Rating My 2023 Dahlias
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2024
- After an extensive winter hiatus, I have finally completed my dahlias ratings from 2023!
It's been a weird winter here in Southeastern Minnesota, zone 5b (formerly 4a). It was foggy and rainy on Christmas, we've had barely any snow, and forecasts for the rest of February are in the 50s! ACK.
Whatever the weather, winter in the midwest is a great time to rest, reflect on the past year and plan for the upcoming growing season. This review of the dahlias I grew in 2023 is to help me remember what to spend time on for 2024, and more importantly, what to let go! I hope this helps you too as you decide what to plant (or not) for the upcoming growing season.
Happy gardening.
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HAHA! I'm so glad that appealed to someone. 😂
Me too!
That very odd quality of Jennifers wedding mine came out beautiful and large and full size. Maybe you need more hours of sunlight. I'm in western Pennsylvania.. zone 5B. I think you would get bigger blooms and better quality of plants if you use 5-7 gallon pots oer tuber.
You are probably right!! I will definitely be using larger pots plus LOTS of feed in the future...
Some varieties don't like heat and some don't like cold. They blow out when not happy.
I live in zone 6a. If I plant mine in a plastic pot can I just bring pot and all inside to store for the winter?
I think that might work! I might try something similar this year. As long as it doesn’t get too moist or too dry they should be ok.
Some dahlia varieties are more prone to blowing centers when there are environmental stressors (heat, not enough moisture, etc.) Dahlias shortly after it was brought over to Europe from Mexico all did this but it's been mostly bred out. However with climate change, we are facing some new extremes, so I'm curious how this will pan out for their bloom quality. Dahlias originated from very temperate mountainous region of Mexico.
Good to know about the environmental stressors! I did a pretty ok job keeping up with watering but haven't quite figured out how to control the weather 😅Thanks for the info!
Beautiful. How long do the flowers last?
Once they start blooming (late July or August for me), they will keep on going until the first hard frost if you keep deadheading. Each bloom itself lasts for several days at least!