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Help needed: Dahlia Eveline - bottom leaves turned yellow/grey
I received this beautifully grown Dahlia Eveline in pot last week. I had it in the garden a few times in the day and brought it back in at night. It got watered a bit every day (I now realised it's too much) with tap water.
Only today, I notice 3 leaves (including two young ones) at the bottom of the plant turned yellow/grey and wilted. Another one close to the bottom started having quite some small grey spots on it.
I'd love to see this plant survive my absence of gardening skill. So please can someone help me to diagnose what happened and what I could do?


Only today, I notice 3 leaves (including two young ones) at the bottom of the plant turned yellow/grey and wilted. Another one close to the bottom started having quite some small grey spots on it.
I'd love to see this plant survive my absence of gardening skill. So please can someone help me to diagnose what happened and what I could do?


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Have to admit l'm not sure what has caused the damage, there are various things that can attack dahlias
https://www.dahlia-nds.co.uk/about-dahlias/pests-diseases/
It may be that the plant has been under stress, even though the weather has warmed up a bit, it's still chilly as far as dahlias are concerned, and too much water may also have played a part.
If the rest of it is still healthy it should be okay if you hold back on the watering for now. Please can you post a photo of the whole plant ?
Whereabouts in the UK are you ? (Just a general location will do).