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gs.craiglands@...
gs2.craiglands
Jun 8, 2012 7:08 am
What link is to be followed? I can't figure out this message! On 06/05/12, Steve Boley<sbgseattle@...> wrote: Please follow link to open page View...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 8, 2012 3:26 pm
I think this is spam. Don't open it. I've had similar messages from some of my friends and they didn't send them. To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com From:...
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 9, 2012 4:18 pm
I still have a few first year seedlings to plant. These are plants that had slug damage or were otherwise smaller than they should be. Some are just not...
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rlbucko2002
Jun 9, 2012 9:52 pm
Have recently lost four dahlis (3 were Kelvin floodlight) to moles or more likely voles. I've trapped 3 moles and 2 voles in the area with Trapline traps. Can...
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 9, 2012 11:15 pm
Moles eat worms not dahlias. Voles usually do not destroy dahlias but rather just nibble on them. Pocket gophers are the worst pests in my opinion. They are...
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Richard Bucko
rlbucko2002
Jun 10, 2012 6:50 am
Thanks for that info. Will check out dahlias at yahoo groups. FYI, it appears that voles are my problem. They nibble quite aggressively. Thanks. Sent from my...
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Terry Smith
showcasedahlias
Jun 10, 2012 6:53 am
I must respectfully disagree that moles don't eat dahlias. They may not eat dahlias like they do worms but in Vancouver, WA they certainly do nibble on them....
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 10, 2012 4:48 pm
I have heard that moles create tunnels and that other small rodents like mice and voles use them to find plant material to eat. You are right in that if you...
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printerman42
Jun 10, 2012 7:47 pm
The hot weather has hit us, in Rochester NY with a vengeance. We aren't used to 90 degree days in May or even 82 degrees, as it is today, before July at least....
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William F Matthews
aguy1947
Jun 10, 2012 9:31 pm
I use the same method. I believe that the pollen of the receiving bloom has 'gone off' when the time has come to shmooze the pollen from the other parent in....
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Mike Riordan
mdchloe2003
Jun 10, 2012 11:55 pm
Yes, many flowers have mechanisms preventing self-pollination. Some believe self-pollen is incompatible, at least in some species and therefore will not ...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 11, 2012 12:41 am
Good one, Mike. Can you tell me something else about the process? How many times would you pollinate the mother bloom? Twice over a few days, or more than...
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 11, 2012 2:56 am
Mother Nature makes it difficult for dahlias to self pollinate. In dahlia flowers the pollen appears first and is usually gone before the pistils start being...
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Steve Boley
birchbaybirc...
Jun 11, 2012 3:27 am
It has little to do with the pollen being gone when the stigma is receptive. It is a chemical comparability. Since other blooms on the plant or neighboring...
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Mike Riordan
mdchloe2003
Jun 11, 2012 5:00 am
Maybe three or four times over the same number of days. Many seem to believe that noon and beyond are the optimum time frames. Mike ...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 11, 2012 12:48 pm
Just how long is pollen viable? It is possible to collect it in a jar and keep it in the refrigerator, and then use a paint brush to apply it? If the pollen is...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 11, 2012 1:00 pm
Steve, that's a very interesting page. Thank you for sending this. I'm saving the link to show our Rochester Dahlia Society later this season. It's my ongoing...
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William F Matthews
aguy1947
Jun 11, 2012 1:51 pm
Never done it. Try it? Let us know. FROST WARNING IN MY AREA TONIGHT - GRRRR! Billy William F. Matthews 65 Witch Hazel Road Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, NL ...
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Steve Boley
birchbaybirc...
Jun 12, 2012 3:28 am
Hello Mary Here is another link to a 30 min presentation Sandy and I gave to the Federation of NW Dahlia growers. By clicking on the film icon you can down...
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Loney Kennedy
loneykennedy
Jun 12, 2012 10:11 pm
Today I received a case of the ADS Vases. If they work like I think they will......Good Bye Styrofoam for fillers. I hope I can make them work like the ones in...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 13, 2012 1:49 am
we have hundreds in Rochester and they work well, but still need oasis for three blooms To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com; dahlias@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 15, 2012 1:54 am
I found a converstion I had with a professor in the Stanford University Dahlia Project. From about a year ago. Hope it's not too long. It starts from the...
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 15, 2012 2:24 am
Margaret covers the bloom with a nylon and waits until the pollen has gone. Then for several days she pollinates the successive crops of pistils that mature...
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Steve Boley
birchbaybirc...
Jun 15, 2012 2:51 am
This is not correct. The center will be the only place that seeds come from if you pull off all of the petals and therefore all of the other possible seed. As...
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Mary feasel
printerman42
Jun 15, 2012 3:00 am
So you are saying not to pull the petals and Wayne Holland say yes pull the whole petal. I can't see that pulling the petal is going to affect the pistil. I'm...
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Steve Boley
birchbaybirc...
Jun 15, 2012 3:53 am
The male and female parts are attached to the base of the petal. The center does not have a large petal around the parts. They are all modified leaves. Dr...
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William F Matthews
aguy1947
Jun 15, 2012 11:54 am
The petals are pulled to avoid rot. I would like to see this tested - petals remaining vs petals removed. How to get the pollen between the petals?? Billy ...
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baronminer@...
baronminer
Jun 15, 2012 2:18 pm
Luther Havens hand pollinated his seed parents. He told me some time ago that he felt that the outer ray florets were even more productive than the central...
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hollyhilldah...
Jun 15, 2012 3:28 pm
I may encourage Margaret to pollinate some of the pistils at the base of the petals and see if that results in more seeds. These are not the first discussions...
