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| Just wanted to say hello to the Dahlia Forum.
I friend gave me six dahlia tubers last spring (don't know the name but very dark green foliage with deep red medium sized 4" blooms). I'm hooked. I planted them at the cottage, and had to go back to the city. I gave the little 4" plants a healthy dose of Miracle Grow. I came back four weeks later (a friend did the watering) and my garden was FULL of dahlias. They looked like huge rosebushes! I love them. I dead-headed like crazy and they were the talk of the lane. I can't wait for planting season this year. I just went to Costco and got some more:
along with some calla lilies, cannas, Mymenocallis, elephant ears (Colocasia), gladiolas and irises. I've become addicted to gardening - is there a therapy group for this??? LOL I'm certainly going to have some questions if I can't find the answer via Google. Come on Spring! |
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- Posted by collielover 5mi (My Page) on Fri, Mar 19, 10 at 16:29
| I too think there should be a group therapy for this addiction! But let me make it harder for go to Swans island dahlias and and look at over 300 dahlias. You will also be able to get alot of good advice on dahlias. Cindy |
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- Posted by plantlady2008 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 17:36
| There's no cure- you've been bitten by the dahlia-addict bug & are doomed for life! We started with 1 in 1965 & now grow 6,500+ plants every year!...and, yes, the husband digs them up, cuts them up, stores them over the winter & plants again in the spring! (I won't go into the dahlia-hybridizing bug that hits about 10 years after the dahlia-addict bug-- but it's even more potent than the dahlia-addict one!) :) |
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- Posted by sandij_gardener (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 10 at 17:46
| Thanks for confirming the hopelessness of this addiction!! LOL Plantlady2008, you should make some YouTube videos of hubby cutting them for winter storage. There are a few bad quality vids on there, but nothing of good quality. I didn't cut last year's up, I'll wait to see where the new shoots are and then cut. Do you have any pics of your garden with all those 6,500 plants!!!???? That musts be a sight to behold. I was sorry to see quite a few of the dinnerplate sized tubers from Costco are dried up, and wrinkled with no shoots. Oh well, the good thing is that Costco will give you your money back. Come on, Spring - I want to get these planted in the garden! LOL |
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