Will do that Thursday as off and rain forecast.
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Post by burkey on May 14, 2015 9:46:18 GMT
Hi, need some help please...Got a Dahlia giant that is setting bud...What is the best course of action please...Would it be better to let it flower naturally ? or to pinch it back now before it gets any bigger...Help
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Post by scrumpy on May 14, 2015 10:04:59 GMT
Any laterals showing? What is the variety ? How many pairs of leaves are on the plant?
Depends when you want the main plant to flower as to what you do next.
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Post by burkey on May 14, 2015 10:25:36 GMT
Hi, yeah there is plenty laterals showing...never known this before so early...I could pinch it back to the first 4 laterals, I don't want early blooms really. late August through to latish September would be fine...The variety is Bonaventure
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Post by scrumpy on May 14, 2015 11:05:48 GMT
Let it flower as it is. That'll slow it down a bit.
I've got Bonaventure that aren't showing laterals, I won't be stopping them for at least 10 days as I want them mid August.
In your case, after flowering, pinch it back to those 4 laterals. You may be lucky and it may hold back to late August, but I think they'll be ready earlier. In which case you could try it on a wing bud.
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Post by Moonlight on May 16, 2015 6:31:06 GMT
I think that I've pretty much finished with my seedlings, I don't think that any more are going to come up now. Almost all have grown big enough to be planted out of their seed tray cells and into small pots.
I've been lucky this year only a handful with white leaves and a couple of Marston George have had leaves that are not developing properly the baby leaves have some how fused together rather than opening properly.
Not a problem tho because I've got loads.
Tubers have not taken and cuttings after all so I am going to just re-plant the Tubers.
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Post by MarkE on May 18, 2015 14:54:19 GMT
Picked up the dahlias from hall's today, they look spot on with a couple of free poms, lakeland polly, to add to the pom collection.
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Post by Tel on May 21, 2015 6:17:59 GMT
I will start planting out tomorrow here.  |
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Post by snute2008 on May 21, 2015 16:49:39 GMT
I know this may be a long shot but does anyone have any Nulands Josephine cuttings they could send me? I ordered some from Halls but I suspect they could not support as I got sent a substitute. I have grown it for a few years but lost my tubers of it this winter.
Many thanks.
Simon.
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Post by Tel on May 21, 2015 18:02:28 GMT
I cannot help snute, I do not grow it  |
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Post by ste b on May 21, 2015 21:13:55 GMT
Started planting out , got bottom nets on two beds and planted 120 out before planting used the Stan Pennington method of dipping them in insecticide all plant covered, they where all clean but not taking any chances.
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Wow....that's a lovely tidy plot Tel
