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Parklea Dahlias
Locality: Moss Vale, New South Wales
Phone: +61 2 4868 3415
Address: 59 Beaconsfield road 2577 Moss Vale, NSW, Australia
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25.01.2022 how to start up take cuttings
23.01.2022 went to my first show in 10 years it was amazing preparing dahlias for show trimming the stem of side buds and leaves to get maximum growth then get struck down with a heat wave that wipes out my large cat and large decs to top it off 2 days before the show it pours in one hit breaking the 6 months drought... so there i am picking what dahlias i had left hoping that a little sunshine to bring out a few more petals the day before the show load my car to leave at 430am arrive at 545am at nowra showground just in time for doors to open SO AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS A BIG JOB BUT WAS IT WORTH IT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 5 OTHER PEOPLE SHOWING THEIR DAHLIAS ONE HAD THEIR HOUSE BURN DOWN WHILE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR SHED THEN PUT HIS EFFET TO SAVE THE HOUSE AND LOST ALL ONE LOST ALL HER FLOWERS IN THE HAIL ON THE COAST 2 DAYS BEFORE AND ONE COMING TO THE SHOW SHOW WITH WET CONDITIONS SLAMMED ON HIS BREAKS AND LOST HALF OF HIS DAHLIAS BUT GOT TO THE SHOW OH AND THE 5 HAD TO BECOME THE JUDGE AS THEY THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD SHOW DID THEy GET A SURPRISE WHEN I TURNED UP WITH ALL THESE FLOWERS AND HEAPS MORE TO GIVE AWAY TO SEE THEIR SMILES MADE MY WEEK
23.01.2022 Well after lots of questions and some really helpful answers I now have my first heat bench.... well happy...thank you all
22.01.2022 Dahlia nutters alert. I have been asked how I set up a propagation bench. So I have put a few images together with comments. Don’t panic and think this is neces...sary for all, a small heated propagator is good or a pot with compost covered with a plastic bag. This is Dahlia Nutters stuff. My my set ups stay in situ all the time so after propagating the benches can be used as normal. All the best good luck and good fortune. This is my mist propagation set up I have a similar bigger bench for my tuber bed. Without the mist See more
22.01.2022 FROM PARKLEA DAHLIAS SOME DEC THAT I GROW SOME ARE FOR SHOW SOME FOR FLORIST YEAR 2020 I HOPE YOU ENJOY
21.01.2022 Tubers starting to show a bit of life now and starting to fill up
20.01.2022 Another purchase I made a number of years ago was a Sulfume Vapouriser which I have on a timer it comes on for 1 hour every evening. It keeps the greenhouse fre...e from bugs including sciaridae fly commonly known as fungus Gnats. Sulphur crystals are placed in to the cup supplied with the sulfume Vapouriser then placed on the heating element in the unit. See more
20.01.2022 Well the weather has dried up and I've been able to start my new tunnel hope to finish next weekend fingers crossed
19.01.2022 FROM PARKLEA DAHLIAS 2021 WELL FOR US ITS BEEN A DIFFERENT YEAR NO FIRES OR HOT DAYS .JUST RAIN OR FLOODS WITH A LITTLE SUNSHINE SO FAR WE HAVE TWO TO SHOW YOU ...BUT THE BEST BY FAR BUT ON THEIR WAYFIRST ONE TROOPER DAN LARGE CAT SECOND ONE MY VERY FIRST LITE ACCORD MED CAT BOTH THESE FIRST FLOWER ON BUSH WITH VERY LITTLE SUNLIGHT TO BE STRONG See more
18.01.2022 SPLITTING TUBERS TUTORIAL
17.01.2022 Got the new bigger greenhouse benches built just in time for lifting, washing and trimming tubers. Oh how I love this time of the year But a lot easier now wit...h wider benches, although not quite halfway through the 640 odd tubers, seems never ending this year. Still, had an early Christmas present from Hotbox, yesterday, two new bigger heat mats. Just need to re-site the electrics, and I'll be happy as Larry See more
17.01.2022 Esta me gusta!!!
17.01.2022 Newbie advise please. My first dahlias and the blyton lady in red came with slight yellow leaves. I thought it was the variety but it’s gotten worse. None of my others are. Help please?
