2023 Tuber Trades

blown_dry · 2023-02-23T01:10:10+00:00

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 peo...

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!

blown_dry

SteveM (rubs hands together)

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.

Ailhad

Teddahlia Thank you for your fun summary! Since the meeting started at 10pm ET for me (MA), I wasn't fully awake to get all the details.
Maybe someone could talk about dahlia meristem tissue culture next? All the cool kids seem to be doing tissue culture for rare house plants or certain "life-style" plants in their kitchens now.

Teddahlia

"Maybe someone could talk about dahlia meristem tissue culture next?" " 'I do brain surgery on the kitchen table. " Meristem cuttings are not for beginners and perhaps someone has successfully done it recently. A post came to me a year or so ago and the person was doing meristem cuttings(in her home) on chrysanthemums to clean up virus. I do not know what her exact subject was for her PhD.

SteveM

oops, wrong thread

Krista

Hello, would it be acceptable to offer tubers here that I ordered too many of? I'll wait until the tubers have been delivered and I have them in hand but this will mean they won't be coming from my own garden. I'll be happy to disclose the source for viz of course.

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.

Krista

~~Hello! Is there anyone here who might be interested in Sugartown Sunrise? I bought way too many dahlias this year and I have two that need homes.~~

Emilyp

Krista Krista, I would love one, what is on your wishlist of trades?

calico20hill

That is a pretty one. ITs too bad my space is so limited. I grew that about 18 years ago.

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