Hi John, Hurrah for the hand creators, what a belter. Oh and John you didn't tell them, Steve Cox can do allsorts of variations now that he knows what he got ...
Hurrah for the hand creators, what a belter. Oh and John you didn't tell ... what he got ... forgotten ... pollen and ... ********* In answer to that Ken I...
Hurrah for the hand creators, what a belter. Oh and John you didn't tell ... what he got ... forgotten ... pollen and ... ********* In answer to that Ken I...
Agree completely good varieties come before everything, just didn't want the Bee's to have it all their own way. Best Always Cos Less isn't worth a dime. Ken...
Hi Steve, Before deleting this email of yours from my Outlook Express, I thought of something to say about it, or rather two things. First is Orange Nugget the...
So Steve your season is a long one compared to Billy's which is short, and you all get results, the versatility of the dahlia eh? Best Always Cos Less isn't...
Hi John & Gang, The tip below has been successfully tried out on chrysanthemums, so I thought it was only fair to share it with our exclusive group, who knows ...
Ken, I have been trying to join ever since you mentioned starting this group. After changing my password umpteen times, they finally let me in. I am looking...
Welcome cousin. One thing we seem to track is whether an introduction is hand crossed or random bee crossed or some other method such as "bee tunnel" or...
Ted, Yes, I am partial to that one also! It is a small BB or large M ID Salmon Colored. It was the luck of the draw! A combination of wind or bee? Let's see...
Lon you're gonna love it, People are opening up, you can't expect them to tell you all they've learnt over the years, but what they are doing is explaining how...
Welcome to the group Loney. You will always be remembered as a geat tour Leader. Loney was the tour leader on one of the bus trips at the Seattle National Show...
Thanks John and others I have talked with for the welcome to the group. I am looking forward to learning from all the well known growers such as John. I am not...
Hi Gang. Whilst cleaning up my Inbox, I always check before dumping, I noticed something I should not miss putting in my breeders book from this email. We know...
There is some information on the pedigree of Zorro and it 's ancestors in the older Dahlias of Today. I should try to dig out some of the information and ...
Ken, To answer your question re the parents of Winkie Colonel, the other parent was Bonaventure, that beauty from Bob Simon. I have posted a picture of Bill...
Ken, To answer your question re the parents of Winkie Colonel, the other parent was Bonaventure, that beauty from Bob Simon. I have posted a picture of Bill...
Hi John, Now I didn't ask you who the other parent of Winkie Colonel was, but since you've so graciously told us this is fantastic, and I think the members ...
Hi Ted & Margaret, Thanks for the information on Zorro and Edna C, as a novice in giant (AA) breeding I can't believe how people have opened up regards variety...
Steve,regarding the deterioration of stock of edna c,i tried it back in 02, found it horrible and chucked it. Think it was that year at the Georgia dahlia show...
Planted a chicken leg of the Colonel this PM. : ) Might try spinning him back to Zorro,although he is sitting next to vassio meggos, which is a relation,...
I agree Steve, selecting the best is the only way you can improve each varieties, even good stock can be improved out of recognition with constant reselection....
Hi Ken We are glad you got us started in this group as we have learned so much.As you know we never did this be for.You say you have to selet the best stock...
In a message dated 3/4/2006 4:29:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, floridadahlias@... writes: My question is, is that if the genetic code of the bad stock...
Thanks Steve. I assumed as much (course i have hated to"assume" ever since Felix told Oscar what it meant on the old odd couple.) good dahlias, steve w...
Ron & Betty. To get the best stock I visit a lot of Gardens and ask the particular grower if I can have stock of a particular plant. In my own Garden I use...
Steve, We have kept pollen till the next year with some results. The percentage is hard to estimate. It is handy for those varieties that bloom late and you...