17.01.2022 Hi Fellow Dahlia nuts thought I would share this with you, its a leaflet I wrote for a couple of lectures I delivered. Hope it is of some use to someone. have a great showing season
16.01.2022 Just clearing out some Dahlia stuff and came across this article. Tubers into Wine by the late Maurice Wnite Raiser of Winholme Diane. Go on give it a go.
14.01.2022 When you have two ton of grit sand dropped at the gate who do you call? no not 'Ghost Busters' but the 'A Team' Alisa, Aleks and Alana, grandad will have to get... some shiny pennies out for wages. All my tubers, cuttings and seeds are grown in a mixture of two parts grit sand, one part perlite and one part vermiculite which I like to refer to as the 'Barbarry Mix'. This mixture is very free draining and removes the risk of root rot from overwatering but contains no nutrients, these are applied by a weak solution of Miracle grow whenever watering is required. The downside to this growing medium is that it requires frequent watering which makes it unsuitable if you wish to leave your greenhouse unattended for more than two days during the pre planting period. It is heavier than most conventional composts therefore plastic cells for cuttings or seedlings may have to be 'double bagged' to avoid splitting but to avoid waterlogging make sure that the drainage holes are aligned. I took a few pictures yesterday in the heated propagating greenhouse to show the mix and how things are progressing with tubers and cuttings, taking it steady at the moment as it is still very early but its good to know which tubers have survived storage. See more
13.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PryD3KY_s8 Here is the Zoom recording on growing for show on 17th Feb 2021. Hope you enjoy, and thank you to Vanessa Penn, Andrew Robinson and Ian Sutherland for your help and contribution to making this happen.
12.01.2022 Just set up my propagation bench today, I take quite a few cutting you might say. My bench can hold in excess of 800 cuttings they cell will be filled by mid Ma...rch. The reason I find the mister invaluable is that I still work full time so would struggle misting by hand several times a day. Please don’t be put off by us nutters taking hundreds of cuttings. The same results can be got on a tiny scale using a small pot and a well drained rooting medium covered with a plastic bag tent. This is nutter Dahlia growing amounts please don’t be put off. Good luck and good fortune See more
12.01.2022 STORAGE TUTORIAL
10.01.2022 Hi everyone is it ok to use this on my dahlias
09.01.2022 US dahlia grower mini course incl dahlias if anyone's interested
08.01.2022 FROM PARKLEA DAHLIAS WITH OUR DAMS NOW FULL OUR SILVER PERCH SWIMMING DOWNSTREAM WE HAVE HAD A YEARS WORTH OF WATER IN 2 WEEKS A LOT OF DAHLIAS HAVE TURNED INTO... JUST GREEN GROWTH AND NO FLOWERS BUT WE HAVE A FEW PHOTOS WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY SOME WERE BOUGHT THIS YEAR AND OTHERS ARE SEEDLINGS
05.01.2022 A FEW CACTUS FROM YEAR 2020 GROWN AT PARLEA DAHLIAS
05.01.2022 Spennithorne Sylvia ,Spennithorne Shirley, Spennitorne Pam,and Spennithorne Georgia Mei .
01.01.2022 Hi newbie here , growing these cuttings on for pot tubers to plant out in 4 pots , do I pinch them out when they have 4 pairs of leaves or just let them go ?
01.01.2022 Like most growers in the UK if the tubers are sourced from plants grown from seed or cuttings I do not divide them but plunge the entire tuber into a growing me...dium and place them onto the soil warming cables. My preference is to use individual pots as shown in the first picture, after a couple of weeks it is advisable to inspect them more closely. In this instance the eyes have appeared but I am not happy with the finger of tuber not in the growing medium and the grey mould forming on the remnants of the now woody stem. The finger of tuber is removed before it starts to shrivel and the wound treated with old rooting powder which contains a fungicide and will also dry the wound. Yellow sulphur is dusted onto the grey mould on the woody stem and the pot replaced onto its position on the soil warming cable. See more
