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Sat, Jul 5, 08 at 21:47
| I'm getting nervous. All of my dahlias have reached at least 3' tall. They are relatively healthy, some have minor damage from some sort of chewing beastie that carves little paths through the leaves. I've kept them mulched well, watered well, and safe from slugs and snails. I've treated them with an ortho product that is supposed to kill spider mites, etc to get rid of the chewies...No blooms yet at all. I'm worried that they aren't getting enough sun. Will they put on buds at all without enough sun? Am I just not being patient enough? |
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| Sounds like you're doing many things right. How many hours of sun do you think they get daily? What did you use for fertilizer, if anything? And do you see any buds forming at all? Be patient. Some varieties take a long time to bloom. But once they start producing buds, the show is soon on for the season! |
Here is a link that might be useful: leafminer info
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- Posted by dahlia_newbie 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 08 at 4:00
| Poochella to the rescue again! I used horse manure to amend prior to planting, and then added a 10-10-10, and have bought tomato spikes for next week or two (the 10-10-10 said to reapply every month, so I'm waiting for it's month to be up). I haven't seen ANY buds form, so hopefully these just take a while. I think there's about 4 hours of sun. Here is a closeup of the damage from some kind of pest...
It's the light colored "figure eight" near the center of the photo, sorry for the bad pic, camera phone. The leaves look blotchy in the photo, they don't look that way in real life.
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- Posted by sturgeonguy 5a Ont Canada (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 08 at 8:55
| A lot depends on the variety of the Dahlia. If these are supposed to be 5' tall, or have really large flowers, its not surprising that they've put on so much growth with buds. Cheers, |
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- Posted by dahlia_newbie 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 08 at 14:51
| Thanks Russ, I have Hulin's Carnival, Maarn, Rebecca Lynn, Cornell, Chilson's Pride, Kathy G, and four others that I lost the names of...I didn't label them unfortunately...I won't know which is which till they bloom :) I do know that there are no dinnerplates. As a newbie, I had no idea how many varieties there were...I've learned a lot on this forum, and the dahlias will definitely be planned out a little better next year. After seeing posts and pics from Poochella, Plantlady, Sturgeonguy, VikingCraftsmen, you, and many others, I have a better idea of what to do. I'll keep patiently watching for buds... |
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