tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413172584589327409.post1357558958817098908..comments2023-10-19T07:12:42.641-06:00Comments on Violets and Mustangs: Show apprehensionSallyWrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293235398734981391noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413172584589327409.post-24252945393953009092013-08-07T14:03:00.459-06:002013-08-07T14:03:00.459-06:00Love this postLove this postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247696550051393366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413172584589327409.post-17577630062654273372011-11-14T07:31:14.890-07:002011-11-14T07:31:14.890-07:00I'll take plants for the sale but I don't ...I'll take plants for the sale but I don't have duplicates of any of my violets that I'd love to show off. The mites that I mentioned earlier likely came from the AVSA convention, of all places.<br /><br />I'm still pondering what I should do. I may be in a better position to leave a plant behind in a year though, rather than this coming year.SallyWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293235398734981391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413172584589327409.post-40124547116073215002011-11-14T06:24:02.821-07:002011-11-14T06:24:02.821-07:00Some people don't bring their show plants home...Some people don't bring their show plants home. I think that you can sell your show plants at the sale. This of course means having duplicates at home. This is what I plan on doing for our spring show if we can sell the plants we bring to compete. And I think I would do it with all of the plants I bring in unless it was a chimera or my only clone of the variety.<br /><br />The space you make will give you room to try new things, and after the intense bloom of a show it can take quite awhile for your plants to recover anyhow. Why do you want to disbud such a beautiful show specimen anyhow to bring it home , a member of the populace could take it home and enjoy it on their table for a couple weeks.<br /><br />Also that lady you are referring to took her plant to a county fair from my understanding. If you go to a actual violet show I am certain that the rules are posted often and policed vigilantly so no leaves will be pilfered. And as always when you bring plants home from a show or sale you have to do what.... isolate.<br /><br />If we don't show our plants we cannot get new people interested in the hobby, and if there are no new people interested the clubs and the hobby that we so enjoy will die with us. boo urns, thats right I said it boo urns.<br /><br />So I really would encourage bringing plants to show. One of the rules for an avsa show is that any plant displaying bug damage is disqualified, and as a strict rule you are only to bring plants that you don't believe are infected in any way or form.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534182061560265566noreply@blogger.com