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Thu, Aug 19, 10 at 22:37
| I am growing a garden of dahlias for my wedding on September 18th. I have about 100 plants and they are doing great. Every day I go out and cut the blooms and they all look amazing. I am just wondering if the stems that I cut will grow back and if they do how long will it take for them to grow back. I want the most flowers possible for the wedding so what is the best way to maximize this.
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| When you cut, cut above a leaf node and that should send out two more branches with more flowers each. Each growth tip will produce buds: remove the inferior buds for a single fuller bloom per branch or leave all buds to develop for a more crowded bunch of blooms on shorter stems. How long it takes for branches to develop into blooms varies by variety. By mid-September you ought to have plenty of flowers on at least some of the 100 plants. Congratulations on your pending marriage. |
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