EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Seattle, Washington
Email us at: steve at ecamumclub dot org
Furney’s Nursery >>——-> Partners with ECA in Chrysanthemum in Propagation and Exhibition
MARCH ECA NEWSLETTER
MEETING OF THE ECA –THURSDAY, March 13th, 2013, at 7 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila.
TELEPHONE COMMITTEE MEMBERS contact your lists early, as your calls do help to increase attendance. Also mention our Club plant sale at the March and April meetings.
DUES – Members are encouraged to pay 2014 dues to Treasurer, Mark Ross. Annual dues are $15/member or $20/couple. Dues must be paid before or at the March meeting for members to be listed in the clubs 2014 yearbook
PLANT SALES – The member plant sale will be at the March meeting, March 13th. We may have a second member plant sale at our April 10th meeting.
Our public plant sale will be April 12 (Saturday) from 9-12:00 at Furney’s Nursery in Des Moines (21215 Pacific Hwy South). At least 8 people are needed for Set-Up on Friday April 11th and will discuss staffing the sales at our March 13th and April 10th meetings.
PLANT CULTURE and SUPPLIES – Members are reminded to bring in their extra plants for our member plant sale and the public sale. Only healthy looking plants are accepted for the “Sales Events”. For those bringing in plants, please also bring in newspaper or a cloth to cover the table if your plants are in an open bottom carrier. This will help the clean up crew when tidying at the end of the meeting.
Cultural recommendations are attached for March and will be discussed at the March meeting.
CONTACT FOR SUPPLIES
Gary Budzeak is responsible for the club supply orders. Please contact him for soilless and supply needs at the March meeting.
PLANT SELECTION IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS GAME.
You older hands, if you have grown the same cultivar from your own stock with poor results, throw your stock away and buy a plant or two of that cultivar at the plant sale. Select carefully, you want a healthy cutting, and if the grower didn’t think enough of it to put his initials on the tag, go get a different one. Keep looking for the best stock available.
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!!!
NEW MEMBERS – Welcome to the new members who joined ECA late in 2013.
If you are receiving this notice by mail and have email, please send an email to me with your email address and you will receive the monthly newsletter by email in the future..
And beginning this month, the Newsletter and Cultural Notes(to do list) will be stored in our website in separate categories.
