3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias
LOL My friend survived the wrath of the Dahlia lover, and Inland Dynasty has one little bud. I'm hoping it'll produce at least ONE good bloom.
I posted in the gallery of what has bloomed. So far it's been all my dwarfs (accept one Ellen Houston)
FOR SURE I'll be posting pics of the beauts that come. So far this has been an awsome summer and I figure I'm about 2-3 weeks ahead of prior years.
*Jumps with Glee*
Nikki~
Hmmm,
I should have searched before I posted a new message. I have the same problem. Just as one of my dinnerplates was about to bloom, we got a huge storm yesterday and even though the dahlias are all against the house, one of them (and some balsam) got absolutely beaten down and the trunk broke from the root.
The plus is, if I do get this portion to root, I will have two of this multi-colored one (it's pale pink, white, yellow, and purple...all in one.)
Do you want to move them this season? You don't say how tall they are, but if you do move them: dig up well around the stalk- at least 6-8 inches on any side of it and as deep as your shovel. If you lift as much dirt as possible with the tuber/s and have a helper hold the stalk you should be able to move it without any problem. You might not even need a helper if it's a shorter plant, or your shovel weilding arm is strong.
Just try to do the moving in early a.m. or evening. Helps to have its new home all ready so you can just plop it in, water, tidy up the soil, and pretend it never happened.
If you mean to leave them as is for this season, I would think to move them in the winter after you cut off the foliage. The risk being if you wait for spring, you have a better chance of breaking off new growth started underground by then. Could probably do just about anything and it would work.
georgiagardener, I have had one bloom so far. The first bloom looked exactly like the photo at the Flower Scent Gardens site but didn't have a fragrance other than the usual dahlia scent. I have another bloom on it now but it looks like a regular single dahlia. There are lots of buds so we shall see. I'm hopeful. Are you growing it as well?
That's because the photo was taken back in June. The leaves are now covered with the white spots. It was the best photo I had at the time. With the heavy rains, I couldn't go outside to take newer photos.
They do still bloom and grow, though. But still... I'd like to find out what that is in the even it is contagious.
Thanks!
They should be winter hardy for you then. And you have extended period to grow them compared to zone 4. So plant them now, they should be fine!
I personally took an advice from this forum. Since they should be planted 6" deep I planted them so, but covered only with 1" of dirt, putting the rest of the soil aside. As they will grow taller, I will add this soil. I planted them on July 14th, and they are about 2-3" now.
Growing Dahlia
Hope it helps.
Bayer makes a fert. with insecticide in it [granule form]. This works really well for me. The plant soak up the insecticide just as they do the fert. Dahlias love the stuff -- as do all the plants and shrubs I've used it on. Really does cut down on pests without the worries of spraying. Bought it from HD. Rose & flowering plant specific but have used it on other plants with the same great results.
I don't think it was the full sun issue. Where I have my dahlias now is even more sun than in my front window which gets a fair amount.
As for the Miricle Grow....it seems to work for mine, like I said in a prior post, I'm way ahead of the game in the bud situation.
Maybe it wasn't ment for me.....*shrugs* I dunno lol So long as they're doing well now though ;o)
Nikki~
Well, I sort of have the answer here =] My Dahlias were attacked earlier in the bloom cycle by some bugs [grrr!] that ate the flowers completely [double grrrr!] The end result was having to cut off the remnants of the flowers because they looked terrible. Within two weeks they put out 3x the number of buds [determined to bloom, I guess].
Also found that pruning damaged leaves and promptly removing wilted flowers causes better growth and more flowering.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm tempted to try it with some of my seed-grown cactus-flowering dahlias (sown last year and flowering now for the first time). They are growing a bit sparsely and putting up just a few tall flowering stems (but with lovely blooms!), so I've got nothing to lose. And if I get more flowers later in the season, it'll be worth it.
Oh Good grief.....yes....Floodlight...not headlight. (and yes.....they just glow bright in the evenings. I know I just LOVED it! (and still do)
And don't worry JRoot....I won't forget to remind you. Do prefer to divide in the spring, or in the fall?
I'll be keeping my eyes on what you have ;)
Nikki~
I've moved dahlias up to 3 ft tall in the worst conditions: hot, sunny, midday heat. My bad. They get mad at you for a week or so and then will go on about their business. I'd just keep an eye on it, forgive it for slowing down a bit, and wait for results.
You may have irritated it some, but you didn't kill it.
Thanks thaibasilpesto. The plant is suppose to be this big. I've been feeding properly.
We had a wind storm last night and my poor plant is now in severe pain. She has gone from 2 stalks down to a possible one stalk. The "Y" in the stalk split in two but did not break off from the bottom ot the stalk. I'm trying something (doubt this will work)....I've taped the stalk back together and hope the plant will heal itself.
All that work ....
Here I'm trying to post a picture of the plant from last year...hope this works...1st time trying.
Here is a link that might be useful: MyBalconyGarden
Nevermind...found the answer :-)