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Posted by sunita_fleuriste 4 (My Page) on
Fri, Jan 18, 08 at 8:21

hi all,

I am wondering what do you get when you sow seeds of dinnerplate dahlias?? I know that you may not get dinnerplate dahlias...are they smaller but the same colour?

I see people on ebay selling seeds of those and am wondering if I should buy some just to try.

Thanks

S

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You can get anything but hopefully you will get a large dahlia. I started seeds from Gladiator AA-ID-R in 2007 and got a couple large ones but they didn't have enough petals and they were large open centered dahlias not worth keeping. The only good one I kept from these six seeds was a B sized variegated that was pink and purple.

Growing seedlings is like Christmas, you don't know what you have until it blooms and that is what makes it so interesting.

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You could get any size & any color & no one can guarantee that it will look anything like the parent. Dahlias don't come true to the parent from seeds. Mostly, as huey said, it'll ba an open-centered throw-away.

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