Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association

EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Seattle, Washington
Jim Anshutz, Secretary

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

MEETING OF THE ECA – is scheduled for THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2010 at
7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila.

TELEPHONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Call your lists early in the week of February 1st as your calls do help to increase attendance.

ECA MEMBERSHIP

Dues have not yet been received from several members. The cost is $15 per member or $20 per couple. Only paid up members names can be included in the 2010 year book. Checks payable to ECA should either be mailed to: Christopher Brookes or paid at the February meeting. If a member has any doubt whether they have paid or not please check with Chris. Thank you

Harry Hasegawa Memorial

Bob Ewing reports that Harry Hasegawa died recently due to kidney failure. Bob mentioned that while Harry had not been active recently in our club due to health reasons, he nevertheless always had a big collection of Fairweather mums around his cottage at Wesley. Bob said that when he and Mary Lou moved in recently, Harry came down to welcome them to the place. Jill Aldrich sent a card to Harry’s wife Anna and the family from the ECA. A memorial celebration will be held at 2 P.M. on Saturday, Feb.13th at Wesley Gardens (815 S. 216th St, Des Moines).

MEMBER PLANT SALE – The first member plant sale of the year occurs at the February 11th meeting. ECA growers will bring a few plants to the meeting for sale to help other members who do not start plants from cuttings secure plants for the coming growing season. Plants available for the first sale are generally the late blooming varieties that are in classifications 1 through 5. The cost of each plant will be $1.00 for members.
(New members receive ten free plants for the first growing season.) No more than five free plants should be selected at the February sale. This helps assure the new grower success managing the early season growing challenges and also greater access to a wider selection of plants such as the early blooming varieties which are easier to grow and are more available at the March member sale (March 11th Meeting) and at the Public Plant sale.

Public Plant Sale

Mark your calendars for the Saturday March 27th Public Plant Sale at Furney’s Nursery (21215 International Blvd, Des Moines, WA). We will recruit volunteers to help with the sale at the February and March meetings.

NEW MEMBER COACHING

New Members are encouraged to contact Bob Ewing to be assigned a coach who will provide personalized growing instruction and advice. It is highly recommended that new members take advantage of this membership service. Don’t be shy – give Bob a call!!!

MUMS REQUESTED BY PATRONS FOR 2009 and presumably to apply for 2010 also:
Golden Rain, Connie Mayhew, First Light, Woolmans Century, Ice Box, Alabama, Lundy, Mt Rainier, Morning Star, Honey, Powder Puff, Elsie Prosser, Revert Equinox, Chase Wakes, Elizabeth Shoesmith, Red Woolmans Glory –red & yellow, Anzac , Mary Jane, Atomic, Cossack, Tennis, Pumpkin, Primrose Tennis, White Billy Bell, Bullfinch, Port Stanley, Purple light, Seatons Ruby, Vienna Waltz, Kermit, Gillette, Ogmore Vale, Seigi, Cherry Venice, Fairweather, Koshi no Yuki, Talbot Parade, Lilli Gallon, Lava, Vicky and Max Riley.

If you have other requests, bring them to the February 11th meeting.

PLANT CULTURE – Continue to start plants for our public sale in March. Plants must be given protection for the first few months and carefully nurtured to establish strong root systems before potting or repotting. In February, take starts for the early blooming varieties. At this month’s meeting, the focus is growing plants, cultivar selection, materials and your reference books. Cultural recommendations are attached.

SUPPLIES – Some supplies will be available at the February meeting.
• Plant Labels, White and Yellow 100 per pack.
• 2½” Plastic planting/starting cubes
• M&R Soilless Growing Media The cultural committee decided to provide only M&R mix for sale since it is a better product for mums than the mix used previously. This mix can be used for all pottings from the first 2 ½” pot to the 9 or 10” final pot.
Contact: Don Stark before the February 11th meeting if you wish to buy Soilless.

February to-do List (New: 1-28-06 DRS)

Continue with cuttings:

Continue taking cuttings throughout Feb. and into March for some varieties. A few early Feb. cuttings can be available for the March Plant sales (sale at the March meeting and the public plant sale on Sat. March 27). Most Feb. and March cuttings should be of the early English and American varieties. Late Decorative) Classes 4, 5, 14 and 15) should be started primarily in Feb. Take cuttings for yourself and for the plant sale.

