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Post by lilliepop on Jun 10, 2014 20:07:15 GMT
Hello. I have only just started being interested in gardening and love dahlias. I'm going to feed them on tomato feed as been recommend by someone on here. Not sure how often I should feed them. Got them in window boxes and pots. Also I'm not sure about dead heading and pinching out the middle. I have been cutting of the dead flower.I Bought them already in bloom from The gardens centre. Put them in john innis 2. Am I doing it right so far?  |
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Post by Tel on Jun 11, 2014 4:53:41 GMT
Hello. I have only just started being interested in gardening and love dahlias. I'm going to feed them on tomato feed as been recommend by someone on here. Not sure how often I should feed them. Got them in window boxes and pots. Also I'm not sure about dead heading and pinching out the middle. I have been cutting of the dead flower.I Bought them already in bloom from The gardens centre. Put them in john innis 2. Am I doing it right so far? Feeding, with tomato food, as your dahlia,s are grown in window boxes and pots I would feed them every time you water them with half the recommended measurement of tomato feed per watering. Pinching out the middle will make the plants bush out. Cutting off the dead flower will stop the plant making seed, so producing more flowers for you.  |
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Post by lilliepop on Jun 11, 2014 11:28:18 GMT
Hello. Thanks for reply. I have ordered my tomato plant food. Even though my dahlias are established do I still have to feed them when watering as I water them every day? Or is that to much watering?
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Post by Tel on Jun 11, 2014 12:29:43 GMT
Hello. Thanks for reply. I have ordered my tomato plant food. Even though my dahlias are established do I still have to feed them when watering as I water them every day? Or is that to much watering? If your plants need watering everyday you must live in a wet area. I water my pots if we have had a sunny day. If it is a cloudy day they may not need watering. You could give them a half strength feed when you water every two days would be fine for feeding. |
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Post by lilliepop on Jun 11, 2014 15:19:23 GMT
Hi. I have just received another lot of dahlias god knows what I did but have ordered far to many. Although I have a big garden it's mostly shrubs so not a lot of room. Also anything I plant dies so want to keep to pots. The plants I received today came in little black pots and they are just budding. I can't pot them up yet, how long can I keep them in the pots for? And when I do plant them do I water them first and put them in with some tomato feed? I'm not very happy about the way they have packed them. Got to different lots but as the colour isn't on the pots have to wait till they flower as don't want to put too many of one colour in one pot. Still got the John innis 2 do you think that is okay to use? If not will get something different. |
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Post by Tel on Jun 11, 2014 18:19:07 GMT
Hi. I have just received another lot of dahlias god knows what I did but have ordered far to many. Although I have a big garden it's mostly shrubs so not a lot of room. Also anything I plant dies so want to keep to pots. The plants I received today came in little black pots and they are just budding. I can't pot them up yet, how long can I keep them in the pots for? And when I do plant them do I water them first and put them in with some tomato feed? I'm not very happy about the way they have packed them. Got to different lots but as the colour isn't on the pots have to wait till they flower as don't want to put too many of one colour in one pot. Still got the John innis 2 do you think that is okay to use? If not will get something different. If your dahlia's are going to be left in their original containers for a while, just water and they should be ok for a few days. John innis 2 is fine. |
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 11, 2014 20:07:19 GMT
If they are only small plants/large plugs, I would take any flower buds off. Are they bedding dahlias or decorative?
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Post by lilliepop on Jun 11, 2014 22:06:27 GMT
Hi. As I'm new to this I would say they are decorative. I don't really understand what you mean. There are a lot of buds don't like to take them off frighten they might not grow again. Why do you advise me to take them off? I'm putting them in pots.
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Post by Tel on Jun 12, 2014 16:37:36 GMT
Hi. As I'm new to this I would say they are decorative. I don't really understand what you mean. There are a lot of buds don't like to take them off frighten they might not grow again. Why do you advise me to take them off? I'm putting them in pots. By taking the buds off, the plant will bush out. The plant sends out new growth from between the leaf axils. But if you are worried about taking the buds off, all that will do is delay the plant from bushing out. The plant will bush out naturally later, once the buds you have on the plants have flowered and died off. |
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Post by lilliepop on Jun 12, 2014 17:41:02 GMT
Thank you for helping me. I'm learning something every day.  |
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Post by Tel on Jun 12, 2014 17:47:26 GMT
Thank you for helping me. I'm learning something every day. Your welcome lilliepop, We try to help each other, I know a little bit about dahlia's, but there is a lot of other plants I know little about, but I can rely on the members of this forum to help me if I get stuck or have a problem. Don't be afraid to ask that's my motto.  |
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