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Post by Cherry on Sept 20, 2011 19:29:03 GMT
Thanx Cherry I am being told by people its time to have a go at the big one at harrogate so need to grow more.I dont think another allotment will be a problem I know of a couple that havent been touched for ages and a bus load from the allotment society went to harrogate on saturday so I'm a bit of a celebrity down there at the moment.  ;D Well enjoy your fame because you certainly deserve it. I don't think you had taken it all on board when I met you. You could not be described as demonstrative. |
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 20, 2011 20:18:16 GMT
No it had'nt sunk in that I had won 2 championship classes cherry.
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 20, 2011 20:20:04 GMT
Cheers scrumpy think I will give them both a go I don't have a med dec at the moment.
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Post by scrumpy on Sept 20, 2011 21:57:10 GMT
Ryecroft magnum never put a foot wrong either, even though it was grown badly and i didn't know what it was until it flowered.
I'll be growing that, white Charlie Two and Rebel next year.
As a guide from my garden, 5up White Charlie two, 7up Magnum and 8 up Rebel would get similar sized blooms.
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Post by derekbrooks on Sept 20, 2011 22:11:33 GMT
In the Garden News this morning there is a report on the National Dahlia Society show at Shepton Mallet.It tells tells the story of Ian Sutherland winning the Terry Clark individual championship.He was also runner up for the best exhibit in the show!.He is the exhibitor who I told you about last week on "Derek,s diary"who was showing at Tottington where I was showing.He was supposed to be judging but he got somebody else to judge and showed himself.Staging was supposed to be on Saturday morning but he brought his flowers on the Friday night and of course they were all staged when I arrived on the Saturday.They were outstanding and I immediately knew that I didn,t stand any chance against him.No wonder he did so well at the National.He went to Ireland on the Saturday morning so he didn,t even come to the show to see what he had won.
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 21, 2011 17:27:14 GMT
Ian is a very good grower derek he finished 3rd of 10 entries in the individual championship at harrogate behind stuart clensey
and jimmy heginbottham.I finished second to him in the 3 vases of 3.
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Post by Tel on Sept 21, 2011 18:47:24 GMT
Thanx Cherry I am being told by people its time to have a go at the big one at harrogate so need to grow more.I dont think another allotment will be a problem I know of a couple that havent been touched for ages and a bus load from the allotment society went to harrogate on saturday so I'm a bit of a celebrity down there at the moment. ;D I think you should have a go at the biggest one as well DC.  |
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 21, 2011 19:02:54 GMT
Gonna think about it over winter tel I will need to get a large maybe another go at challenger got 2 plants in this year planted them deep and they didnt do to bad or maybe craigowen.The moonlights and dianes get used a lot in the individual championship and I dont grow them too well dianes damp far to easy for my liking.If I dont go for it I was thinking the small semi cactus championship,mini dec championship and the small decs again theres plenty of choice.a lot will also depend on getting the other garden I was thinking of growing about 360 under cover.
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Post by derekbrooks on Sept 21, 2011 21:19:14 GMT
I also come accross Stuart Clensy,Dc because he shows at Knowsley where I show in August.
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 23, 2011 16:59:25 GMT
Theres a local pub show tomorrow and would probally have some small decs and ruskin michelle (plenty of mini balls and mini decs but no class ) but very busy at work so it looks like i'll be there biggest part of tomorrow and my daughter gets married next weekend so that looks like it for 2011.I've done 5 shows in 15 days so I think thats enough.Plenty of tickets,trophies and silver medals for this year.Planning for next year already.
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 23, 2011 17:01:38 GMT
Have a friend who had ryecroft magnum this year scrumpy and he said they all came daisy eyed
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 23, 2011 19:16:20 GMT
Gonna think about it over winter tel I will need to get a large maybe another go at challenger got 2 plants in this year planted them deep and they didnt do to bad or maybe craigowen.The moonlights and dianes get used a lot in the individual championship and I dont grow them too well dianes damp far to easy for my liking.If I dont go for it I was thinking the small semi cactus championship,mini dec championship and the small decs again theres plenty of choice.a lot will also depend on getting the other garden I was thinking of growing about 360 under cover. I may be able to help DC....I got excellent cuttings from Tel this year but my show schedule does not include large varieties...if they have made tubers you are welcome to them  |
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 23, 2011 20:08:36 GMT
Thanx lou we could do a swap if you want
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Post by (DahliaMan) Cornish Paul on Sept 23, 2011 21:33:29 GMT
Back from my day out at halls and still none the wiser of which other small semi cactus to grow.Other varieties that caught my eye were a small ball called grayval gem lovely flower but a very low grower only about two and a half feet tall and a medium dec called ryecrfot rebel good size and very clean considering it was outside.He also has a seedling of his own, a dark leaf yellow collerette called hoh ,I would not of normally given a collerette another glance but this was something special ,dark purple leaves and a beautiful yellow flower which at the time we were looking at it was covered in butterflies pity its not for sale yet I might have ordered some . On another note I handed a letter into the allotment chairman this morning asking for another alltoment when one becomes available.I need to wait for the right time to tell the wife. Hi DC I grew Ruskin Andrea for a couple of years. Its definately a 'big' small. I grew it 12up, no supplemntary feeding and still nearly every bloom oversize. As a comparison Ive grown Ruskin Respectable this year at 16 up and they go through the ring but not by much. Im not a fan of Andreas petalling as I think its short on petal, looks a little coarse/clumsy, and its that streaky pink colour. Ive always considered Oakwood Goldcrest to be by far and away the best ssc, but the opposite is true size wise, and I grow it 5 up and blooms are around 6 inches. I found with Cherwell Goldcrest that is was 'shaky' on the neck so dropped it. Still a dahlia that I love and at its best is superb is Kelsae Carla (u/c) but you need to plant out tiny plants (maybe 3 inches tall) as it rockets away and still requires some 'knock back'. Hope this helps. Paul |
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Post by dcdahlia on Sept 24, 2011 11:14:23 GMT
Had some good oakwoods this year paul won the single vase s.s.cac at harrogate and my local society show i grew it 6 up.Was thinking about small semi cactus class at harogate using oakwood,myra and another just not sure about the other yet.What was your respectable like paul.
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