EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Seattle, Washington
Big thanks to Furney’s Nursery for hosting our spring plant sale and fall show:
Partners with ECA in Chrysanthemum
Propagation and Exhibition
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
MEETING OF THE ECA – is scheduled for THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th, 2017 at
7:00 PM at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Office (SPAA) site at 11030 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila.
Dues: Please plan on paying your dues at the February meeting if you have not already done so.
Our Public Plant Sale will be held at Furney’s Nursery in Des Moines, WA on Saturday April 22nd from 9 AM to 1 PM. Mums are $3.00 each.
Member plant sales will be held at our March 9th and April 13th Meetings – plants are $2.00 for members and $3.00 for non-members. Membership is $15 or $20.00 for a couple, payable to the treasurer.
Draft minutes from January Meeting – thanks to Sue Joyner:
Minutes- ECA Meeting-January 12, 2017Page 1/2
Meeting called to Order 7:40 pm by President, John Harden
-14 members present.
-Cultural: Ron Elliott discussed the process of getting our stools ready to take cuttings.
1) Prepare your cutting bed
Cleanup cutting beds, check temperature sensors and overhead lights
2) Get stools growing and producing shoots
Bring stools into a heated area, water and fertilize with a high nitrogen fertilizer
3) Gather Supplies
a) Potting medium
Earth Pot trays -72 pellets per tray, M&R mix or your own custom potting mix
If you choose to start your cuttings in the earth pot pellets be sure to thoroughly soak the pellets. A drop or two of liquid dishwashing soap in the water is an effective wetting agent. It breaks the surface tension and allows the water to be absorbed into the peat moss
b) Fungicides (Immunox by Spectracide or equivalent)
c) Cultivar identification tags
d) B-9 – club will have this available at the next meeting
4) Take Cuttings
a) Start taking cuttings mid Jan to mid Feb.–for most #1s, #2s, #3s and Spiders. Also start cuttings for any specimen plants you plan to grow.
b) Cover cuttings for a few days with a plastic dome cover to maintain moisture. After 3 days remove or raise the cover an inch or so to facilitate air circulation.
c) Sprinkle beds and plants every day or so to keep cutting bed lightly moist.
-Secretary’s report:
1. There was no formal meeting at the August picnic so no minutes, about 15 attended.
2. Sept – Oct – tracking down meeting minutes
3. There was no formal meeting in November at the awards banquet so no minutes but there were about 25 of us that gathered at Angelos Restaurant in Burien for the awards banquet
4. December meeting as cancelled due to inclement weather
-Treasurer’s report. $6276.68 sum total of cash savings and checking
Business:
1. Kris Stephens reported she has accepted the position of Facebook administer and looks forward to receiving inputs from the club members.
2. Erica Harris was given the trophy for best potted plant, novice. The trophy wasn’t ready for presentation at the November awards banquet
3. Because there was no December meeting, the following 2017 slate of officer nominations were presented and approved by the attending members
President: John Harden; Vice President: Steven Joyner; Secretary: Susan Joyner; Treasurer: Sidney Ogilvie; Cultural: Ronnie Elliot
4. National Show dates are set for Oct 27 – 29, 2017 in Portland, OR. These dates conflict with our show dates so there was discussion about moving our show to the first weekend in November. A final decision has not been made
5. John Harden proposed that we allot $800 toward improving our web page presence. A discussion ensued.
John’s proposal was amended to include a request for proposal process. There was also some discussion about using Facebook as our social media presence instead of a web page. Elaine Young moved to accept John’s proposal with the amendments and Mark Ross seconded it.
Meeting ended at 9:30 pm
Respectively submitted, Susan Stark Joyner, secretary 1/12/2017
