3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias

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Sierra

Oooooch...online shopping! My hubby just bought me over $300 worth of tubers this year, he'll cry if he sees me looking at anymore! lol

HOWEVER...I'm already considering tulips, daffs, lilies and daylilies, and am also trying some lupins from seed this year (going to TRY) He's already hanging his head. (*but hey...at least I get his OK on what he likes and dislikes!! :D Does that make it any better? ;)

Nikki~

Hey Nikki,

As you know we had frost here Friday night and all the dahlias went to mush. eeewww. LOL. And ya, its been raining every since the frost. It was showery last weekend but I managed to lift all the dahlias.....I tried writing right on the tubers with the pencil that came with last years dahlia order but it didn't work......so I labeled them all with twist ties and paper. LOL.

You know that Costco has their bags of bulbs on right now with a $3 off coupon. I bought two more bags of Mickey Mouse tulips...they are dark yellow with red flames. So now I have over 700 bulbs to plant if it ever decides to stop raining. Maybe we all need to do the sun dance. LOL!

Sierra

Have you had too much rain? I'm in NE Illinois, we've had so much rain that I have lots of things with moldy or rotting buds. See if other things are rotting besides the dahlias.

I have to ask the same question as linnea56.....have you had a lot of rain out there? That could be the culprit.
DB

Some of the local dahlia growers have had some problems with the stems after using Messenger. The plants put out lots of growth, the stems become very long & bend over. One reported the stems seemed mushy. One grower did a test-- 2 rows with it & 2 rows without-- couldn't see any difference when we looked them over together. However, she also used it on her roses & they're looking good- no black spot on them this year. I used it on my hanging baskets & didn't notice any difference from last year-- so... don't know but I wouldn't go whole hog & use it everywhere- a test to see how it does-- maybe in a part of the garden that you have more than one plant of a kind so you can compare them would be the way to go.

I used it on two sunflowers, and two without it. Although one had a very thick, (2" across), and was about 12 ft tall, the untreated ones beat 12 feet by quite a bit. So, seems to be a toss up to me.

Regards;
bluelytes

auroras kiss, natal

Aurora's Kiss isn't a pompom- it's a ball-- that's a lot bigger than a pom.

WOW! I love the yellow sport of Riverdance!

My Ducks decided they loved dahlias and ate all the red ones I planted into my red garden! I have Fire and Ice coming back ,now that the ducks have been in a different garden for 2 weeks and I hope the one behind it is Riverdance.

Yes, you have to take the cutting from the sported branch.

You have some gorgeous Dahlias Pitimpnai. There are a couple that I would just LOVE to have! I just have to find them in Canada....that could be a chore.

Any idea JRoot?

Nikki~

Check on the Big List for suppliers- there's a lot of places that carry Karma Dahlias.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Big List

I got mine at a local hardware store. It is also available at the garden centres now. It doesn't have to be Wilson's, just a good preservative to fight off any mold and mildew which might set in during the winter without it.

Good luck.

Here's a place to find sulphur dust. I've used this same size bag on many tubers and it lasted over 2 years.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sulphur dust