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Dahlia

sarahharmer2014sarahharmer2014 Posts: 36
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Hi all

I have attached a photo of a dahlia that has come from one of my dahlia plants, the petals have seemed to have gone brown around the edge.

Has any one else had this problem? Is it just lacking in something. I have given them a good watering and some tomato feed. 
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Some of my roses look similar recently.
    It's down to the hot weather, baking sun and not much rain.
    Flowers on my rose that are just opening now are fine.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    The flowers only last a few days. You then dead head them and other blooms will come on.
  • sarahharmer2014sarahharmer2014 Posts: 36
    Fire said:
    The flowers only last a few days. You then dead head them and other blooms will come on.
    🤔 The ones I have down the bottom of the garden they last about week in flower. Although they are more in the shade. 

    It could be just the lack of rain that's made them dry out sooner. The one in the photo is in a raised bed in direct sunlight.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    What is the foliage looking like?
  • sarahharmer2014sarahharmer2014 Posts: 36
    Fire said:
    What is the foliage looking like?
    This is the foliage from the dahlia flower from above. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2022
     I'd say give several buckets of water every other day and stop feeding. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    check for red spider mite
    Devon.
  • sarahharmer2014sarahharmer2014 Posts: 36
    Fire said:
     I'd say give several buckets of water every other day and stop feeding. 
    I don't need to worry about watering now as we have had 4 days of rain here 😄
  • sarahharmer2014sarahharmer2014 Posts: 36
    Hostafan1 said:
    check for red spider mite
    No sign of them 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    sarahharmer2014 said:
    I don't need to worry about watering now as we have had 4 days of rain here 😄

    And how are they looking?
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