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Post by candyblue on Jul 28, 2011 12:00:32 GMT
I too have some that I am not sure of, my ryecroft Rebel from Halls has turned into a pinky-salmon I will try and get a picture of it later and also one of the Daleko Jupiters has come out awful, the flower was horrible and withered and the colour was white/dirty colour with a pink to it
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Post by Tel on Jul 28, 2011 19:06:43 GMT
The Dahlia Annual, should be here any day now.  My Dahlia Annual arrived today. There is a new dahlia mentioned in the annual, a tulip dahlia may be of interest to a few people that grow one or two dahlias in their gardens. Not a lot of information given about when it will be available, or dimensions of the plants. Taken this pic from the annual you will have to excuse the flash in the pic.  |
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Post by Cherry on Jul 28, 2011 20:20:31 GMT
I'm not too sure about that one.
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 28, 2011 20:48:58 GMT
Doesn't do anything for me. Looks like the type to grow in containers, or as a bedding plant.
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Post by scrumpy on Jul 28, 2011 20:52:45 GMT
I too have some that I am not sure of, my ryecroft Rebel from Halls has turned into a pinky-salmon I will try and get a picture of it later and also one of the Daleko Jupiters has come out awful, the flower was horrible and withered and the colour was white/dirty colour with a pink to it I gave up on the Jupiters as they seemed prone to virus when i tried them many years ago. How tall was the plant when it flowered.....seems very early for it to be in bloom. |
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Post by candyblue on Jul 28, 2011 21:10:55 GMT
The plant was about three foot and the stem was a foot above,not too fussed as it's one Rob picked and I never really liked it the other plant has a proper flower on it
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Post by Tel on Jul 31, 2011 8:49:42 GMT
I too have some that I am not sure of, my ryecroft Rebel from Halls has turned into a pinky-salmon I will try and get a picture of it later and also one of the Daleko Jupiters has come out awful, the flower was horrible and withered and the colour was white/dirty colour with a pink to it I gave up on the Jupiters as they seemed prone to virus when i tried them many years ago. How tall was the plant when it flowered.....seems very early for it to be in bloom. I used to grow Pink Jupiter, a lot of plants of that finished up with a virus. I just have 6 Rose Jupiter now they are healthy at the moment. |
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Post by richardr on Aug 1, 2011 7:29:58 GMT
I would also add to that it's the way they take the cuttings and the tubers they use. Whereas i may grow 6 plants of a variety, if only one of them looks and flowers well then i will only use that plant for cuttings. I won't use the other plants, and that is why i don't use pot tubers. If you are growing for the mass market then such care is not taken. This may not be the case for Richard, .../quote] Seems to me it is common sense to dump any plants that do not perform as they ought to, apart from the supply to customers they form my next year's crop as well! Have to say that it is very difficult with weak cultivars as they, often, are popular as well. I've dropped Cream Beauty as it is so inconsistent, a great bloom when good but very weak and tends to "daisy eye". |
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Post by Tel on Aug 2, 2011 18:53:46 GMT
I had to knock back some of the stems on Brenda T to a shoot lower down they were to far forward.  |
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Post by scrumpy on Aug 2, 2011 21:00:46 GMT
Covers over the giants/mediums gone up today. They are the only ones i cover. Heavy rain forecast the next few days i believe, as long as it stops by Monday i won't mind. Lots of buds opening all over the garden, so many new varieties grown this year it'll be interesting to see what they look like. They are smalls Ruskin Andrea, 6 plants, looks like 6 different colours, all going to go oversize  Oretti Bliss, here is the description... Small Cactus Superb white blooms, excellent form, strong stems. And what we have are more cream than white, with one plant out of 6 producing decent stems Brabarry Melody, well what a nightmare to grow, but have managed to restrict it to 6 buds per plant. Ryecroft Brenda T, should get a 5 from it. Ryecroft Zoe, my only chance of getting a 5 for the small cactus from the new ones. Mediums Dikara Moon, should get 3, but nowhere near the size i was expecting. Ryecroft Rebel, i have 3 buds only that have a chance of being ready, thanks to the fact that they sent me something else, from which i should have lots ready  Ruskin Bride, well after all the fuss i should get a good 3. And finally, Susan Gilliott, should get a nice 3, but it looks at the moment quite broad leaved for a cactus, hoping it'll tighten up as it nears full size. The idea this year is to show people as many different varieties as possible, and most of the above will go in the 3 vase classes. My regular varieties will go in the individual vase classes. Well, that's the theory and everything may change ;D |
