A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum please share your dahlia photos from this season!!

Constantgardner.....

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I will take you up on the deal of the tubers........I hold dalhias High on my list for flowers .....YOu have my word and honor on that for sure.

Send them in november.......

I will certainly do my best to uphold the beauty.

Thanks so much......

barb

Sheri .

I put your seeds in the mail today .. Dahlia seeds.......

I bought the seeds from walmart so I know the seeds work.

barb

Okay Barb,

I'll dig the tubers up after the frost and see how they look. If they look healthy I'll send those out to you ASAP.

Tracy

Constantgardner;

That will be great ......
Now I was reading on here last nite how to store tubers.
They said in a cardboard box or wooden crate......Not plasti..
woodshavings or something like that and layer them.

What would you like from me?

bar

thanks barb. Are you saying you bought your originial seeds at Walmart?

Yes and I continue to use them........I did have seed grown ones and tubers from some girl, the seed grown ones matured and bloomed much faster......

Your seeds are on the way.. I saved a bunch for me too, in case I go hog wild,,,,

I have one white plant an the bugger isnt seeding yet........First time I had a white one, Lovely.

barb

I don't think I've ever seeds dahlia seeds but can't say I've ever looked. Can they take the heat here or should I put them in some shade?

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I don't really know .. But we had lots of 80º here this summer and I didnt see them wilt..
Try some in the full sun and some with out......I have mine all in full sun.
And everyone likes them..........


I knew nothing about them till i planted some seeds....You can also grow them in pots outdoors and move them when you desire.

b

big pots, medium pots? How big do they get?

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Mine get bushy......Single stem is as wide as tall .. say 18 inches or less. Never very tall, but loaded with blossoms......

Bloom about late august or early sept......


I would say a foot high pot......They dont get massive tubers......
I raised a sweet tater in a hanging basket and it was much larger then these guys.
If you feed Miracle grow , once a month it keeps the roots smaller.

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thanks. I may put them in pots.

I will try to get a photo 2maro to show you the size and width of mine.

b

ok.

2 maro got here quick...........
Now here is a photo I just snapped in the dark.. You can see the size pretty good.
Some a large but most this size.. I am letting it go to seed to collect them.
And fall isnt doin me any favors.

so pretty. Yellow is my favorite color after all. Do you water them a lot? is that a portrait of you?

.yes that is me.......self portrait.
Some time I look like this



Thanks ....colors were mix that i sent .. yellows reds and sort of orangish..
I have only one white plant.......Like I said it isn't dry enough to pick.

FIrst time I seen white >>>>..Dont know how I go it ?? Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb's

well you know I posted a pick of my lavendar cleosia that is white. Wierd.

Must be some sort of a trend that the BBBBBBBBBBB's have going around this year.

Suckin the color out of the colors?????? Does that make sense?

Well white dahlia and i have blue concul.. whatever turned white also.

Now that you mentione it...........Something in the air.

b


We have to get to the bottom of this..................

Barb,
Just thought I'd double check with you first. Are there any size preferences/limitations you have with dahlias. The tubers I hopefully will be sending to you, if they grow and thrive, will give you plants ranging from 3 - 7 feet tall. Some are 4ft tall and 4ft wide. The 7 footer is about 2 feet wide. Is this going to pose a problem??

As far as what I'd like back....
I really was not expecting anything. You have some exotic plants I'd love to have like that oxypellatium what ever thing that blooms at night, but I wouldn't have a clue on how to grow it anyway. So don't worry about it. Just post some pictures if my tubers actually make it through the winter and bloom next season. That's good enough for me.

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Size means nothing to me......I live on a farm and love any thing you send..
I can put them everywhere.....I suppose the large the tuber the larger the plant?

I can grow any size.........I have a huge lawn which I play in I will email a photo of views of my yard......Ole farm house..

Sorry Dodge, but I have bad news. We've had endless cold, cloudy days all month and my garden has been a swamp everyday from all the rain since end of september. So when I dug up my tubers they were all rotted or partially rotted. Sadly, I have no decent tubers to salvage and send out. This is what I get for not planting on raised beds! Maybe I'll have better luck with next year's tubers....

I have the same problem with the tulips.....All rotted away......It was a very wet start, and summer was very dry..........

Thats ok......Theres always 2 maro.