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Post by Lou78W on Dec 31, 2011 7:56:43 GMT
Hang on till I put my helmet on!!  ;D ;D  |
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 31, 2011 16:28:08 GMT
I might throw a spanner in the works now  ; I've planted small cactus and decs in 15cm (6 inch) pots for a patio and found that the overall size of the plan and the blooms were restricted. However, plenty of them and other folk said how nice they were. Have to say that to my "purist" eye they were pretty rubbish because they were not as they should have been! ;D |
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Post by richardr on Jan 1, 2012 10:22:28 GMT
When you plant the pot into soil the feeder roots come out of the drainage holes into the surrounding soil, this gives you the same size plants plants and flowers has if you had planted straight into the soil. Now its your turn to throw the spanner back lol ;D Thanks Tel, very interesting, I'll give it a go this year. |
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Post by dcdahlia on Jan 1, 2012 15:30:04 GMT
Well its all systems go heat is on today.Had a slight problem with my 45 gallon drum of parraffin getting the stuff out that is (not wanting to get a mouthful of the stuff ) made a syphon pump with a bit of hosepipe and an empty plastic bottle of window cleaner (well it was empty after I had emptied it) just hope the wife does'nt want to clean the windows any time soon.Got some spare pot tubers for sale on ebay if anyone is interested
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Post by Tel on Jan 1, 2012 15:56:19 GMT
I will be setting mine up too this month.  |
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Post by robh on Feb 12, 2012 22:24:21 GMT
took a couple of plants off dahlia tubers dipped in rooting powder checked them this morning and i looks all burnt they are sitting in in the bedroom covered with bubble wrap but they are neer a rad so i think it must have been a bit 2 warm
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Post by Tel on Feb 13, 2012 8:00:30 GMT
took a couple of plants off dahlia tubers dipped in rooting powder checked them this morning and i looks all burnt they are sitting in in the bedroom covered with bubble wrap but they are neer a rad so i think it must have been a bit 2 warm Dahlia cuttings will damp off, if they are covered with bubble wrap. They really need bottom heat of 18-19 C in good light, but protected from the sun, or they will wilt. |
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Post by robh on Feb 13, 2012 16:00:19 GMT
yet again thanks for comeing to my rescue tel
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Post by Tel on Feb 13, 2012 16:13:57 GMT
That's what we are all here for to help each other, if the need arises. |
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Post by AJ on Feb 13, 2012 23:05:16 GMT
Hi guy's and gals.
Seem to have a couple shoots ready for cutting.
Do I take some or all of the shoots as they come ready.
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Post by dcdahlia on Feb 14, 2012 19:32:21 GMT
Take all cuttings that are ready aj some early cuttings tend to be a bit on the thick side and may take a while to root.More shoots will appear from around where you remove the cutting from the tuber.
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Post by AJ on Feb 18, 2012 19:56:39 GMT
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Post by AJ on Feb 18, 2012 20:32:24 GMT
i root mine in this, with a perspex cover. 7mm square pots, placed in a tray with peat separating the pots. Can get 4 or 5 in each pot, have managed 7 or 8 later in the season when cuttings are narrower. I use one part sand, one part perlite, 2 parts multipurpose compost as my rooting medium, not to wet.  It's placed on an aluminium heat mat that is set at 60'c for a bit of bottom heat. Keeps the cuttings nicely humid. As Tel says, should take about 2 weeks. Ah scrumpy, you are into companion growing, have never tried it. I'm told it makes the plants stronger as there is competion for root space early doors !! I would have thought you have to seperate them farely prompto once they have rooted or else you might damage the root system trying to pry them apart if left too long ? Mark Will any sand do or will I need horticultural sand  |
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Post by Tel on Feb 19, 2012 7:45:57 GMT
Ah scrumpy, you are into companion growing, have never tried it. I'm told it makes the plants stronger as there is competion for root space early doors !! I would have thought you have to seperate them farely prompto once they have rooted or else you might damage the root system trying to pry them apart if left too long ? Mark Will any sand do or will I need horticultural sand Horticulural sand is the best AJ |
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Post by Tel on Feb 19, 2012 7:52:14 GMT
Ok, so I continue to take all cuttings. Is the tuber of use to me afterwards and if so what do I do with it and what can I expect from it. In relation to the cuttings taken, what size will they grow to in relation to what the tubers would have produced should I have not taken cuttings. Will the cuttings make a tuber to be harvested.     When you have finished taking the number of cuttings you require you can pot up the tuber if it is any shoots left on it and plant out when the frost has gone. Plants from cuttings should give you superior flowers, that's why people that show, grow from cuttings. Each cutting will make a tuber during the growing season, the tuber bulks up Sept/Oct time. |
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