What am I doing wrong with Daliah's

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Posted by wanttogarden USDA 9, Sunset 15 (My Page) on

Sat, Jul 28, 07 at 16:36

I am new to gardening. I planted some daliah's last year and some this year. I have 40 plants that I started from bulbs I got from Costco, 3 unknown kind I got from a friend and 3 dinner plate that I bought from Wayside garden this year. Although I have big clumps of roots for each plant, only one stem shoots outs per cluster. They are tall and very skinny. And 2-3 flowers on top of that tall stem. Flowers are fine but I never can get them to be bushy plants I see other people have, not even after pinching. After pinching, I get two skinner stems.

I fertilize with slow release stuff and since we are in Ca, I do not dig them out either at fall, ( they were alive this year!) All the Costco varieties are in big pots (5 cluster per pot).

Please help me.
Wanttogarden

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Posted by jroot 5A Ont. Canada (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 29, 07 at 9:09

Are they getting sun? Dahlias must have sun. Your comment about skinny stems makes me think that there is a lack of sun and they plants are reaching for light.

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Posted by dahliaboy (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 29, 07 at 11:29

I'm with jroot on that one......it seems that there is a lack of good sun where you are growing and the plants are leggy.
DB

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