Most varieties in classes 1, 2 and 3 should have been started by the end of January: however –here are some varieties that can be successfully grown from Feb. cuttings. #1 & #2’s Lundy, Yellow Lundy, David Dando, Ralph Lambert, Yellow Ralph Lambert, Athabaska, Harry Gee, Jane Sharpe and Seychelle;. #3’s Len Hall, Salmon, Primrose and yellow Fairweathers, Stockton and Heather James.

Cuttings started directly in the cutting bed media should not require fertilization before potting on. If you are starting in the cross bottom bands or 2” clay pots, fertilizer should be added after 3 to 4 weeks as these cutting generally require 5-6 weeks before potting on. Start fertilizing once a week beginning with the 4th week. Use an early Mum fertilizer, Peters 9-45-15 or Plant Marvel 12-45-10 (One Tsp/Gal once a week)

Potting on:

Most growers are using the soilless M&R potting mix sold by the club. In general no additives are required for the early pottings (2” and 4” pots); however some growers like to add some special ingredients. For instance Alfalfa meal or pellets is a good stimulant that can be added. Avoid adding Bone meal, as you will probably find fungi growing on the top of your pots due to too much potassium.
- Pot the mums directly from the cutting beds into 2” pots, or from the starter bands or pots into 3” or 4” pots.
- Use new pots, or wash previously used pots with a mild bleach solution (Clorox) to kill moss and eliminate the viruses. When bleach is used thoroughly rinse pots in fresh water to get the bleach out of the pot.
- Clay pots are recommended for the 2”, 3”, 4” and 6” potttings as the clay pots will dry out better than plastic after watering. This is especially important during the cool March and April days.

- Pot on from cutting beds when the roots are ½ to ¾ in. long (Typically 4 weeks) into 2 ½” or 3” pots.

- Pot on from cross bottom bands, or pots when roots are growing thickly out of the pots or bands (Typically 6 weeks). Do not compact the mix!

- Place the newly potted mums out of the light or under the bench for 2-3 days to stimulate root growth.

Care:

- Shelter mums in the greenhouse, cold frame, or other shelter (Kitchen table or south facing window)
- Temperature should be between 50 and 60 degrees.
- Glass overhead will help keep mums from getting leggy.

Care Continued:

- B-9 is a good growth retardant that tends to help plants from getting too leggy. It is available through the club. If you choose to use B-9 it should be applied at the time of potting on and again at or near pinch time. Caution: Do not use B-9 on plants that tend to naturally grow short: i.e. all the Fairweathers, all the Alexis, Port Stanley and others.

- Plants will remain in this first potting for 4-6 weeks until they have produced a noticeable root ring around the bottom of the pot. Don’t be afraid to knock the root ball out of the pot after several weeks and examine the roots.

- Fertilize with 9-45-15, or 12-45-10 beginning the 4th week (1 Tsp/Gal once a week) These fertilizers are available through the Club at the monthly meetings.

EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Seattle, Washington
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

HAPPY CHRYSANTHEMUM GROWING 2010

MEETING OF THE ECA – Our monthly meeting is Thursday January 14th at 7 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila. Wa.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Once again it is time to mark your yearly calendar for EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 7:00 pm for our Monthly Chrysanthemum Meeting. Please join us to exchange your growing experiences with all of us and let’s learn from each other and have a fun evening out.
TELEPHONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Please contact your call lists early in the week of January 3rd.. If it is not necessary to give you a reminder call please call Jack Brandon and tell him to take you off the list.

VOTING FOR THE 2010 OFFICERS FOR THE EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB WAS POSTPONED UNTIL THIS COMING MEETING ON JANUARY 14th, 2010.

2010 CLUB DUES – Members are encouraged to pay dues for 2010. Annual dues are $15/member or $20/couple. Dues are paid to the ECA Treasurer, Chris Brookes. (Make Checks out to ECA)
CULTURAL NOTES and SUPPLIES – Cultural recommendations are attached for January and will be discussed at the meeting. Early season supplies including plant tags, 2½” plastic cubes (pots), and a limited amount of early season fertilizer and soilless potting mix will be available at the meeting. For those interested in the soilless potting mix, call Don Stark with your orders as soon as possible.
PROPAGATION OF NEW PLANTS/CUTTINGS
Bob Ewing will set aside time to show any member who is interested in how to take cuttings and generate new starts for 2010. Don’t be shy – give Bob a call!

