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Welcome to this new blog shared by the team at the RHS Trials Office at Wisley and plantsman Graham Rice
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Through out the trials this year at Wisley we are reviewing the chemicals which we use to grow our plants to a high standard. We feel that the general public do not like to or wish to use too many chemicals when growing plants, so we are trying to reflect that in our work. This year we have started a programme of spraying our Delphiniums (including the Delphinium, perennial, from seed trial pictured above) with a product called compost tea which is a mixture of enzymes and natural humic acids which supposedly reduces powdery mildew. The tea also improves soil bacteria and generally feeds the plant without the use of chemicals. We are applying this every two weeks and are excited about the potential outcomes, although not widely available at the moment we think this product has great potential, time will tell.
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In case you were wondering what the five raised beds alongside the Begernia trial 2007-2009 were for, one of the Roscoea planted there in has risen to the occasion to give visitors to the trials field a sneak preview. Just two weeks after planting, Roscoea cautleyoides AGM (H4) 1993 has broken the surface and produced a single flower
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Back in 2007 over 250 entries of Phlox were sourced and planted at a site in Wisley Village. These were used as mother plants from which root cuttings were taken in December 2007 in order to grow on trial material that would be free of eelworm
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Since the demolition of the old glasshouses, lots of work has been carried out to clear the site and prepare it for our amazing maize maze.
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With the recent spell of hot sunny weather, more of the trials have begun to burst into flower. The Delphinium perennial from seed trial 2007-2008 has begun to flower and so have some of the entries in the Kniphofia 2007-2009 trial.
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The Delphinium Committee met on Tuesday to make their first assessment of the Delphinium Seed Trial. Some of the entries have started to flower and most are looking very vigorous, it will be interesting to note their performance in this second and final year, considering what a good display they made just 5 months after being sown last year! There will be an open afternoon from 1.30pm on Saturday 25 June, for more information see the link below: http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSEventfinder/details.aspx?Id=5249
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It is a very exciting time on the trials field at the moment, we are at our busiest period in terms of planting. Over the next few weeks we will be filling up the beds with a range of annuals, herbaceous and vegetable plants. For more information about what's on trial in 2008 visit http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/trials_list.asp
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This week started on a real high as four of us made our way to Chelsea on Monday. From 10am we were involved with RHS Plant Committee meetings. Often these meetings at Chelsea include discussion of plants bought to the meeting for interest and possibly award.
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The Vegetable Trials Subcommittee met on Thursday this week to assess the 34 entries in the early spinach trial http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/trials_list.asp. During the assessment 8 existing AGM awards were reconfirmed and 11 cultivars recommended for the AGM for the first time. The long and the short of it, there's a lot of good spinach out there! Look out for the final report once the awards have been put forward for ratification in September.
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