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Post by scrumpy on Aug 2, 2011 21:15:04 GMT
I too have some that I am not sure of, my ryecroft Rebel from Halls has turned into a pinky-salmon I will try and get a picture of it later and also one of the Daleko Jupiters has come out awful, the flower was horrible and withered and the colour was white/dirty colour with a pink to it well i rang Halls on saturday, spoke to a young man, and sent an e mail with photographs. Am still awaiting a reply. Perhaps they don't like a bit of criticism. I will follow it up nicely on Thursday ;D |
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Post by Tel on Aug 3, 2011 5:00:39 GMT
Covers over the giants/mediums gone up today. They are the only ones i cover. Heavy rain forecast the next few days i believe, as long as it stops by Monday i won't mind. Lots of buds opening all over the garden, so many new varieties grown this year it'll be interesting to see what they look like. They are smalls Ruskin Andrea, 6 plants, looks like 6 different colours, all going to go oversize Oretti Bliss, here is the description... Small Cactus Superb white blooms, excellent form, strong stems. And what we have are more cream than white, with one plant out of 6 producing decent stems Brabarry Melody, well what a nightmare to grow, but have managed to restrict it to 6 buds per plant. Ryecroft Brenda T, should get a 5 from it. Ryecroft Zoe, my only chance of getting a 5 for the small cactus from the new ones. Mediums Dikara Moon, should get 3, but nowhere near the size i was expecting. Ryecroft Rebel, i have 3 buds only that have a chance of being ready, thanks to the fact that they sent me something else, from which i should have lots ready Ruskin Bride, well after all the fuss i should get a good 3. And finally, Susan Gilliott, should get a nice 3, but it looks at the moment quite broad leaved for a cactus, hoping it'll tighten up as it nears full size. The idea this year is to show people as many different varieties as possible, and most of the above will go in the 3 vase classes. My regular varieties will go in the individual vase classes. Well, that's the theory and everything may change ;D I find it usually does. ;D |
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Post by Lou78W on Aug 3, 2011 7:10:53 GMT
Covers over the giants/mediums gone up today. They are the only ones i cover. Heavy rain forecast the next few days i believe, as long as it stops by Monday i won't mind. Lots of buds opening all over the garden, so many new varieties grown this year it'll be interesting to see what they look like. They are smalls Ruskin Andrea, 6 plants, looks like 6 different colours, all going to go oversize Oretti Bliss, here is the description... Small Cactus Superb white blooms, excellent form, strong stems. And what we have are more cream than white, with one plant out of 6 producing decent stems Brabarry Melody, well what a nightmare to grow, but have managed to restrict it to 6 buds per plant. Ryecroft Brenda T, should get a 5 from it. Ryecroft Zoe, my only chance of getting a 5 for the small cactus from the new ones. Mediums Dikara Moon, should get 3, but nowhere near the size i was expecting. Ryecroft Rebel, i have 3 buds only that have a chance of being ready, thanks to the fact that they sent me something else, from which i should have lots ready Ruskin Bride, well after all the fuss i should get a good 3. And finally, Susan Gilliott, should get a nice 3, but it looks at the moment quite broad leaved for a cactus, hoping it'll tighten up as it nears full size. The idea this year is to show people as many different varieties as possible, and most of the above will go in the 3 vase classes. My regular varieties will go in the individual vase classes. Well, that's the theory and everything may change ;D I find it usually does. ;D ::)Thats true!!....I'm not making any decisions until a week before the show...erm....that will be quite soon  |
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Post by Tel on Aug 3, 2011 7:34:49 GMT
I want to see plenty of small buds on mine, the weekend after this for Harrogate.
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Post by candyblue on Aug 3, 2011 11:18:36 GMT
Scrumpy have you got a picture of what your rebels are like? I was wondering if they are the same as mine?
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