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South West Visit July 2009
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Page 2 - Ron Haines
Ron Haines is a remarkable man. Since he was very young he
has needed to use walking aides to aide mobility. A cobbler by trade,
Ron had his own business for most of is working life and it was not
until retirement, that he stopped working. He has exhibited at the
highest level, exhibiting over many years at the National, when it was
held in London, winning many top awards. Ron's two glasshouses were
immaculately clean, with no clutter. Everything was neatly in place and
each pot was spaced well apart, to allow air circulation and ease to
handle plants. I was impressed by his enthusiasm and his eagerness to
experiment with different composts to further improve his growing. At
the time we visited, Ron had been trialing, four different compost
mixtures. I have to say, that the majority of his plants looked in A1;
condition. I spent a long time with Ron, discussing his methodology and
was impressed by what he had to say regarding the differing composts
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A. Ron shares
a joke with Ralph Trinder.
B. One of Ron's outside pots,
containing Mandalay, which looked remarkably well considering the
heavy rainfall.
C. The right hand side of one of
Ron's glasshouses. Different pots contain different composts.
D. A picture of health. Plants grown
in Singleton's J I; No; 2; mixed with Perlite and Singleton's
Multipurpose.
E. A general view of glasshouse no;
1. Some plants are doing better than others depending on the composts
used .
F. Look at the excellent condition
of these begonias, spaced well apart, with not a blemish to be seen on
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IAN'S SOUTH WEST VISIT 2009
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John Chiswell
Gary Dando Part 1
Gary Dando Part 2
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