The A and AA sized bee pollinated seeds were sprouted last week and it appears that there will be a good crop of some of our favorites. Mostly A sized but some...
Lucky ol' you two. I'm not sure what caused my apparent none germination of seed. I stored it in precisely the same way as always, but so far, and I can only...
I have 4 year old seeds that germinated here, 9 of 12 seeds that´s OK I think. regards from MARIE I have 4 year old seeds that germinated here, 9 of 12 seeds...
Hi Marie, You will forgive me I have just got in and in need of a little encouragement from a fellow dahlia grower, and everyone seems to be doing better than...
We have been using a soil mix called appropriately "germination mix". It is a very light mix of peat moss and some chemicals to allow it to take up water and...
Hi Ken, The boss here, hang in there with the seeds ,don't forget that of the ones you gave me almost 75% have now been potted on and they are all from the ...
Thanks Ted, and our Bob, I'm glad you didn't make a meal of the fact that the bees did a better job of fertilization in 2006 than this clumsy fella did, but...
Hi Gang, Now listen up, while writing the last email I had a brainwave, or was it a brain storm? (Wind him up and he'll go on for years) This is the bones of...
Members your Creators Challenge album awaits your 2007 entries. I wonder who will be the first to have a flower good enough to be placed in this magic book? ...
Ken, This is Wayne Lobaugh From Chehalis Washington USA. My Daughter (18 years old) and I have planted 700 seeds into starting soil in peat pots. From the pots...
"Brush or Bee site" ? Did I miss something here? www.???? regards from MARIE ... From: ken stock To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06,...
Hi Wayne from Chehalis Washington, (how'd you pronounce Chehalis) Okay Wayne what ever you got that resemble a reasonable flower will do, but what ever you...
Hi Marie, You didn't miss anything sweetie, but I didn't make myself clear. The address of our breeders club is dahliacreating, but the name of the club is...
The year you produce the new flower you place it in the album. The only way we can carry this out is to trust people, but I might go round and have a look in...
On Monday, March 27 I planted 6 flats of AA & A seeds. By Friday, March 30 we had new babies sprouting. Today we have over 300 new 2007 seedlings up & looking...
Hi Cory, Great news from one of the top AA and A American Dahlia stables, but although sad I am determined to compete with you one day, I'll get some giants I...
Message from Bob for Cory and Ken although Ken has had this suggested before. When doing seedlings if you have the time I would suggest that you let the plant...
Through isolation Teresa, You isolate the pollen provider, and also the seed parent. Go to Wayne Holland's site and have a rummage around, all is there. Saying...
Good morning, Ken, I didn't express correctly the question I was asking. When planting seeds, if planting in flats like the Wynne's do, how do you keep the...
Hi to all our members, Just had to tell our American friends my granddaughter is staying in Florida for a few weeks, and has fallen in love with the reception...
Same as any other seeds you sow, the label on the seed pod has the parentage, this keeps with the seed and seedlings through their entire life, and is only...
I have several envelopes of dahlia seed, each envelope bears the name of the seed parent (pollen parent could be a multiple). Initially, I will sow the...
Each cross has a code number in my records. 2 digits has always been enough for the cross! Add 2 more digits as a prefix to set the year. This would give 0623...
In a message dated 4/7/2007 8:00:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kesdahlias@... writes: From his reaction to Little Clown I thought he wanted nothing to...
ken stock <kesdahlias@...> wrote: when would you say it was time to ditch the four trays of seedlings I have? They have bottom heat of around 20C and...