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Problem with Dahlias
I've overwintered dahlias for the past eight years or so in pots. In the spring I repot the tubers using multipurpose compost and a spoonful of Growmore. Every year they have been reasonably successful in flower growth.
This year I added a handful of chicken manure pellets to each pot (32 pots). The leaves have grown like wildfire but there are no sign of buds or flowers. It's obvious, even to me a complete novice, that the chicken manure has added too much nitrogen, so the leaves are developing at the expense of flowers.
Is there any way I can encourage these plants to produce buds? I thought of adding Tomorite to each pot which I believe encourages flower growth? But, this too contains nitrogen, so am I just compounding the error?
Desperate for help!
This year I added a handful of chicken manure pellets to each pot (32 pots). The leaves have grown like wildfire but there are no sign of buds or flowers. It's obvious, even to me a complete novice, that the chicken manure has added too much nitrogen, so the leaves are developing at the expense of flowers.
Is there any way I can encourage these plants to produce buds? I thought of adding Tomorite to each pot which I believe encourages flower growth? But, this too contains nitrogen, so am I just compounding the error?
Desperate for help!
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Tomorite once a week would increase the potassium and help formation of flowers.
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