thanks jo it might be good to leave them in pots in the cellar on the other hand i have four in one big pot and two each in the other two and then another two with an Actotis in another two pots oh dear this is hurting my head i need to lie down
I have grown Dahlias for the first time this year and I am very pleased with them. My husband got them from a car boot sale. I will defiinitely be growing them again.
Used to grow large patch of various dahlias on my allotment as had no room in the garden. Now I don't have the lottie any more, am beginning to grow a few in pots - I always loved them even when they were out of fashion - but I'm more keen on the singles than the rest, feel the beasties such as bees get a better deal with those. Am trying the bishops children next year too - have loved the bishop himself this ye, among others.
I love 'em and have been growing them from seed for years. I'm always amazed that they can grow up to 8 feet tall from seed in a year - and often flower before saved tubers. Because of that I don't usually bother to lift and store the tubers - if they survive all well and good, but there's always another 50 ready to replace them each year. The T&M 'giant hybrids' are my favourite seeds - last couple of years the mix has been dominated by cactus types though - I prefer the 'normal' flowers.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I planted my first dahlia this year and after a slow start it finally sprouted and has started flowering over the last week or so.
However, I've been disappointed by how long the flowers last before the petals fall off. The flowers open quite quickly (one day they're suddenly there) and the petals have all fallen off 2 days later.
Is this normal?
So far, about 4 flowers have appeared but there are still a fair few of those ball things waiting to open up into flowers.
You mean cut them off as soon as the petals fall off? Do I cut close to the head or where the stem joins the trunk?
Or cut them off before the petals fall? The flowers are on extremely short stems. I was hoping they'd be long enough to cut a few and put them in a vase, but between the short stems and petals falling off so quickly, they seem only good enough to leave in the garden.
The first photo I posted is of a flower that looked good and fully open yesterday. Today, it looks like that!
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thanks jo it might be good to leave them in pots in the cellar on the other hand i have four in one big pot and two each in the other two and then another two with an Actotis in another two pots oh dear this is hurting my head i need to lie down
I have grown Dahlias for the first time this year and I am very pleased with them. My husband got them from a car boot sale. I will defiinitely be growing them again.
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Used to grow large patch of various dahlias on my allotment as had no room in the garden. Now I don't have the lottie any more, am beginning to grow a few in pots - I always loved them even when they were out of fashion - but I'm more keen on the singles than the rest, feel the beasties such as bees get a better deal with those. Am trying the bishops children next year too - have loved the bishop himself this ye, among others.
I love 'em and have been growing them from seed for years. I'm always amazed that they can grow up to 8 feet tall from seed in a year - and often flower before saved tubers. Because of that I don't usually bother to lift and store the tubers - if they survive all well and good, but there's always another 50 ready to replace them each year. The T&M 'giant hybrids' are my favourite seeds - last couple of years the mix has been dominated by cactus types though - I prefer the 'normal' flowers.
I planted my first dahlia this year and after a slow start it finally sprouted and has started flowering over the last week or so.
However, I've been disappointed by how long the flowers last before the petals fall off. The flowers open quite quickly (one day they're suddenly there) and the petals have all fallen off 2 days later.
Is this normal?
So far, about 4 flowers have appeared but there are still a fair few of those ball things waiting to open up into flowers.
you must keep dead heading the old flowers look like cones the new ones are round
You mean cut them off as soon as the petals fall off? Do I cut close to the head or where the stem joins the trunk?
Or cut them off before the petals fall? The flowers are on extremely short stems. I was hoping they'd be long enough to cut a few and put them in a vase, but between the short stems and petals falling off so quickly, they seem only good enough to leave in the garden.
The first photo I posted is of a flower that looked good and fully open yesterday. Today, it looks like that!