3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias
I just got 5 tubers from Connell's today. They are to replace the ones that did not grow last year. And they look just as bad as the ones last year. I cannot see an eye on any of them. I would not advise anyone to buy from them this year if they want to grow dahlias.
Thanks for the pics, Plantlady! OK, I see now that what I thought was reflection from flash in your first photo was the pinkish-yellow blend on the top petals of the bloom! They look awesome. I think your sold out for this year already, right? I'll have to put that on my list for next year.
I've said this before but I'll say it again: Thanks for creating beauty in the world! Keep up the good work!
Annabeth
Thanks, Annabeth. The really fun part of hybridizing is never knowing from one day the next what you're going to find out in the seedlings- it's like Christmas day all summer with new seedling babies opening every day!
We usually sell out of Moonlight by Nov. it's been so popular all over the world!
The article below has developed over the past 15yrs as I have worked with propagating dahlia seedlings and cuttings.
Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Lighting for Dahlia Seedlings and Cuttings
Sorry that I have not been checking this forum. There is a good article on using the metal halide and high pressure sodium lights here:
http://www.jasons-indoor-guide-to-organic-and-hydroponics-gardening.com/indoor-grow-lights.html
If you search "metal halide for growing," you should get the information you need. My dahlias just exploded last year with the metal halide light.
Here is a link that might be useful: garden lights
Max - I happened to drop by here since I also grow dahlias. I grow about 400 stakes, mostly moderns, but some of my bbs, minis, balls. mini balls and poms are excellent producers. I can also set you up to see a couple of grower friends in MD and No.VA who grow for cut flowers as well. I saw Bob Wollens operation a couple of years ago as well and it is well worth seeing. You should consider using hortonova netting to save tying time, if you are considering growing a fair number. Best, Nick
Woah! Thanks Nick, I'd love some contacts if you can give me some! But what about you, what varieties are your favorites? Also how would you go about using the hortonova netting, essetially like a fence? I've only grown dahlias casually either in the garden bed or out in rows in the garden.
Send me an email, would love to chat anyway.
- Max
It feels good to see the replies...:)
Check this out too....
Here is a link that might be useful: Holland Festival, with relatively less White tip portion
I would ask Plantlady in the Discussions section. She is a dahlia judge and knows her dahlia forms and definitions.
Aside from the red versus orange color; less white, versus more white tips, it was the way the links showing Holland Festival's petals tend to twist which I don't quite see in your red/white bloom, unless it opened up further as it aged, and the petals twisted a bit.
It's a beautiful flower and I'm about ready to add Holland Festival to the "get list" by now. Enjoy it, regardless of its identity.
I don't know that the term leaf cutting is wholly correct for the method Ben Lawrence describes, but it is a method I have used with good results. I have included a direct link to Ben's article below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Propagation by Leaf Cuttings
I took leaf cuttings last year, probably less then 10, But they all took. (I grew 20 plants from a combination of leaf and sprout cuttings).
I cut just below the meristem, but did not cut it in half, instead I just stripped one of the leaves off so I left the cutting with only one leaf. I dipped it in some rooting powder, and made sure the soil had "No DAMP" added to it. I stuck them into a peat pellet, then put it into a single serving yogurt container, placed that into a ziplock bag, and put them under a florescent light.
100% success.
Yes they will..I bury all my tubers 6 to 8 inches side ways or straight up and down and as they grow, I mound the dirt up several more inches up the new stems above the ground...sometimes there is a tuber with a long stem and I will lay the tuber in the hole and pile the dirt around it....later when I dig my tubers there will be roots or even tubers at the leaf nodes.....I grow seversl hundred different types, like the BB Cac. or Lac.
Thanks,
I remember last year I planted one of my plants deep, and when I dug it up just like you said there was a tuber on the stem. I am just wondering if you could trick an overstretched shoot that has been desperately trying to find light for a few weeks to grow roots and shoots along its meristems... I am going to try....
proudgm....Just wondering if you ever found your seeds...have lots left from this years planting...hads lots of plants, lots of tubers and I think a few from the seeds which are nice enough to replant this year, at least one which might make a nice show flower.....
Bloom unfolding...