Lancashire Lad & Laviathan
Gigantis
Phil Houghton & Yellow
Shirley Monarch Stock Plants (Thanks to Andy Wickham)
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Done
That's it my last plant put into its final pot and placed out were it will stand until I bring them into the greenhouse to flower in September.
After I finished potting I gave all my plants a good spray with an insecticide & fungicide mix to keep the wee beasties and the dreaded white rust away, I will continue to spray with an incsecticide & fungicide mix every 14 days.
After I finished potting I gave all my plants a good spray with an insecticide & fungicide mix to keep the wee beasties and the dreaded white rust away, I will continue to spray with an incsecticide & fungicide mix every 14 days.
Monday 14 June 2010
Here Goes
This is my first attempt at a blog and I got the idea from reading Dave Holden's online chrysanthemum diary, after reading Dave's diary I thought it would be a good idea to keep a blog of my first year growing Large Exhibition Chrysanthemums aka JAPS.
My year is going well at the moment with all my plants making good growth, they are all stopped and I've just got 7 Yellow Phil Houghton to pot into final pots which weather permitting will be tomorrow when I get home from work.
The year started with me helping Barry Hogg root some 650 cuttings as well as approximately 100 for myself. Of these 650 100 plants were for Doncaster & District Chrysanthemum Society's plant sale, 400 were for the Northern Group plant sale at Harrogate spring show and 150 plants for the Northern Groups trial ground at Golden Acres. The cuttings rooted well with only 3 or 4 failing which Barry and I were very impressed with, these all grew into nice plants and were gratefully received by at their final destinations.
I've known Barry for a few years now and have helped him with staging blooms and looking after his plants when hes been away, he has been my first port of call for any problems or info I have needed through the year so far.
I am looking after Barry's plants at the moment and when I visited today they looked great, lets hope they keep growingas they are, also a drive to Wetherby to meet Dave Andrews to exchange some of my small incurve clay pots for some of his large clays that he grew his Japs in, to enable me to complete my final potting.
My year is going well at the moment with all my plants making good growth, they are all stopped and I've just got 7 Yellow Phil Houghton to pot into final pots which weather permitting will be tomorrow when I get home from work.
The year started with me helping Barry Hogg root some 650 cuttings as well as approximately 100 for myself. Of these 650 100 plants were for Doncaster & District Chrysanthemum Society's plant sale, 400 were for the Northern Group plant sale at Harrogate spring show and 150 plants for the Northern Groups trial ground at Golden Acres. The cuttings rooted well with only 3 or 4 failing which Barry and I were very impressed with, these all grew into nice plants and were gratefully received by at their final destinations.
I've known Barry for a few years now and have helped him with staging blooms and looking after his plants when hes been away, he has been my first port of call for any problems or info I have needed through the year so far.
I have also been talking with Andy Wickham via emails forwarding pictures and details of my plants and receiving info and photos back to guide me in my first season.
I am looking after Barry's plants at the moment and when I visited today they looked great, lets hope they keep growingas they are, also a drive to Wetherby to meet Dave Andrews to exchange some of my small incurve clay pots for some of his large clays that he grew his Japs in, to enable me to complete my final potting.
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