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THE MEETINGS NEXT YEAR
PLEASE BRING SUGGESTIONS TO THE MEETING ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE/IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AT THE MONTHLY MEETINGS.
Supplies available for the Jan meeting and prices are :

M&R soilless mix (1 cu ft.) $5.00
Five in. labels, (100 per bundle)white $1.75
“ Color $2.00
2 1/2 in cross bottom bands $0 .05 each
4 in. Twistems 3 bundles for $1.00
6 in. Twistems 2 bundles for $1.00
8 in. Twistems 3 bundles for $2.00
B-9 as marked

Don Stark
January to-do List – (Revised 1/2/06, DRS)
Success for the upcoming growing season begins with the taking of new cuttings needed for ourselves, other club members and for the upcoming public plant sales. Taking the cuttings and potting on the newly rooted cuttings are the major January activities. Hopefully we have kept last years’ stools alive and have added some 20-10-20.fertilizer. At 55 to 60 Deg room temp. our stools should now be producing the strong shoots we need.
Timing:
-Cuttings for classes #1 and #3 should be taken in late Dec. and all of January.
-Most #2 varieties are started throughout January: but Keith Luxford, Ivor Mace and
James Bryant should be started in Dec. or early January, if the stools are far enough
along to produce healthy cuttings.
-Cuttings of classes #4, #5, #14’ & #15 are usually started in late Jan. or Feb.
-Plants to be grown for Specimens (11 or more blooms) should generally be
started earlier, Nov. Dec, or Early Jan. for example.
- Spiders Quills and spoons are also good candidates for January starts.
The cutting bed
should be a flat four-sided box with heating cable, mat or other devices for heating the cutting medium. The box should be at least 18 in wide so that it can hold 1 or more of the 17 in by 9 in. flats. An overhead Fluorescent lamp such as a 4-foot, two-bulb shop light will provide needed light supplement for the new cuttings. Plantgrow or GrowLux bulbs are good but expensive and simple white bulbs seem to work adequately. Fill the box with 2 ½ to 3 inches of cutting media and provide heating controls to maintain the required temperature.
– Cutting bed media -A 50-50 mix washed sand and peat moss
– Cutting bed Temp -65 to 70 deg F.
Taking the cuttings:
We offer two different methods for handling the initial cuttings:
1. Place the cutting directly in the cutting bed media, maintain cutting bed heat at 65 deg
(In approximately 4 weeks the new cuttings will have roots 1 in. long and are ready to
be transplanted into 2 ½ or 3 inch pots.)
2. Fill the 2 ½ in cross bottom bands with our standard M&R growing mix. Set these
bands directly on top of the cutting media and insert your cuttings directly into the
M&R mix. Maintain cutting bed Temp at 70 deg. In 5-6 weeks the cutting should be
ready for transplanting into 4 in pots.)

The cuttings should be from 1 ½ to 2 inches long with the cut off or break at the bottom of a leaf node. It is recommended to dip each cutting into a mild insecticide/fungicide solution (1/4strength). Then dip the base into Rootone or other rooting hormone before setting the cutting into the growing media.
Cover the newly taken cuttings with a glass or clear plastic cover for up to 3 days after taking the cuttings. Leave some room under the cover so that air can get in and circulate around a bit.
Keep the cuttings moist. Don’t let the bottom of the bed dry out

Place a plant label with each cutting Label should contain the name and classification of the cutting, the date of the cutting and the grower’s initials. For example
Charlie’s Mum, (1Y)
DRS, 12/30/05

EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Seattle, Washington
Jill Aldrich, Secretary

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
HAPPY TURKEY DAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS

MEETING OF THE ECA – Thursday December 10th at 7 PM in the classroom facility to the left as you drive into the SPAA complex. Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila, WA.

TELEPHONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Please contact your lists early in the week of December 1st.

NOMINATION OF 2010 CLUB OFFICERS – The December meeting includes the election of officers for the upcoming year.

Nominees:

President Vice President
Chris Brookes Treasurer Jim Anshutz Secretary and welfare com.
Past President Ron Elliott

Don Stark and Mark Ross, Cultural

Trustees 3 year term:
2 year term: Jack Brandon – Steve Backstrom
1 year term: David Rynes Mas Tamekuni

Nominations are encouraged from the floor at the December meeting for all officer and trustee positions. It is up to all of us to rotate as officers periodically to provide the club fresh ideas and new perspectives.

MANY THANKS to Jean Smith and Sydney Ogilvie for organizing all the refreshments.

The club commends the faithful service of Jack Brandon, Chairperson and all the telephone tree callers. Many Thanks

2010 CLUB DUES – Members are encouraged to pay dues for 2010. Annual dues are $15/member or $20/couple. Dues are paid to the ECA Treasurer.

