i bought some 2 weeks ago from B&Q and planted in pots. had some nice flowers come in
now though pettles everywhere and half eaten leafs. im also thinking they got more wind than they liked. hoping to see them spring back to life. i see more buds ready
I have to bring my dahlias in over winter - clay soil, waterlogging and slugs - and I dry them off and store them in dry potting compost in a cool, dark shed. In early spring I divide the big ones, pot them up, water sparingly and keep them in a frost free greenhouse. Small tubers can go into containers while larger plants go out into the ground about late April or early May. They are all growing well and some are only a couple of weeks away from first flowers. By Autumn the tubers will be huge and ready to store.
Last years pompom dahlias grown from seed. I lifted and stored all the tubers planted in open ground but they went soft. This is a forgotten pot of the extras I couldn't fit in the bed.
This years seedlings, still in the grow house. "Dwarf double mix"
I bring mine in every winter too for the same reason as posy.
I was dead organised this time and planned a space or pot for each one and a few to sit out of the way and grow on...
Predictably one of the 'grow on' tubers is covered in leaves and the next to the front door pot specimen is not yet showing so may have a reshuffle Time yet though...
My Mexican black is a bit chewed but is strong and will push past I think.
This year is my first year of growing Dahlia's, I thought I would give them a go after seeing them in Home Bargains so bought two different varieties (PomPom and Dwarf). I have been pretty impressed that all of them have come through. The tallest is approximately just under a foot but most of them are a lot smaller. I'm not sure when they flower? I notice a lot of them were already flowering in B&Q but guessed it's the conditions they're grown in?
I grew some Bishop's Children from seed last year in pots. I have never over wintered dahlias and thought it was some kind of dark art. I left them in their pots and put them in the garage then put them in a cold frame in April . I am ridiculously chuffed that they have all sprouted and are looking strong!
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i bought some 2 weeks ago from B&Q and planted in pots. had some nice flowers come in
now though pettles everywhere and half eaten leafs. im also thinking they got more wind than they liked. hoping to see them spring back to life. i see more buds ready
By the sound of it, its been wide spread. In my case it certainly has.
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hi there i have been growing dahlia for many years now
my collection amount to about 40 different ones now
started of in pots bringing in every winter taking pots inside house
next year they stayed in the shed all came back but plants not getting any bigger
2 years ago i cleared strawberry patch and planted them in the ground
they did much better being in the ground lots of flowers and seemed to multiply
overwintered them in the ground covering with mulch and frost membrane
this year they have only just started to emerge from there winter sleep
not sure why as previous years they got going earlier
just have to be patient i think as long as they return
i am lucky enough to know a breeder of dahlia i get new plants not in the shops yet
i planted some as late as june last year and they got going fine so it's not to late
give it a go and enjoy
try your local allotment clubs they have a lot of knowledge and sales of plants
Last edited: 28 May 2016 10:29:30
Mine are only just starting to poke through the soil.
I have to bring my dahlias in over winter - clay soil, waterlogging and slugs - and I dry them off and store them in dry potting compost in a cool, dark shed. In early spring I divide the big ones, pot them up, water sparingly and keep them in a frost free greenhouse. Small tubers can go into containers while larger plants go out into the ground about late April or early May. They are all growing well and some are only a couple of weeks away from first flowers. By Autumn the tubers will be huge and ready to store.
Last years pompom dahlias grown from seed. I lifted and stored all the tubers planted in open ground but they went soft. This is a forgotten pot of the extras I couldn't fit in the bed.
This years seedlings, still in the grow house. "Dwarf double mix"
Both have already been under attack from slugs.
I bring mine in every winter too for the same reason as posy.
I was dead organised this time and planned a space or pot for each one and a few to sit out of the way and grow on...
Predictably one of the 'grow on' tubers is covered in leaves and the next to the front door pot specimen is not yet showing so may have a reshuffle
Time yet though...
My Mexican black is a bit chewed but is strong and will push past I think.
This year is my first year of growing Dahlia's, I thought I would give them a go after seeing them in Home Bargains so bought two different varieties (PomPom and Dwarf). I have been pretty impressed that all of them have come through. The tallest is approximately just under a foot but most of them are a lot smaller. I'm not sure when they flower? I notice a lot of them were already flowering in B&Q but guessed it's the conditions they're grown in?
Mine are fully outside now too.
Kerri
Mine are just poking their head out of the soil in York, usually at least a pretty decent size by now.
I grew some Bishop's Children from seed last year in pots. I have never over wintered dahlias and thought it was some kind of dark art. I left them in their pots and put them in the garage then put them in a cold frame in April . I am ridiculously chuffed that they have all sprouted and are looking strong!