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Dahlias
Daniel Rutherford
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Dahlia tubers.
Dahlia seedlings
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Daniel Rutherford
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Seedlings are looking good! Have some on my windowsills, but I have more seedlings coming on than I have sill space!
Thanks. they are doing better than I thought they would at this time of year. It's always rewarding to see them flower as well. What kinds of dahlias do u grow?
Thanks aym280. slugs are such a nuisance for me with seedlings or hostas so I have to look out for them a lot.
Are your seedlings getting enough light, they are growing a bit spindly, you don't want them to be week.
You can always pot them on plunging them deeper into the compost, pick the middles out for nice bushy plants.
Well they are in the greenhouse now but we're on my windowsill to start off with so that maybe was the problem. And thanks for the tips I think I will pot then on that way to make sure they are strong plants.
No pictures to hand, but I am growing Bishop's Children and Mignon Mixed Dahlia seeds for the first time, this year. They are both single flowered, bee attractive varieties of Dahlias. Do they really flower in their first year? What type are your seedlings Daniel?
Bishops Children will flower in the first year and will also have made nice little tubers by the end of the year.
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Hi Guernsey Donkey2 most seedlings I have grown before have flowered in their first year. And my seedlings consist of Figaro Mixed, Clangers, Pompon Mixed and Showpiece Mixed.
I too am growing Bishops children, I can't be bothered to dig dahlias up now, just mulch and leave in the ground, haven't lost one yet even though it's very wet down here.
the seedlings will flower first year so I that's why I don't lift them. you'll be surprised how big the tubers are in the Autumn, amazing from a tiny seed in just a few months.
My seeds are Bishops Children too. Have about a dozen seedlings, and a Bishop of Durham, although I think it was a mis-sold Bishop of Llandaff....