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Is it possible to restart my Dahlia

BettyBooleyBettyBooley Posts: 18
in Problem solving
My dahlia has been eaten. Can anything be done? :(

Thanks in advance for any tips!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I doubt there's much you can do but wait and see. You could put a jam jar or something like that over the shoots to protect them until they get bigger. Give it a bit of water and keep it out of hot sun.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    My Bishop of Llandalf was munched to the ground, but a few weeks later it’s reached the lofty height of 15cm. You still have some green, so it probably will recover in time, just be set back, so long as you protect what’s there...
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I had a similar thing happen one year  ... we got loads more shoots and the best display ever ... just a couple of weeks behind the others. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I've had I  one that was chewed right down to the pot, I put 3 bits of slug pellets to catch the little blighter and the shoots are well up again now.
    I think you would do better to cover the tuber with compost you may get more shoots then.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BettyBooleyBettyBooley Posts: 18
    Glad to hear there is hope! Ok, so I'll plant it in the ground and cover it with some more compost and cover for a while with a perspex cover (seed tray lid)
    I left some tuber showing in the pot as directed but I guess I left too much exposed 
    Thank you for your prompt feedback
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