Author: Bob Huesmann

soil sterilization

Options (other than bleach, about which I have no opinion) you might consider include Cleary’s (buy it in WP wettable powder form as Banrot) or a soil fungicide sold in granular form for lawns ( be sure the active ingredient…

Show photos

Yes, there have been quite a few show photos this year, and it does take some time to go through them. However, here at Washington Daffodil Society, I find them useful in deciding which cultivars would be most suitable (or…

Judging doubles

I agree with much of what has been said about judging doubles. However, I do think there may be room for improvement in the Handbook rules. The rules are pretty clear about the back layer and about the petaloids. A…

Taking too many flowers to a show

I think there are some cases in which Chriss is right–that “big” exhibitors need to hang back a bit. Generally , this would be for local shows that are customarily smaller, in years when a local show happens to coincide…

Judging/Staging Beautiful Collections

It is so encouraging to see the positive discussion of staging issues, going beyond the fairly cut-and-dried technicalities of judging collections. However, I think we tend to limit our imaginations and indeed our capacity to achieve more beautiful collections if…

How to judge collections

Well, now that THAT’S settled, how about another question to which there may not be an easy answer, i.e. which of the two collections pictured by Kirby is the more beautiful? I suspect many will disagree with me, but despite…