IF one were to consider entering an AV (or other gessie) into a show, what is the procedure? Does it cost something per plant? How does that work? Please, someone who has done this - us newbies want to know!
Entering Shows
cant speak for the gessie part,but when i entered streps and violets there was no cost
other then registering for the convention,dont be too hard on entering,theres been times several people have gone,I should have entered this or that,because mine is better looking then what was shown,
Thanks, Jim. I'll probably work my way up . . . start with local shows, state, then national in a few years . . . just wonder how it all works, I guess.
enter any shows you can,it can only teach you ,i learned so much from my show,
it was a national and it was the only show ive entered plants into,i was a nervous wreck
but it was fun
JIM
I'm a nervous wreck just thinking about it. But, what I have won't be ready for Reno, I think - even if I could get there. Maybe TN next year . . . and in the meantime I will have my club show in May, and the show in Kerrville in November.
Good idea.......start with your local shows. I am going to find two discs I bought and never even looked at, Nichole. I will try and find them this afternoon. One is on growing african violets by (what is her name......Texas hybridizer) and the other is on judging......what the judges look for in african violets...........
let me go look right now.
Here they are and you may borrow:
The Pittman Way of Growing and:
Judging Gesneriads by Dale Martens, Paul Kroll and Bill Price
Ooh, Gail - those sound perfect! Thanks!
Read the books! and stay in the guidelines. Points are removed for anything that isn't perfect, that is how they score. You will learn from your score card after the judging...what they took off points for ( like perlite showing on the soil surface, growth not symetric), what you could have done to have grown a better plant (like turned it more often, pinched it more when it was young) and also what they liked about your plant....yes, they'll find something good to say too, ha. tish
Will they say things like "you need to turn it more often"? How can you keep perlite from showing on the soil surface, if the soil has perlite in it?
Gail is also letting me borrow a DVD about judges and what they look for . . . so I'm sure that will also answer some questions.
Thank you for your input, though . . . every time I get an answer to a question, I come up with another question! ^_^
i think you are supposed to top dress with spagnum moss so no soil is showing
JIM
Oh, see, I didn't know that. Still lots to learn! ^_^
Good morning...I feel as if I'm peeking out from my winter cocoon ^_^. Syrumani, before I enetered my plants for show, I top dressed the pots with the blackest soil I could find that had no perlite or vermiculite which happened to be at the time...Baccto Potting Soil. That product may have changed since then. I don't know since I don't use it. It was deep black (sedge peat) and had nothing distracting in it like perlite, etc.
nicole, after you get everything read, could you post a synopsis of what you learned? please.
Thanks, Goldleaf! I will keep an eye out for something.
Ooh, kivit, like a book report! I can do that! 'Course, I can't put what I learn into practice until May, but I suppose a follow-up report could be made at the time!
i'm not positive, but I think Rob's Violets has a blurb ob How to show.
Don't know why I didn't think of this right off---Get this book..."Growing To Show" by Pauline Bartholomew. You s/b able to find the older edition in your library, on the net. The new 2008 edition is $16 through the AVSA. If you are seriously going to take the plunge, it is worth the investment.