Happy 2007 to you all! I am 'celebrating' in a strange way....... taking apart dahlia seed heads. It will seem tedious to many, nuts to others, but I AM A...
And may every seed bar one produce worthwhile flowers, and have tubers like bunches of Bananas which keep for ever and ever. Why bar one, because nothing can...
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE UK. 80 mile an hour gales here over the Festive Season, Scotland had it worse though. ... From: William F. Matthews To: Judy & MICHAEL...
In the middle of the winter, it is nice to speculate on what our seeds will produce. My wife Margaret hand pollenized very many flowers this year and the seeds...
Good idea Ted, that'll give some idea of the ratio of good flowers produced. I have also countless packets of hand crossed stuff, and on average the number in...
We always follow the American weather pattern Lon, mind you I think we do in most things, being so close, culturally I mean. I've turned on the heating cables,...
In a message dated 1/1/2007 12:10:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, kesdahlias@... writes: Those ol' bees know a thing or two, or is it that the number of...
In 2006 we kept 35% of our hand crossed seedlings to grow another year. We kept 16.33% of the open pollinated seedlings. It appears that in our garden that...
Of course Steve I forgot they have the same set of senses as us, only probably more so, hadn't given that any thought. KES UK. ... From: sbgseattle@... To:...
I must admit I have never kept records of this sort Ted so I can't comment, but I shall keep notes in future as I'd like too prove that hand crossing,...
The community name is spelled with one ell. Annual dip ....... for the brave members of the Polar Bear Club. Definitely not my cuppa'. Billy William F....
One should expect a greater variation in the plants produced from open pollination, assuming a wide variation in the parents............ If the available...
Great reading these notes - this part of dahlia cultivation is very possibly my next step, just because I know nothing about it! I hail from Whitby, Ontario,...
I'll get in touch with the guy who looks after Brush or Bee matters Don Mc Allister and get back to you Murray, as soon as he replies I'll let you know. I...
"Out of the one hundred and sixty five seedlings planted forty eight were saved," That is about 29%. We saved 35% of hand crossed and although you do not have...
I better keep this one going Ted, regards the giants that is. Last year 2006 before my pot grown giant pool was decimated by two of the most crippling tyrants...
If the available plants were all the same size and form, I would expect less variation. And less seed due to the quantity of pollen delivered by a bee vs. the...
Hi Murray, I've spoken to our club manager Don Mc Allister donmc00@... and he says it's perfectly okay to link, but suggests you link to the first group,...
Many thanks, to both Don & Ken When I get a moment, I'll add the three links - 'kesdahlias', 'dahliagroups' and 'forum' to our link-page. By the way, Ken, got...
An abbreviated version of our web site is operational now. We have been behind in our dahlia activities due to the illness and death of Margaret's father. I am...
Hi Ted & Margaret, Very good batch of what I would call winners, especially liked Hollyhill Samartra and my favorite Hollyhill Chloe. Wish I lived in your neck...
I believe it means you breed any undesirable points in the said seedling out by selecting another type of similar make up as partner, but without the...
I finally finished sifting through the chaff of the dried seed heads. With several varieties I had 2 to 4 heads to winnow, and with a few just the one,...
Interesting that you got some seed from Downham Royal and I do not recall getting any here. Ivanetti produces seeds for us abut not in abundance. The pods have...
Now I hope Steve Boley won't mind, and I'm taking a chance because I'm doing this without his consent. After a few emails to and from Newfound Land Billy...
Thank you for the response/comparison. I believe I had seed from Cornel 4 years ago, so I was surprised that Ivanetti had none. Zorro had few seed - I...
Hello, from Wayne Lobaugh in Chehalis Washington USA, Ron ask me to join your group. I started growing dahlias from seed by accident when some seeds grew in my...
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