2023 Tuber Trades

blown_dry

Someone expressed an interest in this and I know this was a thing back on the Cubits forum. Please feel free to discuss and/or eventually share lists. If people decide to trade, please initiate 'private discussions' to figure out the details.

Dahlia53

I'm interested in trade or purchase of some loved and lost varieties. How do we initiate private conversations - can that be done on this forum?

ISO Fern Ridge Pride again. Gosh, it hurt my heart to lose that one! If not this year, then next year maybe more people will grow it again.

Also been looking for Suffolk Punch, Meadow Lea or Marmalade, Scott's Jeanette B, Hollyhill Jeanette, Taratahi Ruby, Alena Rose (pretty sure that one's extinct), Who Dun It.

I probably don't have anything that unusual to trade, but will post my short list when I see what survives the winter after my heavy losses in the Dec. freeze.

mr_blown_dry

Dahlia53 How do we initiate private conversations - can that be done on this forum?

Yes, it can!

On the filter menu (At the top on mobile devices and on the top left on desktops.) there's a link to filter Private Discussions.
Once you're in that "list" (There won't be anything there yet.) the Start a Discussion button will change to a Discuss Privately button.
Compose your message like normal and post it.
You will be prompted for recipients with a forum member search box.

It will show up in all the recipients' All Discussions list and filtered Private Discussions. The recipients will also be notified they have a private discussion via email if they have that option enabled.

AKWindWatcher

Dahlia53 - I have a lead on FR Pride. The grower told me to check in with her at the end of March. With luck, I'll be able to get a tuber from her and take loads of cuttings - get it back into your hands.

Dahlia53

AKWindWatcher Thank you! Yes! make lots of cuttings - let's get her back into circulation again! I can wait. 🙂 It's more important that growers get this one right now.

Teddahlia

Portland Dahlia Society Tuber sales:

PDS Tuber Sale Dates:
April 11th In-person tuber sale: This year our club will have an in-person tuber sale. The sale will be at the April monthly meeting at Oaks Park Dance Pavilion. The sale will be MEMBERS only sale and start at 6:00 pm on April 11th.The sale will end at 8:30 pm. You must be a current member. Membership will be checked at the door.
April 21st - April 22nd: On-line Member’s only tuber sale: The club website portlanddahlia.com store will have an on-line tuber sale to MEMBERs only on April 21st that starts at 9:00 am Pacific time. You must be a member to participate. A password will be sent to all paid up members announcing the sale. There will no heavy percentage discounts this year on the club sale. All tubers will be priced at a discount. It makes it a lot easier to manage the sale. Prices will be competitive. Make sure and have your dues paid and up to date to receive the password.
April 30th: General Online sale: This will open to the general public at 9:00 am Pacific time.

Note that the club members were upset that the old fashioned "tubers on the tables" sale was pre-empted by an on line sale where the prices were high and it was nearly impossible to buy due to the sales volume. Now the emphasis is back to mostly sales to club members who have to be present for the sales and the on line sales are set up to sell the rest of the inventory. Many people outside of the Portland area joined the club last year to take advantage of discounts. If they come to Portland, they can buy at the sales. I bet it swings a bit the other way next year but we will see how this new system works.

Krista

Teddahlia Thank you for these details. I support the decision to shift the emphasis back to prioritizing local club members who are presumably the folks who are active in the society, the meetings and the community. That makes sense to me. I imagine having the main sale in-person will be really enjoyable, perhaps even celebratory, after the years of Covid disruption.

SteveM

I understand next year PDS will have their first tuber sale be an online sale exclusively for California PDS members. Maybe they will include the Alaskan PDS members. 🙂

The $10 annual PDS membership is an excellent bargain, even if it does not include the in-person tuber sales. It is a very active club and well worth supporting.

blown_dry

SteveM (rubs hands together)

calico20hill

I plan to donate my extra tubers to the Portland Dahlia Club sale. Instead of one stop shopping I can do one stop disposition of my extras without the anxiety attacks....and then do a one stop pickup of what is available...Win win!

Teddahlia

The downside of the Portland private sale is that the club promotes dahlias and we used to sell to the general public at our table sales and many new members came from those sales.

