Propagation 2011 - LED grow lights
Does it actually work?
Dahlias
I have started off my tubers - setting them up on the 14th and 15th January. Progress so far is shown in the table below.
| dahlia | set up | sprouting | 1" shoots | 2" shoots | 3" shoots /1st cuttings |
| Kenora Challenger 1 | 15/1 | 20/1 | 29/1 | 7/2 | 8/2 |
| Kenora Challenger 2 | 15/1 | 25/1 | 10/2 | 12/2 | 15/2 |
| Kenora Challenger 3 | 15/1 | 26/1 | 10/2 | 14/2 | 18/2 |
| Cherwell Goldcrest 1 | 14/1 | 22/1 | 17/2 | 19/2 | |
| Cherwell Goldcrest 2 | 14/1 | 5/2 | 17/2 | ||
| Cherwell Goldcrest 3 | 20/1 | 3/2 | 26/2 | 1/3 | |
| Cherwell Goldcrest 4 | 20/1 | 19/2 | 26/2 | 1/3 | |
| Oakwood Goldcrest 1 | 14/1 | 3/2 | 26/2 | 1/3 | |
| Oakwood Goldcrest 2 | 14/1 | rotted | |||
| Oakwood Goldcrest 3 | 14/1 | 7/2 | rotted | ||
| Oakwood Goldcrest 4 | 14/1 | 10/2 | 26/2 | 5/3 | |
| Oakwood Goldcrest 5 | 14/1 | 25/1 | 5/2 | 10/2 | 15/2 |
| Ruskin Sunshine 1 | 14/1 | rotted | |||
| Ruskin Sunshine 2 | 14/1 | 20/1 | 28/1 | 1/2 | 8/2 |
| Ruskin Sunshine 3 | 14/1 | rotted | |||
| Toy Boy 1 | 14/1 | rotted | |||
| Toy Boy 2 | 14/1 | 1/2 | 12/2 | 17/2 | 19/2 |
| Toy Boy 3 | 14/1 | 25/1 | 12/2 | 17/2 | 19/2 |
| W Spanish Dancer 1 | 15/1 | 28/1 | 10/2 | 12/2 | 15/2 |
| W Spanish Dancer 2 | 15/1 | 25/1 | 5/2 | 10/2 | 15/2 |
| W Miss 1 | 15/1 | 21/1 | 5/2 | 10/2 | 12/2 |
| W Miss 2 | 15/1 | 23/1 | 5/2 | 10/2 | 15/2 |
| W Pirate 1 | 15/1 | 1/2 | 10/2 | 17/2 | 19/2 |
| W Pirate 2 | 15/1 | 7/2 | 26/2 | ||
| Mary's Jomanda 1 | 15/1 | 26/1 | 5/2 | 12/2 | 17/2 |
To date, just over 2 months after setting up, I have potted on:
| Ruskin Sunshine | 11 plants |
| Kenora Challenger | 9 plants |
| Weston Miss | 1 plant |
In clearing out 'used' tubers, I have also got several split tubers in pots:
| Oakwood Goldcrest | 4 plants |
| Cherwell Goldcrest | 1 plant |
| Toy Boy | 4 plants |
Pansies
The US Horticulture paper also stated that pansies are similar to dahlias as far as moles/d is concerned. This is fortunate since I have been looking at my winter pansy seedlings for some time. Below are two pictures showing progress so far under the grow lights.
| This was taken on 7th Jan 2011 |  |
| This was taken on 28th Jan 2011. As you can see there are 3 with flowers. |  |
| I need more space in the hot bed, now I am rooting cuttings. So the pansies have to go outside. Looking much better now. A couple of days hardening off in the conservatory then into the dahlia beds for a bit of winter colour. |  |
