Dear Dahlias Member; This letter is being sent once each month in order to help you take advantage of and personally manage your membership(s) in the various ...
dahlias@yahoogroups.com
Jun 1, 2004 12:51 pm
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A seedling with a distinct red cast to the leaves. wayne -- "Dahlias in B.C." http://www.members.shaw.ca/hydahlia...
Tex, So happy you are back on line. I crack up with some of your expressions! Welcome back. Donna From: "Tex Hunter" <tex@...> Reply-To:...
Donna Lane
DonnaLane@...
Jun 2, 2004 3:49 am
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Please let me know what the bloom looks like down the line, please, please? Tex of Whidbey Island ... From: Wayne Holland [mailto:hydahlia@...] Sent:...
Rosemary Dobson from Toronto sent me a note that included the following information: For my birthday last month I was given an interesting book by my grandson...
Alan Fisher
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Jun 3, 2004 4:14 pm
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... So what is "The Curse of the Dahlia"-- other than they are extremely addictive, of course! Cory...
We have 2 dahlias in bloom! Janel Amy A SC Y_ but looks more ID here) & Richard S. (A C LtBl) This is by far the earliest we have ever had any in bloom...
Richard S is a bit past his prime here- we had a lot of rain in the last few days-- but it's a dahlia IN BLOOM! Cory ... Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try...
... to decline over time. Anybody else had this happen? ... This is our first year for Janel Amy & Richard S both so will know more this time next year. The...
Gorgeous blooms so early! My dahlias are in pots in a holding pattern. Arctic Frost! Forecast low tonight is 4 C, with a risk of frost inland...... I just...
Well from last year when the bunnies and all ate my dahlia to bits and then I moved them inside a fence.. So they were really late.. To this year and I have...
A fence would certainly be one answer, except .picture 30,000 dahlias on about 1-1/2 acres that are leased and not ours (acres, not dahlias). A fence is not...
Well I did not know they ate them either till I went outside late in the eve and saw a bunny taking one of the new plants right down. thought maybe it was a...
Yes, this weather has been great for early blooms. Today I am looking upon Mrs. Black, Yellow Baby, Crossfield Ebony, Midnight, Edith Mueler, Matilda Huston,...
In a message dated 6/6/2004 10:14:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... One year long ago I planted leaf lettuce around the dahlias thinking that the little slugs...
gjleroux@...
Jun 7, 2004 6:58 am
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A few years back, Tex, I attempd to raise dahlias at a country weekender we then had -- they grew to about 6 inches or so and then one morning -- simply GONE!...
I had in mind planting something like alfalfa or timothy, something the rabbits might really like better than dahlias. Maybe I should take the lead from Bugs...
I have had an ant problem in previous years. I found an ant bait at Fred Meyers-comes in a one pound round can, and is like a fine grain. You sprinkle some...
Hi Larry. I am envious of your early blooms! You must have started them indoors?? Ant baits/killers are usually just 5% borax - the stuff you can buy in a big...
Jeannie Leroux! Are you THE Jeannie Leroux after which a tuber is named? If so, how did the naming come about? I have a J. Leroux among my new collection this...
Hooray Karen. Thanks for the info. Actually I knew that from my living in the buggy south days, but I will have to go find one of those bait things I was...
Yes that is the product Tex. I think that must be 50yrs old or more. Got my tins up on sticks now too and catching young earwigs already. I have been using...
What great information. We have very large ant hills in a number of places on the "farm". Guess I will buy some grits today. I have done them in with...
Teresa Bergman
ltbergfish@...
Jun 8, 2004 12:28 pm
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Whoa! I will never look at a bowl of grits for breakfast the same way. I wouldn't like a Tex-kaboom a'tall. I like the idea of the borax and jam solution...