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How Do You Grow Dahlias From Tubers
Dahlias are easy plants to grow and yield beautiful blooms from mid-summer through fall.The following notes will help you to add spectacular blooms and brilliant color to your garden!You will enjoy spectacular color, variety and abundance of blooms from mid-July through the end of the growing season.Most major garden centers now sell dahlia tubers; that can be a very convenient way to get started.Perhaps of greatest benefit of that source of tubers or plants is the availability of expert advice on your choices!That expert advice can continue through the season; a regular feature of many of our local society meeting is a Q&A session!These suppliers are real experts on dahlias and their products are reliable and of good quality.If you want blooms as early as possible, you can start the tubers indoors in good light about a month before planting time.If you put the stake into the ground after the plant is growing, take care to avoid damaging the tuber or the root system.Other insects can become a problem if you would like your blooms to be “perfect!” If that is the case, you might want to consider using an insecticidal soap or a commercial pesticide.For larger plants, a good rule of thumb is to water if the rainfall is less than one inch in seven days.Lacking that information, the plants will generally benefit from regular treatments with a water soluble or granular fertilizer.You can also remove some of the shoots that form along the branch to have stems that can be used in tall vases for elegant bouquets.You will then need to plan on a visit to the local auction in the spring for the following year’s plants.Or, you can dig and discover that the plant has produced a half a dozen or more tubers like the one with which you started.Go to Dahlia University for information on harvesting and storing your tubers and for other topics mentioned on this page.