I'm the dahlia lover who needed advice on how to "goose" my dahlias into growth. I I went to the garden yesterday, after, I'd say, four days of rain over the...
In case the storm that's bruin wipes out the attached thought I'd show you the flower UK. Eeeekkk. Ken UK. The message is ready to be sent with the following...
That commercial nursery you are talking about also was having trouble with weak stems on that particular variety they put in the cooler for a year. When it...
In a message dated 10/1/2008 2:58:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stevansdahlias@... writes: I always grow some "mother plants" through the winter so I...
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It seems I apologising a bit today. Karen the flower you see is a seedling that I've given the name UK Eeekkk whether we keep the name isn't certain. The way...
Well put Karen, clever I grant you, but it must be grown for at least another year, you know that Karen, but nice try. Of course as soon as it's been checked...
Good morning...I just joined and was wondering...how do I access the photos?? Last winter I took out roses and planted 32 dahlias in the raised beds. All but 6...
Ok Tex I can tell you what I have done and what I am doing. Last year I started tubers under lights in January. I had blooming plants in May. I intent to...
Not yet young man, but here's the results of last year, and where to see this year when they're available. http://www.ivormace.com/default.htm Ken UK. ... ...
Welcome Melva. Roses need perfect drainage..... so your Dahlias shouldn't have rotted, unless there was a problem with the tuber/clump that you planted....
I live in zone 5, central Iowa and have about 15-20 nice small dahlia in a raised bed. The beds are made of 8'x8' railroad ties and are planted 2-3 inches...
The simple answer is no, unless we have a spring-like winter. What problem have you had with overwintering the dahlias inside? Do they turn mushy? shrivel up?...
Donna Lane
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Oct 1, 2008 8:25 pm
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Possibly too much rain, Lynne. Donna...
Donna Lane
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Oct 1, 2008 8:27 pm
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Hey Melva, Aaron From Castle Rock, I'm south of ya on I-5. Anyways, you are not the only ones that the dahlias did not perform well this year, just about...
What kind of winters do you have? If it is rainy or very cold, they may not make it as you said that you have planted the tubers about 2-3 inches. Proper...
Goose or Goosing! Means a totally different thing over here Lynne, but I'm not gonna go into that, I'm to old. Just for the record explain Goose as per...
Ken-- To "goose" over here (U.S.) means to give it a shove, get it going. Apologies if I have offended anyone. I forgot that this list reaches people all over...
Okay Karen gotcha. Ken UK. ... From: Karen To: dahlias@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [dahlias] puzzle in my garden I...
Your friend Karen answered, or should I say I opened her mail first and got the gist of what it meant. I am pretty well un-offendable so no harm done. You get...
My "mother plants" are usually late cuttings that are growing well...I usually take cuttings from these and then I take more cuttings from the cuttings for...
In response to Ken S's question about what's going on ... few to no blooms in some US gardens ... I wonder if hybridizers have a handle on early, mid- and/or ...
Carolyn Schaffner
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In a message dated 10/2/2008 3:50:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ken@... writes: Sounds like many people in the USA have had a flowerless, or near...
Well, as you can see, some had a great flowering season. Yesterday 3 of my fellow dahlia society members came up and visited my garden, then the 4 of us went...