Re: My Dahlias

Single tubers normally go into my smaller pots about 8” tall the larger tubers which I ordered from Holland recommended that they be planted 8” deep, I have never planted Tubers that deep before, but hey ho! I bunged them into 14” pots..they did take a long time to show. I think next season I will plant shallower.
I put pebbles and grit in the bottom of the pots To aid stability and drainage, but all my dahlia pots are against a trellis on the garage wall and tie the taller dahlias to that.
Hope that helps

Re: My Dahlias

Thanks very much Vlad.

I don't know what's happened to my favourite - April Heather - because it's sort of 'bolted.' It has shot up to around 7ft high and I have trouble trying to pull the stems down within reach to dead head.
I have no idea why it's done this, it didn't do it last year.
It's in a tub about 14/15" across and the same deep.

It's supposed to be around 1.25 m. normally.
Have you ever had one bolt like that?

I really love this Dahlia.
(This isn't my photo btw).

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I like that one...bolting. It has never happened to me yet, did you feed it?

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Yes, but not regularly.
Do you pinch the growing tips out of yours to encourage them to spread out more? I am wondering if I should have done that, because it's just shot up . . . and up.

I can't make it out, I've never had it happen before.
Maybe I will write to the growers I buy from, they might know.
I will let you know if I find out the answer.

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Yes I do pinch out the first tips..it will be interesting to find out why it decide to take off though

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Vlad, just had quite a long conversation with a lovely lady at Halls of Heddon, where I buy my Dahlias.
She said she had someone else say exactly the same.

She reckons it was more than likely because I didn't nip the growing point out of the main stem earlier on, and I suspect she is right, I must have missed that one.

She said it won't affect the tuber, so it should be fine again next year as long a remember to do next time.
My fault - it's me age!

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been there Mups...

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No hope, is there.

Hey Vlad, look at this one, I'm gonna have to have it next year.
I need to stop looking, I like to many and I haven't got the space.







Oh Gawd, and this one . . .





And lastly . .




Make me stop looking!

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Wow! Those colours are really vivid..thanks for posting

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Beautiful colours Mups, I would want them all!