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Sept 1st
preparation for transportation of Blooms
Milk crate prepared ties on canes
Bottles filled with water and put into crates
 
Blooms selected with the use of ties to mark blooms to be cut
 
Blooms then broke of at the base of the plant then they are ....
Stripped of into a pail leaving only leaves required
Bloom is then cut to required height they are then crimped at the bottom...
they are then placed immediatley into cold water this appears to reduce any air locks
which may cause the bloom to to go down...
 
When 4 blooms are cut and ready they are then placed in the crate, the crate holds 6 blooms, they are now ready to go home to be dressed before the show
Blooms ready in the car
31/08 - 4th 09
Some of the preparation & show pictures
Van loaded and ready for a show
notice the vases were set up then spaced out
they were then placed in the holes in the board
and taken to various shows in this manner
in fact we showed our vases of wingfields at
Easington they were young centred they were
then uplifted and taken toThe Northumberland Open at Netherton
two days later they again were uplifted and taken
to our final show with these flowers which was at Hexham
so sometimes for young flowers and if enough
care was taken they can last up to one week transporting
these vases totalled to 85 miles they had been sitting
in 2 different locations for 2 days a piece and went to the final show
they were starting to feel a bit tired however they were still in good shape
below shows the area cut ou to accomodate the vases
At Easington we were placed 3rd in the 3 x 3s behind John Peace and Frankie Charlton we got 1st & 2nd in the sprays 2nd in the vase of 5 1st & 3rd in the incurves
and 3rd in the Intermediates
we then went to Netherton
and as you can see the centres of the wingfields were still young
we also got 1st & 2nd in the Intermediates
1st & 2nd in the incurves 2nd in the vase of 3 and 2nd in the sprays
it was then onto Hexham and did well against no competition from any of the usual locals so whether they were busy elsewhere or their flowers were not ready
web put up a total of 22 vases and if this was not supporting your local shows then what is
8th September
The Seghil Comrades show which was well supported from
the Dahlia growers however not as good as last year from the
Chrysanths growers however it was still good
some of the pictures from the show
We were placed 2nd in the 3 x 3s behind Archie Waterston who nshowed a stunning
set of wingfields well done Archie
we were placed 1st in the vase of 3 Medium Reflex
 
1st Large Intermediate 1st Incurve
 
1st 2 Vases Sprays 3 stems2 2nd Vase of flowers
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