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Mon, Jul 28, 08 at 10:50
| The flowers are wilting on my dahlia plant and suggestions ? I was going to get some fish emulsion at the store and see if it is lacking in nutrients....I read that tomato spikes also is great at that is it true? |
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| A DEEP watering should bring them back to life. Fertilizing will not help a wilted plant. Flowering plants need more water. If you want to fertilize just make sure you are supplying more phosphorus than nitrogen e.g. 5-10-10 or 5-10-5 or 10-20-20 etc With more nitrogen the plant will produce more foliage and less flowers. Also the development of viable tubers is compromised for next season. |
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- Posted by adair_2008 5a (My Page) on Mon, Jul 28, 08 at 20:08
| Thank you,I was starting to wonder what I was doing wrong now. The flowers are extraordinary beautiful. This was my first year of growing them defiantly not my last. Happy Gardening Adair |
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