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Post by Moonlight on Jun 19, 2015 23:50:37 GMT
He found it:
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All dried up so I gave it a soak in the bath.
Fingers crossed we can get it planted tomorrow.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 20, 2015 16:08:03 GMT
Well bought me sprayer and and some concentrate. Absolutely pouring here. So the spraying will have to wait till tomorrow. 
Hay Hoe!
Might be pouring but I'm itching to go out and plant. Wonder if I can pop out for a bit...
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Post by Lou78W on Jun 20, 2015 16:33:00 GMT
No reason why not.....its only water.....and the plants will enjoy the experience  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 21, 2015 11:47:22 GMT
Got absolutely soaked but was very creative in the planting department with my Water Lily dahlias.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 21, 2015 22:35:51 GMT
Coming up next week...
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 22, 2015 10:40:40 GMT
Having a bit of a grrrr moment having a Massive GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR moment.
I can't work out how to assemble my Hozelock sprayer
and for the money that it cost I don't want to force something and snap a bit.
The weather looks like it might rain but then seems sunny the next minute.
I've got work tomorrow I wanted to spray the mainly Ryecroft Zoe seedlings that have been attacked by various bugs.
I wanted them sprayed before planting and I can't work out what to do and I am getting annoyed.
It's just that there is something quite 'ick' about planting something with crawling tenants.
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p.s. I hate not being able to work out something that other people find easy.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 22, 2015 10:43:16 GMT
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 It has STARTED RAINING
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Post by roofgardener on Jun 22, 2015 11:03:56 GMT
It's good to hear you again Moonlight; I was getting worried  Now then... your system... I don't quite understand it. I understand that you put things in coloured pots (a technique that I may adopt myself). But what is the 'code' behind the names ? E.g. Fred, Bill etc ?
Easy answer to that one because I like it! Totally random. My only criteria is 4 letters max. (Mind you next year I could use Max another time as it only has 3 letters). In my head boys names - don't know if there is a deep mystical meaning psychologically why not girls names but short boys names appeals to my quirky sense of humour .
My Dad is more pragmatic. Nothing gets named early on and he does not use people's names for his dahlias (but once very early on).
He does identify the groups of the Mother seed variety but nothing is given any form of name until it's 2nd year. 1st year seedlings he chooses to keep are tied around the stem in Red Wool (pure wool because ultimately it breaks down) (Red because it shows up the most). His 2nd year seedlings are given a number and a year date.
Now me personally, I cannot cope with having seedling 23 twenty three 2014, 23 twenty three 2013 and a 13 thirteen 2014. (He always writes both the digit and the number words).
My logic of Fred 3, Fred 4 and Fred Fire, makes my life easier. Fred Fire was not given a number because the plan had been it was best for my Dad to grow my seedlings from my mutant tall Staleen Condessa dahlia but still a Fred. The Fire bit is random - it is just a case of it starting with F and only having 4 letters, Fred 3 is aka 'Downham Dec' because it has the same colour as my Downham Royal ball but very clearly a Dec rather than a Ball dahlia and Fred 4 is aka Fred Flump because there is something about it that reminds me of Flumps (admittedly gone up to 5 letters but it does start with a F).
Whether or not I will eventually think of Fred=2014, Bill=2015 and ?=2016 etc haven't a clue but it would be wonderful if one day one of my seedlings could be good enough to name but if it were to be given a name it won't be Fred Fire, Fred Flump or Downham Dec.
Bet you wish you hadn't asked roofgardener. .
p.s. People that spend time with children will know that there are times when you don't want children to repeat what you say. If relaying something that has happened, I say something along the lines of
Fred accidently said / did something to Fred and Fred was fine with it.
It annoys the children (mwahahahaha) but I hope that it minimises potential risk of repeat and making a situation worse.
Blame it on my sense of humour - Fred is always the first name that comes to my mind.
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Post by Tel on Jun 22, 2015 12:47:46 GMT
[/font][/quote] Plenty of assembly instructions to google for your sprayer. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 22, 2015 14:08:02 GMT
"Oh" so you still don't get it. Well I've simplified it a bit now. (n.b. For me not you - just lumped the varieties together, rather than mixed with classification)
This is what I have:
My Poms*
Bill P: 1-5 seed collected from Willo's Violet (x5)
Bill LP: 1-17 seed collected from Nuland's Josephine a Large Pom (x17)
My Decoratives*
Bill D: 1 – 3 seed collected from Marston George which is a Miniature Dec (x3)
Bill D 4 – 8 seed collected from Ryecroft Brenda T which is a Small Dec (x5)
My Semi Cactus (the Little Bit Spiky ones)
Bill S/C 1-2 seeds collected from Eastwood Moonlight which is a Medium Semi Cactus (x2)
Bill S/C 3 – 10 seeds collected from Peach Delight which is another Medium Semi Cactus (x8)
Bill S/C 11-21 seeds collected from Ryecroft Zoe a Small Semi Cactus (x11)
My Cactus (the Very Spiky ones)
Bill C: 1 seeds collected from Weston Pirate which is a miniature (x1)
Bill C 2-11 seeds collected from Weston Spanish Dancer which has dual size classification miniature and small. (x10)
My Waterlilly
Bill W: 1-4 seeds from my only Waterlilly plant Edwin's Sunset RIP lovely deep red colour (x4)
*n.b. Ball dahlias look like larger poms but no seedlings from any of my Ball dahlias this time. (my wording definition - not an official one)
Decorative petals are similar but flatter - see the photos above. There are some varieties where there is continued discussion as to whether they have been correctly classified. The only time this becomes a problem if an exhibitor wishes to enter or is up against entries that do not match exactly fit the classification rules. An exhibitor can only enter a ball (or dec dahlia) in the classes that the classification committee has decided is the best fit. There seems to be more disagreement between the dec / balls classification than semi cactus / cactus classifications.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 22, 2015 21:51:36 GMT
Got absolutely soaked but was very creative in the planting department with my Water Lily dahlias. This is what I did. My Waterlilly dahlias are in a tub like this each. In theory what I am supposed to do is 'green bin' the ones that really are not good enough. By burying the 2 pots (if I am hard enough to do it) I can just lift out the plant without disturbing the other plants. Then the other 2 either side. It'll be interesting to see what grows.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 26, 2015 0:03:10 GMT
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Post by Tel on Jun 26, 2015 6:55:00 GMT
A 5 litre sprayer holds a maximum of what it says. Moonlight |
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Post by ian on Jun 26, 2015 7:24:58 GMT
Dizzy day dream?
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Post by ian on Jun 26, 2015 7:41:19 GMT
Bought myself a two stroke water pump to use with my hose pipe from my water barrels (rain water far better) to water my poly tunnel. I can use the tap but prefer to use rain water really (also sick of the negativity of some of my fellow plot holders) of which one I must thank for pulling up my seep hoses in the tunnel and putting holes in my hose pipe. oops thought I was just thinking that comment ah well never mind. They will probably now moan about the noise of the pump He he
The water pump works very well indeed so much so I could apply any feed that way, I usually feed via a watering can, it takes 24 cans to water the tunnel 2pints per plant of feed (I don't believe a plant needs any more than that each feed) it takes 65 watering cans to feed the whole plot approx 600 litres. The guttering on my tunnel will catch all that rain in a couple of good down pours.
Ah well better get working bye for now
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it is a 5 litre sprayer so takes a maximum of 3 litres??? and I was worried because I didn't know how to measure the 3 litres. HH came out with a 2 litre bottle of water and a half litre. 2 little ones and 1 big one but he went off to investigate and asked 'if I had taken the label off'... which he promptly did to revealed the measure scale.
