Yuri, I never know whether you are 100% right either, but what is it that you would be grafting to a blind tuber that would cause the blind tuber to produce a...
... drying out process which encourages root formation. We grow all our cuttings in pure sand in cups with holes in the bottom & sitting in a tray in about 1...
Aaron, if someone had a very nice valuable new introduction, and a nice clean lab to do the work in, making lebbinty lebben hunnert plants could be a very ...
Sounds like a good experiment for someone with time, dedication and room to do it. Right now I am occupied being a "sensei" teaching the "Zen" of dahlias. I ...
Oh, totally forgot: root growing tips also have meristems (not just shoots), and I believe eyeless tubers sometimes grow small feeding roots, so in theory that...
Maybe I did not say clearly: It is true that most of micropropagation is growing meristems from shoot tips, but there are special cases like cambium from...
No, not all meristems are growing stem and root tips. There are also secondary meristems in cambium. Secondary meristem is a meristem that makes plant grow...
Yur -- you seem to imply that any part of the tuber can be used for propagation. Tissue culture only works when the meristem (growing tip) is used -- a google...
Dick, Is there any way you can increase the size of Cebu? I can barely see it -- it is just a little square in the middle of the page. If not, thanks for...
Donna Lane
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Sure, I will scan pictures of grafting dahlias, probably tomorrow. Book is very ancient - like 1950s - at that time dahlia was a #1 popular flower in Russia. ...
Yuri, I would like to see this book and would like to know who wrote it. I would like for you to scan the cover of the book and the first few pages on it. I...
I never had any problem with rotting tuber I got from vendors. I suspect Michael is running his sprinklers every day or do some similar rot-promoting activity....
I hope you are not asking vendors to replace a tuber for free because of the rot that occured after the planting? This would not be fair to vendors. Yuri...
Teresa: Actually, you are not 100% right. For two reasons: 1. I have a Russian book about dahlias that illustrate how you can graft (!) a dahlia cutting to a...
If you can possibly make it the weekend before Labor Day, or Labor Day weekend, this is the time to go. It is their annual open house and as well as the open...
I sometimes get a "lazy" tuber, in that it is large,and full of stored energy. So Mr. Tuber just perks along on stored energy and takes it sweet time putting...
I have a copy of heatwave. ... From: dahlias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dahlias@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Lane Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:28 PM To:...
Translation: Start cuttings in the spring, not the fall. Tex _____ From: dahlias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dahlias@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William F....
Does anyone in the group have any experience with the Open Fields Swan Island Dahlias holds from Aug 1 thru Sep? Such as how much time to budget, any...