DECEMBER TO DO LIST – (adapted from DRS 12/03/98 notes, Modified ll/26/04) Success for the upcoming year begins with the care of our stock to produce the quality cuttings needed for other members, our club plant sales and ourselves. It is important that you identify your best plants of each variety and try to get your cuttings from those plants. Weak or diseased plants should be destroyed. Get a new start from another member at the plant sale if your stock is weak.

Cultivars in classes #1, #3 and#4 are usually started in late Dec. and January. The #1 varieties such as Jessie Habgood, Gigantics, Mark Woolman, Dukes and Lancaster Fold need early starts and so do the Fairweather family of #3’s. Most #2’s can be started January. Cultivar classes #4 & #5 and 14 & 15”s are usually started in Feb and March. Plants to be grown for specimen (10 or more blooms) should be started ASAP. In spite of the above suggestions for starting times. It is always a good idea to wait on the cuttings till they are ready. Cuttings should be 1” to 2” and growing vigorously.

PREPARING STOOLS FOR CUTTINGS
+ Keep pots outside and sheltered from the wind, cold, rain and slugs. It is
important for the plant stool to chill and remain relatively dry during its
dormant period until 2-4 weeks before you want to start taking cuttings.
The chilling period will produce much stronger cuttings for the next
growing cycle.
+ Protect stools from hard freezing (less than 28 degrees). Most plants
can stand a night or more of freezing temperatures but three
consecutive hard freezing nights will probably kill all but the hardiest
cultivars. During severe cold snaps a garage, shed, greenhouse, or
a tarp can be used temporarily to protect the plants until the cold
subsides.
+ Two to four weeks before the desired cutting-time bring pot stools
into heated area (60 degrees for example) and feed with a
nitrogen fertilizer such as Miracle-Grow to stimulate new growth.

TAKING CUTTINGS
+ The recommended cutting media is a 50% sand 50% Peat Moss.
However, I and others have recently switched to starting in the
M&R soilless mix that we pot into for the rest of the year. I start
Right in the 2 ½ or 3 inch pots and set them in or on the bed of
Sand in my cutting bed. I also start some of the later varieties
Directly in the 2 ½ plastic cubes that we use mostly for plant sales.
+ The cutting bed temperature should be maintained at 65F.
+ Cover the newly taken cuttings with a glass or clear plastic cover
for the 3 days after taking the cutting.
+ Cuttings should be from 1 ½ to 2 inches long with the cutoff or
break at a leaf node.
+ It is recommended to dip cuttings in a mild insecticide/fungicide
solution before setting the new cutting in the cutting media.
+ Cover the newly taken cuttings with a glass or clear plastic cover
for up to three days after taking the cuttings. Leave some room
under the cover so that air can get in and circulate around a bit.
+ Provide overhead light for the new cuttings. A 4-foot fluorescent
shop light with Growlux bulbs works great.

Don Stark’s Top Ten Mum Varieties
1. Connie Mayhew is a #2 yellow that everyone should grow. Ed
Pawlowski has won best bloom open classes with it.
2. Len Hall is a #3 pink incurve that is reliable and in his opinion
the best #3 in our club.
3. Port Stanley is a #5 yellow incurving bloom with good form and
Color that does well with 4-5 blooms per plant.
4. Lundy and Yellow Lundy are #2 reflex varieties and in his view
the best #2 blooms in our club. You will love the yellow and the
white is brilliant. These are winners.
5. Seychelles is a #2 dark pink reflex that is big with good form
and likes a lot of fertilizer. Don Stark won best in show with a Seychelles last year.
6. Fairweather family (Pink, White, Salmon, Primrose Yellow)
Produces all good #3 incurves. The Primrose and yellow varieties are new and very healthy and vigorous.
7. Ralph and Yellow Ralph Lambert are #1 bronze and yellow
reflex varieties that are easy to grow two up.
8. Alexis and Apricot Alexis #5 pink and apricot varieties that you
will love to grow.
9. Stan Addison is a good #5 new comer, it grows fairly big as a
#5 when grown 2 or 3 blooms, and can be grown successfully
as a #3 when grown 5 to 7 blooms per plant.
10. Vienna Waltz is a #10 purple spider that is one of the clubs
best varieties in this class. It blooms on time, beautiful and a
winner.
If you wish to continue receiving the Newsletters and “To Do Lists I encourage you to pay your dues for 2009 by January, so you are not dropped from our Database. By-Laws, Article 1, states that fees are due no later than the March meeting for members who have paid dues in 2008.

