Fuchsia Compendium

Fuchsia Compendium - J

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JELLIES - made from fuchsia berries, see here for a recipe?

JEYES FLUID - a product that is based on tar oil and very useful around the garden at different dilutions. Mainly used for disinfecting the greenhouse and cleaning pots.

JOHN INNES BASE FERTILISER - 2 parts of super phosphate of lime. 2 parts hoof and horn. 1 part sulphate of potash. 1 part of ground chalk. All by weight.

JOHN INNES LOAM MIX - 7:3:2 by volume of sifted loam, sifted moist peat and coarse sand.

JOHN INNES COMPOST -a loam based compost mixed to a specific recipe. The loam, peat and sand is the same in each case for J.I.No.1.2.3and 4. Multiply each J. I. No. by 2 ounces and that will give you the amount of John Innes Base fertiliser required by each bushel of compost.

JUDGES - people who determine authoritatively after deliberation to choose the winners and who’s judgement rarely matches yours. (IMHO-DJL)

JUDGING - a practice of choosing winners as defined above by people who have studied the subject, and are confident enough to carry out the task. Judges will expect to see cultural excellence in the plant which should be in proportion to the pot. Quality foliage is of prime importance. Flowers should be typical in size, colour and form for that particular variety. The judge will check that the pot is clean and that the whole exhibit conforms to the standard required by the schedule. (IMHO-DJL)

JUDGING PROCEEDURES - it is expected that a judge would be able to make an unbiased evaluation and decision by considering all the factors appertaining to the exhibit. A judge should look over the whole section and then the class, assessing the overall standard of the show. A close scrutiny of the plants is made and plants that are picked up will be placed back as near as possible to found. In my view although it is permissible to withhold awards if the exhibit does not come up to standard a judge is employed to place the exhibits in order of merit. An exhibit can not be second to something that is not there or be second to an image of a perfect specimen that might be in the judge’s mind’s eye. It is the duty of a Judge to judge ‘as seen’ that is not what it was like last week or what it might be like the next. IMHO DJL