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What to do with Dahlia's

treetop1948treetop1948 Posts: 15
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Hi folks, I have planted some Dahlia this year for the first time ever. However, the original flowers are now losing their petals. Do I dead-head or cut off at the bottom of the stem to encourage new growth? There are plenty new fresh buds on the plant.

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  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,190
    I always dead head my dahlias by cutting to the base of the stem.  None of my dahlias are anywhere near flowering yet though.

    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 920
    edited June 2021
    Cut off the spent flower stem. You can just deadhead but they can begin to look a bit messy. Very jealous mine are nowhere near flowering yet 🙂
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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