AWARDS BANQUET: Our Banquet at Angelo’s in Burien was great and everyone had a nice time. There were 34 members and spouses in attendance.

Many Thanks to Don Stark in preparing the trophies that were presented. They looked great. Also many thanks to Larry Mayer who made arrangements for the Engraved Chrysanthemum Plates and generated all the Certificates for the winners.

CULTURAL NOTES The cultural for the December meeting will include a review of the last growing season and cultivars response, planning for the upcoming 2010 growing season, and getting new plant starts growing well. Refer to the cultural page for Don Stark’s recommended top ten mum varieties for 2010

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the December meeting, come and vote for your choice of Officers for 2010

I will send out the results of the voting for the 2010 Officers.
Attached is the “To Do List for December”.

Have a Merry Christmas, see you in the New Year.

Jill Aldrich, Secretary

ECA Awards Banquet Thursday November 12th

No Host bar @ 6 PM
Dinner @ 7PM
Location: Angelo’s 601 Southwest 153rd ST Burien, WA 98166

Angelo’s Website has Map & Directions: http://www.angelosofburien.com/

Cost is $20.00 per person. Please send payment to Chris Brookes.

Menu choices are: Prime Rib Chicken Vegetarian Lasagna
Dinners include salad, vegetable, coffee, water and desert.

If you have not signed up, please e-mail or phone Steve Backstrom
and leave a message Slowly & Clearly stating your name
and if you want Prime Rib, Chicken or Lasagna.
Also please call if you need a ride or need to be picked up at Ferry,
Bus or Train Station. The restaurant is a three block walk from the
Burien Transit Center.

Please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail any other questions, comments
or feedback.

Please bring any blooms or displays that you wish to share.

This will be a lot of fun!

Furney’s Nursery cordially invite’s you to attend the Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association’s Show at 21215 International Blvd(HWY 99) in Des Moines, WA. Dates are Friday October 23 from 1PM-6PM, Saturday October 24th from 9 AM to 6 PM and Sunday from 10 AM to 3 PM.

See hundreds of large exhibition English Mums and amazing plant culture.

Free to the public. Come see and view the season’s results of this fascinating hobby!

The 12th Annual Japanese Cultural Arts Event (Aki Matsuri)

Date: September 12 and 13, 2009
Time: Saturday (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Location: Bellevue College (BC), Main Campus
Buildings: Gym, C-Bldg. & R-Bldg.
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007
Contact: info@enma.org
Website: www.enma.org (has links to BC & Campus Map)
Cost: Admission & Parking are free. Fees apply to some workshops.

Japan comes to Bellevue College for a weekend! A two-day program of Japanese cultural and educational events for all ages. Join with thousands of other visitors to celebrate Japan’s traditional and rich cultural heritage.

The matsuri includes 2 full days of on-stage Japanese Performing Arts, Japanese Martial Art demos by local dojo members, Puppet Shows based on Japanese Folk Tales, Tea Ceremony demonstrations in the Teahouse, 65+ Exhibit booths, and Japanese food booths. Browse through “Nomi-no-ichi … a Japanese style flea market” to make a lucky find! Meet with “Hello Kitty”!

This year’s features are:

Tsugaru Nuri (Lacquerware) and Tsugaru – Exhibit & on-going demonstration by Tsugaru Nuri Craft person, Kozo Fujino, and lecture on Tsugaru region (3 PM at Classroom C164 on both days) by Tsugaru District Researcher, Anthony S. Rausch (PhD), from Hirosaki, Japan.
Yakumaru Nodachi Jigenryu (one of the ancient Martial Arts of Japan) – A group of twelve (12) members from Kagoshima Headquarters and Tokyo branch of Yakumaru Nodachi Jigenryu Hozonkai lead by Head Master & President Ryuichi Higashi will give Hono Enbu demonstrations from 1 p.m. on both days. Prior to the demonstrations each day, Professor Hisashi Takahashi will give special Power Point presentations in English to introduce the history of Yakumaru Nodachi Jigenryu (12 PM at Classroom D101).
18th Annual Koi Show presented by Washington Koi & Water Garden Society with more than 200+ koi on display, judging Koi, Koi sales, lectures, and more!

Where else can you shop, eat, and browse so many diverse and interesting family activities in one location? Yes, there really is something for everyone!

To learn more about Aki Matsuri 2009, please visit www.enma.org