AKWindWatcher

Although it'll mean I miss out until the online sale, I also support the change in approach. There are several of us "distance" members who are active and join in the meetings, dahlia talks etc. It's actually the main reason why I joined PDS and some other societies - so I can learn and also for the new dahlia friends I make. The tuber sale is just an additional benefit . But I know there are many, many others who did join just for the sale and the discounts. Give it a month or so, and you'll start seeing lots of posts on FB asking when the PDS online sale will be happening.

Krista

AKWindWatcher Ah, I hadn’t thought of the very active "distance" members; perhaps some kind, local member would be willing to shop for you too!

KitCMC

Are clubs, PDS for example, planning to continue online meetings? My club is great, but not very active. We have one or two meetings a year. I would love to listen to the educational offerings of other clubs.

PNWGal

KitCMC Are clubs, PDS for example, planning to continue online meetings? My club is great, but not very active. We have one or two meetings a year. I would love to listen to the educational offerings of other clubs.

I expect PDS will continue to have an online component to meetings, even though we are now able to have the in-person component again. Even some local people have been participating this way, like Noni when the weather was too icky, or for those who don't want to drive after dark, or instance. We certainly aren't pros with the technology, and I suppose some presentations will come across the ether better than others, but we're learning.

KitCMC

PNWGal Thanks, that great to know!

calico20hill

PNWGal PNWGal, you always come through on the vidieo as the professional well organized speaker. Some of the others though.....LOL! They need to get the tech stuff worked out before the meeting starts and be sure everyone speaks into the mic. I have seen quite a few zoomed meetings that were much better organized (then the last one). If I were there I would have spent some of that down time chatting with others ..that is the part we really miss when we have to stay home. I love getting to know the other club members....but oh well, we do what we can. Now the days are getting longer and by next time around hopefully no more snow threat!

Krista

Jim’s Dahlias just shared the details for the the PSDA tuber sale on Facebook. I’ve copy/pasted the details of their post below

Puget Sound Dahlia Association Tuber Sale!

Where: Bellevue Botanical Gardens
12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005

When: March 16, 2023 - PSDA Members Only
6:30 - 8:30pm

           March 17 - Public
           9:00am to 5pm
           March 18 - Public
           9am - 3pm

What: Dahlia Tubers galore!

Join and get in early!

www.Pugetsounddahlias.com

See you there!

calico20hill

I emjoyed watching Dahlia Talk tonight. It was fun to see a few of this group joining in. I felt like being incognito tonight but I thought it was well done. Good to see my old friend Steve Cox joining from Australia. He came out and spent a summer with Ken and Marilyn Walton of Narrows Dahlias. He'd come along and help with maintainance on the Test Garden at Pt Defiance Park and I was volunteering there too.

SteveM

Teddahlia “secret sauce” of this method is that you are taking lots of leaf node cuttings from plants as tall as two feet. Yes, leaf cuttings are more finicky but with good care they are very productive

I need some terminology defined. How are you defining "leaf cuttings"? I call a "leaf cutting" one that is taken when a node is split in half, leaving an attached leaf, with a very small lateral, from each side of the node .For me, leaf cuttings are extremely difficult to root and I no longer use them except in special cases (saving a sport). Steve Lamb was taking what I call "lateral cuttings". These are cuttings taken from the lateral growth when it is 3 nodes long and the cutting is taken above the first node of the laterals. The first node of the lateral is left to form more laterals. Rinse and repeat. These "lateral cuttings"root extremely easily especially if the mother plant is slightly under-fertilized. This is the method I use on the mother plants I grow year-round. e.g., I have a couple of HH Peachy Keen mother plants that are now one year old and are producing many cuttings.

Teddahlia

SteveM Steve showed some pictures of the plants that may well have been as you describe. I personally have grown a plant tall and cut it up into true leaf cuttings and got good results although it takes a week or two longer to get them to size. His process needs to be started months before the normal starting time for pot tubers and considerable grooming of the plant is done. The method is a good one for large scale cutting production. Most of us just need a few cuttings for the the garden and one or two for pot tubers and all of this "production" method is overkill.

NCDahlia

Dick Parshall on the 15 year seeds sprouting very interesting. I have done freezer seeds for tomatoes / pepper but never dahlia seeds, I just keep those in the fridge crisper drawer. I might test this out next year.