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Thank you for your comments on Blue Streak, that sure is pretty. I have another one which just started blooming today, I think it is the Mazama, I can't check its name as its already dark outside, I'll re-check it tomorrow to be sure.
Mazama
I haven't tried it but I've been plastic wrapping my tubers for many years with great success. Recently I've also wrapped some in aluminum foil with with similar results.
Sealing them with the sticky wrap may not be the best idea since gases which form during storage should have an avenue of escape. One of my dahlia buddies tried vacuum sealing one year and lost them all to rot. Let us know how you make out.
Here is what I thought I knew about spider mites, they like hot dry weather! ha For the past 2 weeks we have had lovely rainy ,humid weather. Suddenly everything in sight is full of spider mites.. green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, and of course dahlias. Kelthane is supposed to get them, so I'm trying that. Of course I won't spray on my veges, so may as well pull them up and put in the trash. I believe they can live in the soil as I have brought them in the house on ivy when I bring it in in the fall. I don't think they would live on stored tubers.
LOL Jroot no prescriptions here. Good old compost laced with goat poop, Osmocote, recent Mor Bloom and shredded leaf mulch. I think in my photo album I have the caption to Mazama as "Get the ladder..."
I have two other plants of this in various locales. One is 6-7 feet and a late-to-sprout one is only about 4.5 ft.
Here's last years Mazama.
Hope springs eternal! A light frost shouldn't do much at all. It's the heavy sustained freeze that will end your dahlia season. We too have felt the early morning chill, but no where near 0/32. I was in 3 layers yesterday a.m. til the sun came out.
If you heat up during the day, you should have every chance to see your flowers in full bloom.
If it were me and I thought it was going to frost, I would covering my dahlia's at night. I would be checking that weather forecast every night like a mad woman, if the forecast predicted a heavy frost....well I would be running around the yard with sheets in hand. Sometimes you have to do what ya gotta do to save those "babies".
Frost already, you have my greatest sympathy. Good Luck
Hi Pitimpanai,
I read the camera manual on how to select fewer pixels per shot. As it came out of the box, it was taking gigantic photos that took too long to upload and were much to large to store or email.
My nephew sent baby photos of our first grand nephew and after scrolling around endless blanket, I finally found an adult human finger LOL- never did find the baby! It was just an immense file.
So that would be the place to start. Then, I think you use Photobucket also, once you get your photo in an album you select "edit" and go to the resize option. I usually go for 50% of the original size.
See if that works without distorting your photo.
You know what, I got the wrong name, not Edinburg. I have to go back and check the marker now. It is a huge dinnerplate with pink tipped blooms w/the centers a pale yellow.
How can I tell if Fantastico died? I really don't think it is taking a breather since all the foliage and stems have died back too.
It sounds pretty much a goner if the foliage and stems are gone. I had to cut down a stem rotted plant, cut it all the way to the tuber and it is sprouted again and a lofty 4 inches tall LOL- a real towering mammoth. Might be worth a try on Impress. Fant. It can't get much worse off, and perhaps you can save some tubers off the plant for next year.
Poochella, I tried checking on the link for "Show'N'Tell" and I think you nailed it! It is red and yellow and laciniated too. Thank you very much.
I measured the bloom of the first one and it is 8" in diameter. The second one has a diameter of 3 1/4"... does that help? I tried to click on the link of the dahlia forms, it won't work for me either.
Calik8, The first are the size of the dahlia, the second is form, and the third is color. Check out this site and it will tell you what they mean. Check the rest of site for more information that should help.
Good Luck!
Willow
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.dahlia.org/guide/form.html
We had a Wanda's Moonlight a couple of years ago that was 17" across & 15" deep. It was in the running for biggest in the New Garden with an Inca Trident of equal proportions! They were great. This year we have some huge ones, too but my computer & my digital camera aren't speaking this month so I haven't been able to get them into our albums yet. Will let you know when I do.