SHOW: Do I have a grooming problem?
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- Subject: SHOW: Do I have a grooming problem?
- From: v* l*
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:48:56 -0700 (PDT)
> vince lewonski wrote:
> >
> > Because of the early season this year, there weren't
> too
> > many good stalks to take to the shows. I brought some
> just
> > for color - I knew that they weren't going to get
> blues,
> > but they had a nice fresh terminal flower open.
> > Several stalks had the second terminal bud as the
> only
> > flower left - the side branches were bare. I carefully
> > removed the side branches. These stalks received no
> award
> > at all from the judges.
> > Is there a proper way to groom stalks with only one
> > flower remaining? Should the spent side branches be
> left
> > on? Or would that cause a loss of points because no
> > grooming was done? Are these doomed to forever receive
> no
> > award, no matter how straight the stalk and nice the
> > flower?
> >
> > =====
> > Vince Lewonski
> > vincelewonski@yahoo.com
--- Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net> wrote:
> Vince,
> So sorry, but yes, those stalks, as you describe them
> are doomed. When judging is done it is on the
> complete stalk: buds, blooms, branches, leaves, etc.
> It is perfectly acceptable (and advisable) to remove
> spent blooms, (unless showing seedlings) being careful
> to remove the ovary and not to tear the spathe.
> However, if a branch no longer has a bud left you have
> a problem. There must be a bud left at each point to
> be judged.
Vince sez: This is NOT in the Judge's Handbook. I can't
find anything that says that there has to be more unopened
buds left for it to be judged.
--- Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net> wrote:
As a general
> rule, we mark this type of stalk as "FOR DISPLAY ONLY"
> and place it on a separate table for visitors to
> enjoy.
Vince sez: There are some very good reasons for not
having stalks for display only, the most important (in this
area) being to ensure that there are at least five people
entered to make it a judged show. There were three shows I
was at this year where it looked like it was going to be
close...
=====
Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
A fully owned subsidiary of the M. Susan Williams-Lewonski Corp.
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