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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.....
No they do not....you could get just about anything if you leave it up to the bees....if you are good, you could cross them and then you would know the parents, some better for seed production...there are several Dahlia sights which will tell you know to do it, along with pictures to explain it....Colorado Dahlia has a very good sight...
what do the experts think about digging dahlia tubers in Jan ( on a mild day) and storing clumps in styrofom ice chests wash and dry clumps and cover with peat moss or wood shavings/ then divide in April after first frost divide, plant and or give away excess bulbs. We don't have really bad freezing weather and I see no reason why the dahlia tubers could not be dug in January. What do you think guys.
Why not leave them right where they are and dig up in April for division, if you want? Much less work. This is such a mild winter, if you want to dig now, there's no reason not to though. It's milder these January days than when I was digging in Nov/Dec.
â«It never rains in California...â« I'd leave them if I could, believe me. You also might try contacting the nearest dahlia society or association and get their advice based on your climate. Ours is going to be foul, wet, and windy this week and I am completely zone envious.
Here is a link that might be useful: California Dahlia Societies
This thrills me more than you can imagine.
I grow only heirlooms in my vegetable garden-and since I am also a "heirloom", most are from my childhood. To find out the Dahlia that I love is one also...
Hope it still survives-it's 5 degrees this morning-last of the week it's going to get to 10 below-unusual for us.
Dahlia 'Just Married' was a favorite of mine last summer as well. A real beauty that was welcome in a very difficult growing season.
Here is a link that might be useful:
good picture Steve S