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When to start feeding summer bulbs?

bellevallenderbellevallender Posts: 21
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So I am excited to see a bit foilage coming up from my dahlia and begonia tubers - do I start feeding them weekly now or do I wait until they are flowering first? 

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    With dahlias l usually wait until they start to flower before l begin feeding, others may do it differently. 
    I suspect l have treated begonias the same in the past  :)
  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    My soil is shallow so I feed my dahlias once they are planted out. General purpose feed once a week until end July to encourage leaves and flowers then from August until end season I use tomato fertiliser. If I was being precise I'd say about every 10 days but I'm not good at remembering. Although originally from Mexico I find them to be thirsty plants.
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